by Debra Claffey | Jan 11, 2020 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions, Updates
I’m thrilled with the opportunity to show my work at the beautiful AVA Gallery and Art Center, in the E.N. Wennberg Gallery from January 10 to February 7, 2020. Last night was the opening reception. Here are a few photos I took after the crowds thinned out. AVA...
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 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 | 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 | 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 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 | Aug 24, 2010 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions
9 artists working in the luminous medium of encaustic painting, interpret “Landscape” at the John Stobart Gallery, Edgartown, MA “Behind and Through”, encaustic, 24″ x 24″ Opening Reception September 9th – 5:00 to...
by Debra Claffey | Aug 21, 2010 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions
Soosen Dunholter and I will present a series of work that explores natural forms, geometric constructions and the patterns of shape and change titled Biology, Geometry, Morphology. The exhibition, in the East Gallery of the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, 136 State...
