sue clancy – artist

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my interactive art exhibit experiment

October 24, 2015

Some time ago I observed that when people visit art galleries or art museums they often have one hand on their smart phone or tablet. While at a gallery or museum people collect brochures, booklets, books and “artist monographs”. They sit and read the booklets and look things up on their phones. They lean in…

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artist meets author

October 22, 2015

As promised in my previous blog (http://atomic-temporary-81644525.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/13/with-dog-as-my-co-pilot/) here is the not-too-long awaited interview with Lorna Lee! I met Lorna as part of a fundraiser for the Ridgefield Community Library. Lorna taught a 5 week writing class for the library and since I’m a big fan of libraries and always on the prowl for stories to…

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Margaret Atwood Sketch

October 18, 2015

I went to Powell’s bookstore to see Margaret Atwood speak about her new book “The Heart Goes Last”. Here is the sketchbook page I did during the event. The quotes are my perception of what she said – some adult supervision of my accuracy in the quotes may be required. Here is a juicy link…

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books as art

October 17, 2015

Books as art. Art as books. Fine art as illustration. Illustration as fine art. Writing as art…. And along such blurred lines here is a wonderful post http://joycorcoran.com/2015/10/15/old-tales-new-views/ Here’s a photo of one of my own efforts along similarly blurred lines:

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With Dog as my Co-pilot

October 13, 2015

Recently I took a writing class with Lorna Lee. Dam* good class and I was sorry for it to end. So I decided to shamelessly promote Lorna’s books and interview her in a selfish attempt to continue gleaning pearls of wisdom about writing and living a creative life. Or if not pearls of wisdom at…

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Pinker sketch

October 10, 2015

Last Wednesday I went to hear Steven Pinker speak about his book “The Sense of Style” at Powell’s books in Portland Oregon. www.powells.com and this is the sketch I did in my sketchbook while Mr. Pinker talked. The quotes are what I think I heard him say. (Errors are mine, all mine.) There was a…

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art toad of mushrooms

September 30, 2015

Here’s one of my fine artworks titled “Toad Shroom” that Caplan Art Designs www.caplanartdesigns.com has currently on exhibit at The Daily Cafe in the Pearl http://dailyinthepearl.com/ – “Toad Shroom” was inspired by two novels by Tom Robbins; “Another Roadside Attraction” and “Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas”. Tom Robbins is one of my favorite authors. On…

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art books; reviews and previews

September 28, 2015

Since I often get asked for suggestions of “good books about art” I’ve decided to start reviewing books about various aspects of art on Goodreads.com now and again. The photo is of one of my favorite “go to” books that I recently reviewed. I may review cookbooks too as I think knowing how to cook…

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Sue sketches Ursula

September 11, 2015

Disclaimer: the “quotes” written around the drawings are what I think heard Ursula Le Guin say during her talk at Powell’s books – any and all errors, miss-scribbles and darn-doodles are mine and mine alone. Any and all brilliance, insight and encouragement is Ursula Le Guin’s. Her website is http://www.ursulakleguin.com/ and she does stuff here:…

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More handmade books for Art O Mat

August 18, 2015

Since I make handmade papers that I cut up into shapes and use to make my fine art collages it means I’ve got lots of very-special paper scraps about. I don’t want to just throw them away – so I make book covers out of the “special scrap bits” and Judy sews them into little…

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