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Next Layers

Next Layers

by Debra Claffey | Jan 27, 2019 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress

These are the next two layers on this large 72 x 144 inch painting on 12 x 12 inch panels. It’s a monotype on Rives BFK on the base layer that I started more than 20 years ago.  The previous layer was a golden yellow:and here’s the original monotype:...
Grey-Green Study #3

Grey-Green Study #3

by Debra Claffey | Jan 16, 2019 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress

Another example of working with different surface textures: gloss encaustic and matte pigment stick, Grey-Green Study #3, encaustic, pigment stick, graphite on paper.9 x 9 inches ← A Detail Time for mounting paper to panel...
Find this one at the https://smfa.tufts.edu/events-exhibits/art-sale sale

Find this one at the https://smfa.tufts.edu/events-exhibits/art-sale sale

by Debra Claffey | Nov 14, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress

Museum School Art Sale Coming Soon

Museum School Art Sale Coming Soon

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...
Newly mounted to panels and ready for working. These are headed to Thayer Academy in Braintree for an October Exhibition

Newly mounted to panels and ready for working. These are headed to Thayer Academy in Braintree for an October Exhibition

by Debra Claffey | Sep 9, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress

Scraped and burned. 24 x 24 inches

Scraped and burned. 24 x 24 inches

by Debra Claffey | Sep 6, 2018 | Updates, Works-in-progress

Getting back to work

Getting back to work

by Debra Claffey | Jul 28, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress

Life has been busy lately, keeping me out of the studio. So today I started up again, putting a third layer on a work on paper. The first layer was a drawing in encaustic on 24 by 24-inch Rive BFK paper. The second layer was a wash of oil and wax paint. Today’s...
Layering the Layers

Layering the Layers

by Debra Claffey | Mar 27, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress

A few posts back I started to write a bit about demonstrating painting processes. The main item of interest seems to be the layering of painting and drawing. So I bring pieces in various stages of completion to show how the next layer in a series of layers might go...
Two by Two

Two by Two

by Debra Claffey | Mar 12, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress

A friend gave me some pre-cut mats, with a 2 x 2-inch opening. I’m a big picture kind of person, and scaling my marks to this size seemed out of the realm of possibility. So I scrounged through samples from my Introducing Cold Wax Painting workshop, playing with...
Done in by the nor’easter…

Done in by the nor’easter…

by Debra Claffey | Mar 9, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress

This third or fourth Spring nor’easter is crampin’ my style. I was scheduled to do a painting demonstration for a local art association and the weather just insisted on changing our minds.We’ll do it later in the year, for sure. But I thought...
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