by DCadmin | Sep 6, 2021 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing
The days are shortening, and cool now in the morning here in New Hampshire, but still stunningly beautiful. September always brings an excitement, a sense of things stirring, an anticipation. I imagine it’s a habit from school terms restarting in September. New...
by Debra Claffey | Jul 29, 2021 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions, Updates
The 85th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, one of the oldest juried exhibitions in New England, is a biennial delight from the Fitchburg Art Museum in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. This year’s juror is Jamie Uretsky, the Curator at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks!...
by DCadmin | Dec 20, 2020 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions, Interviews
Fountain Street is membership-based gallery in the SOWA district of Boston. The members exhibit their own work but have also created community events, installations, and offer an online marketplace. One of their annual events is an invitational exhibition in...
by Debra Claffey | Jul 28, 2020 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Workshops
My studio is in a small town in the exurbs of a NH city. My studio is not at all difficult to find but it’s a minimum of a half-hour drive from anywhere! So one of the positives outcomes of our current crisis know as Covid-19 is a way to bypass geography. That...
by DCadmin | Jun 25, 2020 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions
RAYMOND – Hole in the Wall Studioworks on Route 302 in Raymond, will be reopening the gallery today, Thursday, June 18, with adherence to COVID-19 Maine Industry Guidance for Retail Business in the State of Maine. “After giving it much thought, we have decided...
by Debra Claffey | Mar 1, 2019 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions, Updates, Works-in-progress
Here’s a detail from Hidden Lives, a 72 by 144 inch piece I’ve been working on. In 1988 I made an oil monotype from a 72 x 144 inch oil painting on canvas, by transferring the image from the canvas onto 12 x 12 inch paper panels. You can follow the...
by Debra Claffey | Feb 26, 2019 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Updates, Works-in-progress
This show raises funds so that up to ten additional artists can attend who otherwise might not be able to. Artists donate the cards and they are sold at the Conference for $30 each. Last year, ten artists were able to attend. They included artists who would be...
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 19, 2019 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Thoughts, Updates, Works-in-progress
I’ve separated the 72 panels into 3 groupings. It may be temporary. I like the idea of 72 12 x 12 inch panels. ← Trace monotype Waiting for paint to dry....
