business of art
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The Owl and Pussycat opening party
As they say in show business “the show must go on”… the week of my opening party for my series of paintings inspired by Edward Lear’s poem “The Owl and the Pussycat” I had a severe allergic reaction to some eye medication. Went to the doctor the day before my big event and got new…
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The Owl and Pussycat exhibit installation
At Burnt Bridge Cellars, my wife, Judy, Mark Mahan, the winery owner, and I installed my one person exhibit on Tuesday. My exhibit opening party is Friday, June 6, 2025 and the exhibit will run through the end of July. The gallery that represents my work, Caplan Art Designs, will handle questions and sales. I…
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Framing things
I’m working on framing my fine art for upcoming exhibitions via the Caplan Art Designs Gallery this year. I’ve finished 13 new artworks to be shown, via the gallery, at the winery Burnt Bridge Cellars in June and July 2025 and these new ones along with more new art will be included in another exhibit…
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PSA about art and humanity
I write today in support of my fellow local artists and all artists everywhere. You are more important and more necessary now than ever. And it doesn’t matter that you’re not famous – what matters is that you are creating something. Art relates to our humanity like water relates to the thirsty body. I write…
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How my exhibit opening went
My exhibit opening at the Caplan Art Designs Gallery went very well!! Full details, photos and videos with details and descriptions are over on my email newsletter https://sueclancy.substack.com/p/how-my-exhibit-opening-went I’m as exhausted as you might imagine. But I still want to have something on the “permanent record” of this blog so please forgive a dump of…
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Delivery of art done
Yesterday I delivered 20 artworks to the Caplan Art Designs Gallery for my upcoming exhibit opening Oct 3 from 6 to 8 pm. Here’s a look at my studio prior to packing up the car to deliver it all. And a video look at everything while I talk some… My wife and I packed our…
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Figures Of Speech 2.0 Exhibit prep
I’ve been busy framing and packing up my artwork for delivery to my upcoming exhibit at the winery Burnt Bridge Cellars via the Caplan Art Designs Gallery. My exhibit is titled Figures Of Speech 2.0 and it opens at the winery June 7th – that’s this coming Friday! – and will continue through the end…
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Hog box progress and colors of mind
I worked this week on an 8 inch box sculpture and finished it for the Caplan Art Designs Gallery. I’ve titled it “Independent As A Hog On Ice”. It will join its friends in my Figures Of Speech series for another exhibit later this year at the Gallery. Here’s a few stages of progress… The…
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Figures Of Speech and writing artist statements
The exercise of writing an art statement for my upcoming art exhibit “Figures Of Speech” has me reaching for essays by Wendell Berry and thinking of the ways poetry can evoke many thoughts and feelings in a few lines. My upcoming art exhibit is titled Figures Of Speech and the title is itself a description…
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Welcome winter break
I’m taking a winter break and will resume this blog after the new year. Did you find your gift book? Hope so. Here’s a video flip-through… My wife and I made a list of 14 books we’ve loved and collaborated on a short first person sentence (because that was easy) description of our thoughts and…
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