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writing about art
There was a time when I felt that writing words-in-a-row about visual art was rather like using lemon juice to describe honey. But somewhere along the way I realized that being a professional artist out in the “real world” meant I didn’t have to write as if I were in an academic university. That was…
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mundane matters
It took some doing but I finished the painting I was working on in my last post (here). I’ve titled it “A Novel Morning”. It is 24 inches by 18 inches – acrylic and gouache on board. The text in the painting was paraphrased from Dona Leon’s book “Death at La Fenice” – the first…
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self portrait as a wicked book
Several of my artist books are in a permanent collection at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art and will be in a new exhibit, in March 2018, titled “Artist’s Books – Chapter 13 – Lyricism And Laughter”! Here are a few photos of one of my books in the exhibit. It’s titled “Self Portrait As A…
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finished Abyssinian cat with alphabet
Here’s the finished Abyssinian cat portrait with an alphabet pattern background – reflecting my thoughts of multi-lingual book readers, alphabetic “framing” of thoughts and… well, if you look at my last several blog posts you’ll see my thinking as I’ve worked on this one. It’s titled “Alpha Betty” and is 20 x 24 inches. I’m…
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musical dog art
Getting a few questions about my new artist book “Dogs by Sue Clancy” – https://store.bookbaby.com/book/Dogs-By-Sue-Clancy – one of the questions: “Where do you get your ideas, that ‘something pleasant’ you speak of?” While I’m living my ordinary life I make notes and drawings in my sketchbook of everything pleasant that I experience. Then when I’m starting a fine…
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9 ways to make more art and why
My response to difficult times, whether personal or in the wider culture, has been to make more art. This is a concept I’ve adapted from my past work on Dr. Bob’s Emotional Repair Program First Aid Kit https://store.bookbaby.com/book/dr-bobs-emotional-repair-program-first-aid-kit – a book I did some time ago in which Dr. Bob says “The best response is living well”…
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dog art book days
Recently I posted a video of me un-boxing proof copies of “Dogs by Sue Clancy” https://sueclancy.wordpress.com/2017/01/15/dogs-unboxed/ Overall I’m very pleased with the books printing, the binding and the way BookBaby https://www.bookbaby.com/ has done things. I’d used BookBaby to do my previous eBooks – so they weren’t un-known to me, and I knew they’d be good to…
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