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Warm Golds and Yellow

Warm Golds and Yellow

by Debra Claffey | Feb 28, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress

I’m enamored of the color in this piece and in the repetition of the blue star fern shape. I don’t know if it is unique enough, or has that “je ne sais quoi” that makes it mine, so stay tuned to see if it pops up again, either tweaked or...
Today’s detail, with changes, and more changes

Today’s detail, with changes, and more changes

by Debra Claffey | Feb 28, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress

We all have moody days, so look later for an update on this one. This is what happens when you want to rework a piece without losing everything you liked. I don’t think it will survive the next studio session! And…a better photo, please! Too green! ← Detail from...
Detail from A Mixed Media Study

Detail from A Mixed Media Study

by Debra Claffey | Feb 26, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Thoughts, Updates, Works-in-progress

We all have moody days, so look later for an update on this one. This is what happens when you want to rework a piece without losing everything you liked. I don’t think it will survive the next studio session! And…a better photo, please! Too...
The 71st Annual NHIA Members Exhibition

The 71st Annual NHIA Members Exhibition

by Debra Claffey | Feb 24, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions, Updates

  This piece has been selected by Curator Theresa Choi, for the 71st Annual NHIA Members Exhibition at Sharon Arts Center Gallery from March 9 to April 22, 2018. There will be an opening reception in the gallery on Friday, March 9 from 5-7pm. The piece is...
Arctic Blue Star

Arctic Blue Star

by Debra Claffey | Feb 23, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress

This is a small work, a monotype taken from the actual leaf of a Blue Star Fern in indigo oil on Asian paper and then mounted to a 12 x 12 inch panel. It’s part of the series I’ve titled Arctic Blue Star. ← Water Lilies and Water The 71st Annual NHIA...
Water Lilies and Water

Water Lilies and Water

by Debra Claffey | Feb 15, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress

My last post was about a piece I called Cool, Clear Water. It was actually the second piece on this theme. The first was unmemorable, at least to me. Last night i spent some time reworking it. I won’t enter it in the show, but at least it is now a bit more...
Of Surface and Duotone Encaustic

Of Surface and Duotone Encaustic

by Debra Claffey | Feb 14, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress

Here’s a detail of “Cool Clear Water” so i can share some explorations of Enkaustikos’ Duotone encaustic paints. They change color depending on the angle you look at them from, and have a metallic element that is fascinating to me. I often...
“Cool, Clear Water”

“Cool, Clear Water”

by Debra Claffey | Feb 14, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions, Updates, Works-in-progress

Fellow WCA/NH member artist, Carole Groenke, has been working hard organizing an exhibition that will be at the NH Technical Institute in Concord, NH during the month of March 2018. it will focus on work our members have made on the theme of future clean and available...
Otty Merrill, Painting with Cold Wax Medium

Otty Merrill, Painting with Cold Wax Medium

by Debra Claffey | Feb 14, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress

Otty Merrill, a new colleague from New England Wax, spent the day here for a workshop in painting with cold wax medium. She’s a quick study! We worked on paper since it was just a short workshop and paper allows us to works with layers on semi-dry work. I...
Reworking Panels

Reworking Panels

by Debra Claffey | Feb 11, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress

Sometimes you just have to give up and start over. And, often, I can’t tell that it’s necessary until much later. This panel had been in the studio for quite a while, just waiting, not “done” in the way I can often tell with other pieces. These...
Indigo Ice, with Pink

Indigo Ice, with Pink

by Debra Claffey | Feb 3, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress

I really like this one. It’s quirky somehow. It’s a monotype in oil and wax, with drawing, on Asian paper, and then mounted on encaustic over a 36 x 36 inch panel. When i mounted it, I lost some of the pink at the edges, so it needed some adjusting, by way...
Indigo Ice, dark

Indigo Ice, dark

by Debra Claffey | Feb 3, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress

Again, a monotype in oil and wax on Asian paper, mounted to encaustic on a 36 x 36 inch panel, with ove-rpainting. This was a difficult one, I can almost never say why. It just feels uncomfortable, and i work on it until feels good. I liked this one finally. ←...

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