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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ←...
