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by Debra Claffey | Aug 4, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress

This piece began with cold wax and oil paint, rather than a drawing in encaustic on paper. The top layer is oil and wax. No title yet. Three Leaf Series, Untitled, 2018, oil with wax, graphite, on Rives BFK paper mounted to birch, 24 x 24 inches. ← Reworking As...

Killing Darlings

by Debra Claffey | Jul 29, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Thoughts, Updates, Videos, Works-in-progress

“In writing, you must kill your darlings.” –William Faulkner In painting, these darlings can cause you to try to save passages you like, and it can prevent you from being completely present to your work and coming up with the best resolution. For me it...

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