by Debra Claffey | Jan 27, 2019 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
These are the next two layers on this large 72 x 144 inch painting on 12 x 12 inch panels. It’s a monotype on Rives BFK on the base layer that I tarted more than 20 years ago. The previous layer was a golden yellow:and here’s the original monotype:...
by Debra Claffey | Jan 21, 2019 | Events, Updates, Workshops
Here are a few reasons to sign up for a day-long workshop at Castle Hill in Truro on May 30. Work with encaustic and mixed media on paper in a slightly new way. These details show the luscious textures of oil/pigment stick paint over encaustic on Rives BFK paper.You...
by Debra Claffey | Nov 3, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Workshops
I’m pleased to announce that I will be presenting a day-long workshop at the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill on May 30, 2019 as part of the 13th International Encaustic Conference. It’s titled Mixing Your Mediums (and Maybe your Metaphors). It...
by Debra Claffey | Sep 2, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
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by Debra Claffey | Aug 24, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
This one just received another layer and some drawing, as well as some excavating to rediscover what was underneath. It’s 24 x 24 inches on Rives BFK paper, and will be mounted to a braced panel soon. ← What Is a Drawing? Tiny changes...
by Debra Claffey | Aug 9, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
The life of this piece began on Rives BFK paper, an encaustic drawing, with oil and wax paint as a “wipe”, and then an oil and wax overpainting. We’ll see where it goes from here. Three Leaf Series, Untitled, 2018, encaustic, oil and wax, graphite on...
by Debra Claffey | Aug 1, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Thoughts, Updates, Works-in-progress
It might be hard to imagine the final image coming from this one. While it has some nice areas, it just wasn’t exciting me. That’s what every artist is after, i think. That moment when all the parts comes together and make you go “wow,...