by Debra Claffey | Sep 8, 2019 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions, Updates
The exhibition is titled Crossroads: Four Perspectives as our focus is on environmental issues which we feel need immediate attention. Mine, of course, is on the change I would like to see in our relationship to the plant world.I hope you can join me, with Donna Hamil...
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 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…...
by Debra Claffey | Jan 19, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
This is a monotype made with oil and wax paint without a press, on Asian paper, and mounted to a 36 x 36 inch panel. The drawing is done in the course of pulling the impression. I have been enjoying working with indigo, monotonal but rich. ← A Cold Wax Monotype...
by Debra Claffey | Jan 13, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
This monotype was one of the first impressions I took from a sheet of Rives BFK paper covered with a layer of indigo paint mixed with cold wax medium. The thin ‘no-name’ Asian paper really allowed for a line with varied pressure that looked almost like...
by Debra Claffey | Jan 13, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
For this post, I just wanted to talk about a little bit of delight that comes with working on trace monotypes. The term trace monotype seems to imply a line drawing, an impression of the tool into the ink (always paint for me), but there is another happy result....
by Debra Claffey | Jan 12, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
I taped down a brand new luscious sheet of Rives BFK. I put down a layer of a mixed not-quite-indigo, from burnt umber, ultramarine blue, Thalo blue, and ivory black. I laid over this a sheet of thin unbranded Asian paper, drew my favorite leaves and plants, to lift a...
by Debra Claffey | Jan 7, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress
Scraping down an older panel, then stopped, maybe there’s something here to save… Internal Energy, 2017, encaustic, oil monotype on paper mounted on panel, 20 x 20...
