Preston Singletary's big show at MOG is mind-boggling. Perhaps it's the lighting and the size and variety of the show that is so impressive. The walls are dark and each artwork is individually and dramatically spotlighted. The overall impact is powerful and magical, and most if not all of the individual pieces are beautiful.

The best pieces are the most reductionist, the ones that are simple, clean and stark, such as Raven Steals the Sun and Raven Steals the Moon. These are identical other than the objects held in the raven's mouths. Each is a highly stylized head of a raven with its open beak reaching upward. The colors are black and fiery red. "Sun" holds a red sphere in his beak; "Moon" holds a white disk with a carved frowning face. It is the simplicity and elegance of form that makes these works outstanding, and the better of the two is the "Sun" because it is simpler. The carved face on "Moon" detracts from the purity of form and makes it the less beautiful of the two. Or Canoe Dishes, three very simple canoe-shaped dishes in translucent green, orange and blue. These are stunningly beautiful.

[Museum of Glass, through Sept. 19, Wednesday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Third Thursdays 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday noon to 5 p.m., general admission $12, 1801 Dock St. Tacoma, 866.4MUSEUM]