words and pictures
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Glad To Be Alive sketchbook by Clancy
I’m getting ready for a one-woman fine art exhibit held at Burnt Bridge Cellars and set up by the Caplan Art Designs gallery – and part of getting ready is writing an “exhibit statement”. I prefer creating pictures to writing non-fiction/prose so I’m making my exhibit statement as visual as possible. One thing I’ve done is collect…
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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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Sue Clancy illustrates poems again
In the current Section 8 magazine issue several of my artworks illustrate several poems! Yep, once again I realize that words and pictures go together like hot water and ground coffee beans. Link here: http://www.section8magazine.com/rip-the-strings-let-fly-the-feet/ Oh, and at the bottom of that page there’s a link to a fun interview this magazine did with me…
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communicating our world
As a deaf, gay, female artist and writer I’m keenly aware of the need for diversity in the words and pictures within books, within art galleries, within…every communication form that we use to talk about and picture our world. This Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators article lists some thoughtful strategies…. http://www.scbwi.org/diversity-what-can-we-do-about-it/
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Illustrated Rabbit Habits
Friday fun: Over coffee this morning I read a poem by Ogden Nash and decided to play with it…
