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Isles of Shoals

Isles of Shoals

by Debra Claffey | Sep 6, 2013 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Reviews, Thoughts, Uncategorized

Three days on Star Island in the Isles of Shoals, off the coast of Rye, NH. I was there for a Creative and Professional Practices Retreat, run by painter and sculptor Kim Bernard. I was hoping to hone my writing skills, tune up my resume, artist statement, and...
Whew!

Whew!

by Debra Claffey | Aug 9, 2013 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions, Reviews, Uncategorized

A six day whirlwind in Provincetown this June: the 7th International Encaustic Conference, my curated exhibition, Natura Viva: Flora, Fauna & Us, hosted by Artcurrent Gallery, a post-conference workshop with Paula Roland and Jennie Frederick, Provincetown, friends...
Hotel Fair

Hotel Fair

by Debra Claffey | Jun 3, 2013 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions, Reviews, Uncategorized

Each year, for several years now, there is an event at the 7th International Encaustic Conference in Provincetown called the Hotel Fair. The idea behind the Fair is that the artists who attend the three-day conference can share their own art by exhibiting from their...

A Gallery presents RED

by Debra Claffey | Apr 26, 2013 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions, Reviews, Uncategorized

REDHere’s my entry: “red”, 24″ x 24″, encaustic and oil on panel, 2013.  It has several layers of drawing and painting using lots of red!Red is such an emotionally charged color, the strongest of them all I think. The hot color of blood...

Donna Hamil Talman at Endicott College

by Debra Claffey | Mar 9, 2013 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions, Reviews, Uncategorized

Natura Viva Premiers in Provincetown June 2013

by Debra Claffey | Mar 8, 2013 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions, Reviews, Uncategorized

I’m so pleased to announce an exhibition project I’m developing for June 2013.Ten nationally recognized artists who paint with encaustic (pigmented wax) will have new work in Natura Viva – Flora, Fauna, and Us, a botanically themed exhibition at Artcurrent...

Growl

by Debra Claffey | Jan 16, 2013 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions, Reviews, Uncategorized

Here’s a work that has been selected by Saisha M. Grayson for an upcoming exhibition in Plymouth, NH. called Growl. Details below as well as some of the other works that have been selected!   “Sense-less”, encaustic mixed media,...

A Gallery, Special Exhibition

by Debra Claffey | Apr 28, 2012 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions, Reviews, Uncategorized

A Gallery, on Commercial Street in Provincetown, will hold a special exhibition from June 1 to 3, 2012 to  celebrate the Sixth International Encaustic Conference (see previous post). Eight artists who use wax will be exhibiting work selected by gallery owner Marian...

Whimsy in Wax, A Look at the Bright Side

by Debra Claffey | Mar 4, 2012 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions, Reviews, Uncategorized

18 artist members of New England Wax explored their whimsy in this exhibit at the Essex Art Center in Lawrence, Mass.Though the area was coping with the snow from a late winter storm, the opening reception, on Friday, March 2, was lively and convivial.  Leslie...

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