by Debra Claffey | Jun 10, 2018 | Events, Updates, Works-in-progress
This 12″x12″ monotype collage is going to Provincetown Art Association and Museum for their Silent Auction. Bids start at $125. PAAM is one of the oldest art associations in the country on panel ← Barbed Wire Waiting For Paint To Dry...zzzzz....
by Debra Claffey | Apr 1, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions, Updates
I wrote before about the text and Textiles collaborative project I am working on with Amherst poet, Ala Khaki. i will post again with a proper photo and the exhibition details. But for now… Here’s the poem: My life. gives life. My breath is your breath. Do...
by Debra Claffey | Mar 16, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions, Updates
This little 8″ x 8″ piece is going to Gallery Blink for their Impressions exhibition. Passionflower Leaf Variation on panel. April 13 – May 6, 2018 Gallery Blink 1963 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington, Mass. ← Cabin Fever Indigo and Ice #6...
by Debra Claffey | Mar 6, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Thoughts, Updates, Works-in-progress
I am working with a poet on a project for NH Women’s Caucus for Art called Text and Textiles. Eleven New Hampshire poets have selected eleven WCA/NH visual artists for a collaborative project called Text and Textiles. This project was conceived by...
by Debra Claffey | Mar 2, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
This one is complete but as yet untitled. It’s the second in a new series with these collaged vertical and horizontal bars. The print impression of the blue star fern leaves enliven the push-pull of the spaces in a good way. I feel you can wander around in the...
by Debra Claffey | Mar 1, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
I wonder where these visual ideas come from. Though the overall look of this feels very different from the rest of the series, I can see that the leaves and their negative spaces turned positive and the circles are elements from many other works. It’s all about...
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. ←...
by Debra Claffey | Jan 31, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
This is a monoprint on Asian paper, made with oil and wax, and mounted to white encaustic on a 36 x 36 inch panel. I loved the way the white came through the paper and softened the indigo. There was a scary moment, though, when it felt like it could all go awry…...
