by Debra Claffey | Dec 23, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
Here’s another is the Handmade paper series, as yet untitled, of oil and cold wax paint and a fern leaf impression. Love the contrast between the dark paper and the creamy...
by Debra Claffey | Dec 23, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
This piece is on a dark handmade paper. I coated it it oil paint and cold wax medium, then impressed a fern leaf into the wet paint. I love that it is skeletal and incomplete. It’s 10 x 10 inches and part of a series of twenty or so pieces on this handmade...
by Debra Claffey | Dec 10, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
Using indigo pigment sticks works wonderfully on monotypes made from fern...
by Debra Claffey | Dec 8, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
by Debra Claffey | Dec 8, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
by Debra Claffey | Nov 24, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
Here’s a detail of a work on paper, with encaustic and oil and wax paint.
by Debra Claffey | Nov 14, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
by Debra Claffey | Nov 9, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
Ask for this one when you stop by the Annual School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts Art Sale. Half the proceeds go to scholarship for Museum School students, and half support my art practice. Through the Light I Hear, No. 19, 2018, encaustic, oil and wax...
by Debra Claffey | Nov 7, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions, Updates
Theme & Variation–Pink & Brown-Pink 4, 2016, encaustic, pigment stick, graphite, handmade paper, 23″ x 12″ inchesThis item will be found in the Shrink Wrap Bins in the main lobby of the Museum School, along with three of its mates. The bins...
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 | Nov 3, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
I added two extra Open Studio days this year because last week’s weather was ferocious, only to get more ferocious weather today! ← Countdown New Workshop at Castle Hill...
by Debra Claffey | Oct 28, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
This is titled Dusty Miller Yellow. It’s encaustic and collage, 10 x 10 inches, with sheet copper tacked along the edges. It’s in the Small Works Collection. ← Countdown Another deluge, plus wind!...
by Debra Claffey | Oct 27, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
Oct. 27 & 28, Nov. 3 & 4 WEATHER ALERT: Nor’easter!It’s wet, but I will be open both this weekend and next, Nov. 3 & 4, noon to 4pm. Tomorrow should be better weather. Bring your coupon! This is a tiny gem. It’s encaustic and collage on a...
by Debra Claffey | Oct 26, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
Oct. 27 & 28 Open Studio(WEATHER ALERT: Nor’easter comin’ tomorrow. The studio will be open. Nov. 3 & 4, noon to 4pm as well.)This 6 x 6 inch piece is encaustic, oil, and collage. The sides are a deep rich red. ← Countdown Countdown...
by Debra Claffey | Oct 25, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
Here is another item that will be included in the Small Works Collection. It’s a monotype, titled Cherries with Frond. The image is 10 x 7.5 inches. It’s in a silver metal frame with a rag mat. UPDATE: This piece has a new home! ← Countdown Oct. 27...
by Debra Claffey | Oct 24, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
by Debra Claffey | Oct 23, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
by Debra Claffey | Oct 23, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
by Debra Claffey | Oct 21, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
by Debra Claffey | Oct 7, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
Finishing up the install yesterday of Tipping Points, an exhibition of work by Charyl Weissbach, Patricia Gerkin, Donna Hamil Talman, and myself, up until November 9, 2018. Thayer Art Gallery Thayer Academy, Braintree, MA ← Museum Docents Panel at D'Amour... 
