by Debra Claffey | Mar 2, 2019 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions, Updates, Works-in-progress
Postcards for upcoming show at Gateway Gallery have arrived. The show, of large work on paper is titled Hidden Lives, which is also the title of the largest work shown here. THe Gatway Gallery is at Great Bay Community College in Portsmouth, NH. The show will...
by Debra Claffey | Feb 24, 2019 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Thoughts, Updates, Works-in-progress
My tabletop is my monotype plate. This is why I like hand-printing from a panel. I get to keep these great marks. Alas, I’ve run out of panels, so this will have to get cleaned off… ← New monotype without a press Postcards for the 13th International...
by Debra Claffey | Feb 22, 2019 | Updates, Works-in-progress
← Another layer on monotypes in progress Printing without a press, and without a plate....
by Debra Claffey | Feb 22, 2019 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
There are four panels, each 36″ wide and about 72″ high. It’s both direct painting (that got transferred to another piece) and two layers of monotype on sumi-e paper. ← Waiting for paint to dry. New monotype without a press...
by Debra Claffey | Feb 17, 2019 | Updates, Works-in-progress
Here’s a new monotype I pulled from another work on paper. It’s on sumi-e paper, about 36 inches wide and about 72 inches high. ← Next Layers Next layer went on today....
by Debra Claffey | Jan 5, 2019 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
Here’s a trace monotype done during a busy week of year-end paperwork. No need for a press. I “ink” up the worktable in my studio, which means that I brush, roll and otherwise apply oil paint to the work surface. Then I lay down a sheet of Gampi...
by Debra Claffey | Jan 1, 2019 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Updates, Works-in-progress
I’m always short of room when I start pulling monotypes. That big yellow thing on the wall is a modular painting in progress, too wet to pile up just yet. These monotypes are studies for an idea I have for those cylinders. Stay tuned for further...
by DCadmin | Aug 11, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Thoughts
I am delighted to have been included in Ann Landi’s Vasari 21 article, What Is a Drawing? Part Three, recently. She has written about how our definition of what makes a drawing a drawing has changed over time. Part One was published in 2016 and discussed...
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 14, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions, Updates
Indigo Ice with Pink, 2018, encaustic, oil, graphite, monotype on panel, 36″ x 36 They have found some room for this big one! Also for a few others, in a huge exhibition of printmakers’ works. Gallery Directors John and Gillian Ross say this:...
