a creative life
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Meditations Upon Awakening
At the Aurora Gallery in downtown Vancouver Washington I have a one person exhibit of my fine art and artist books titled Meditations Upon Awakening. My exhibit will run the entire month of February. Here’s a look at some of my works in the show: Here’s my exhibit statement for Meditations Upon Awakening: “Marcus Aurelius…
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Nonsense Botany and the Owl and Pussycat update
Recently the Caplan Art Designs gallery hung what’s left of my nonsense botany on the gallery window wall! How nice is this? Here are the gallery details https://caplanartdesigns.com/ The gallery is relocating my Owl and Pussycat exhibit, starting Nov 23, to the south waterfront Daily Cafe at the tram. This is a popular public transit hub…
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Thumb issues
FYI I’m still here. I’ve been having thumb issues so I’ve been limiting my poke-on-a-screen time to updating my weekly Substack newsletter which contains my sketchbook pages from the week. Here’s the link for that if you want to catch up. https://sueclancy.substack.com/ It goes almost without the need to say so that I’m still doing…
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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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Nearing the Bong-tree and the runcible spoon hour
This week I’m delivering all of my new artworks for a one-person exhibit at the urban winery Burnt Bridge Cellars. Currently my studio looks like this. Via one of the galleries that represents my work year around, Caplan Art Designs, I’m exhibiting 13 of my newest artworks at Burnt Bridge Cellars during both June and…
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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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Around the block
My one-person fine art exhibit at the Caplan Art Designs Gallery is opening Oct 3 from 6 to 8pm and the exhibit will run throughout October. I’ll admit that of all my new artworks the one mentioned in this post is the one I’m most looking forward to seeing people playing with during the reception.…
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As the crow flies
I made an artist book “As The Crow Flies” for my exhibit at the Caplan Art Designs Gallery– opening Oct 3 – my book was inspired when I realized that with 8 independent bookstores and 12 public library branches in the town where I live that wherever I go in town I’m within about 2…
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