illustration
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closet creature art poem
Closet Creature By Sue Clancy Rattle, rustle, bang, bump, my closet door opened – THUMP! I smelled it first and wrinkled my nose then in the moonlight there arose a creature with a tennis racket head. Its flannel arms stretched toward my bed. It smelled of moldy milk I’d dripped. It staggered in…
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feeding good wolves
“Art is what we possess in the face of evil and the darker side of human nature.” – Milan Kundera (from his book “Encounter”) The above artwork is from “Dr. Bob’s Emotional Repair Program First Aid Kit” http://store.bookbaby.com/book/dr-bobs-emotional-repair-program-first-aid-kit
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pet portfolios
I’ve updated the “links list” at the bottom of my website www.sueclancy.com. Most notably I’ve put a link to Chris Oatley’s website which has helpful advice for artists/illustrators…this page about artist/illustrator portfolios is particularly helpful http://chrisoatley.com/category/portfolios/ And, now that the topic “portfolios” has been covered here is a pet:
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artist habitat
My natural habitat below: One of the inspiring phrases on my wall: “Art is love made visible”
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why Humpty Dumpty fell
As mentioned on my blog here I’m in the middle of a “verry big project” – the art has been installed and now we’re waiting for the unveiling party to happen. In the meantime I’ve begun some new art projects and over lunch today I wondered, as I’m sure you did, about why Humpty Dumpty…
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sketchbook publishing
Tomorrow I’ll be installing my “Verrry Big Project” so while I’m getting ready to deliver the art I’m thinking about my next sketchbook publishing action. I want to publish my Oregon Coast Sketchbook (some sample pages are in this post and elsewhere on my blog) – but shall I do it as a printed book?…
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Literary Journal Love
Just got word that 5 of my illustration artworks will be published in the next issue of The Tishman Review http://tishmanreview.com/ ! Color me very happy! In fact here is my “happy dance” illustration – and no, it’s not one of the ones that will be published in the literary journal, (contracts don’tchaknow) – I’m…
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sketching while we wait
I’m waiting for the varnish to dry on my “verrry big project” (see this post here) and for the org that the Verry Big Project was created for to do the publicity soooooo we’ve changed the blog-conversation to the topic of sketchbooks. Here are some verrry random pages from my sketchbooks:
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