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Brainworks: Daily Painting
http://traceyclarke.blogspot.com/
I am an oil painter. I post my paintings and thoughts about painting here.
Recent Posts
Tuesday Update
I think I have forgotten how to paint. Five weeks post-last painting, and feeling it. When I took on two shows opening within a month of each other, I knew it would be a challenge getting enough good work, but now the ongoing framing (with two damage...
FCCA Opening
We had a great attendance at the gallery last night with people moving through all evening. I am a blessed person to have so many "regulars" who come to every opening to support me. I was thrilled to have friends Steve and Eugenia there, as well. The...
Art Hoarders or Collectors?
Filmmaker Megumi Sasaki has made a documentary about Herb and Dorothy Vogel, art collectors who have amassed over 2,ooo works of art in their lifetime on postal clerk's salary. The focus of the majority of their purchases have been of minimalist or c...
FCCA hanging at the Historic Silversmith house
Sunday was a rainy day to transport paintings, but we did it and the FCCA show is hung and looks fantastic. Anne has one side of the space and I have the other. Our work is drastically different from one another, but I think it works great. Something...
Humane Society Blog Post
Not much that needs to be said....As a person who loves animals and as the they are the focus of my work, I cannot turn a blind eye to these issues. I share so we can all be informed.May we not ever tolerate the cruelty, abuse and neglect of any liv...
Countdown to FCCA and NVFAA
I am just beginning to feel the pressure of not painting for the last three weeks. There is an out of sorts feeling that also can be attributed to traveling, I suppose. It almost feels like I am neglecting myself in some way by not painting.Going ove...

