Diane Clancy's Art Blog

Hi everyone .. I am fairly exhausted.  I think the stress of the last 6 weeks is catching up with me.  I am not feeling well or functioning very well.  I have these ideas I want to blog about (and other things to do) but I just can’t – it is as if I am in a thick, unpleasant fog .. and just not able to think very well.  I think I need rest big time .. but do not feel rested from resting.

Precious Abundance, Digital © Diane Clancy

I am hoping you might enjoy giving some naming and feedback love to these 2 paintings .. I like them both in different ways.  Thank you so much for sticking with me!!

Celtic Centering, Digital © Diane Clancy

Thank you for stopping by! I would love to hear about you!!

~ Diane Clancy

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Every week Illustration Friday has a challenge for a specific word. It is a great way to showcase your work and a wonderful opportunity to meet lots of wonderful people! Anyone can join in with their entry to Illustration Friday. I so much enjoy doing this challenge. This week is Intricate. This would be delicate and Intricate!  Intricate is one of my vibrant, colorful paintings that I created digitally … I encourage you to check it out! Lots of fun people and paintings!

Intricate, Digital © Diane Clancy

How do you tackle any creative endeavor that you are producing? Thank you for stopping by!

~ Diane Clancy

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This is one of my dreamscapes … Yesterday Sadia of Sadia Paintings said she liked “How about this one? Digital” the best out of the several paintings that Mel had put in his feature of me and my vibrant, colorful paintings … so this is dedicated to Sadia … it is a different color but I think she will enjoy the texture. I just found one of Sadia’s images that I just HAVE to share with you … it is utterly incredible!!  Here is the post for this image.

This is also not my usual palette (nor Sadia’s) but I hope the form, texture and meaning will delight Sadia!  I see the center of calm in the middle of this painting as the heart or stillpoint as all the motion of emotions and dreams swirl around this center of peace.

Stillpoint, Digital © Diane Clancy

I am still dragging from the time change and all the tension of the family issues I have been dealing with … I am hoping to have more energy tomorrow. In the meantime, I am at least sometimes supporting my own Stillpoint. Thank you for stopping by! I would love to hear about you!!

~ Diane Clancy

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Mel Avila Alarilla featured me on his blog  Literatti – An Artistic Blog.  Mel has been featuring “Upcoming Contemporary Artists” and I am thrilled that he includes me in this category!!  Here is part of what Mel says “Her artworks are not only vibrant potential masterpieces but they are also outlets of her soul’s different longings and expressions. You can almost feel and hear life echoing in every artwork she makes. They are so scintilating and magnificent in color and their sheer volume and variety are simply astonishing.”

Please check it out! Mel Avila Alarilla’s blog is here and here is the post that I am included in! Oh yes … there is another of picture of me for those of you who want to see what I look like … so enjoy!  There are over 10 of my paintings and quite a lot of text – I bet most people will find something they haven’t seen or known before. Please check it out!  Thank you, Mel!

Today I made some progress on catching up on some things that I to put aside the last 5 weeks as I have dealt with this stressful family issue.  It felt great to get some of my own work done today!  And I talked with my friend who is in Paris now – we talked for almost an hour and a half.  It is amazing to me that regular people can do that now … really talk with people around the world.  Fantastic!!

Speaking of which … she went to this incredible exhibit in Paris that has just closed .. to then move on to other parts of the world.  This is .. 6 Billion Others by Yann Arthus-Bertrand.  It was housed in a 4 story glass conservatory and it had huts inside … ok that was the least important part – but even that sounds so perfect!

Micro View, Digital © Diane Clancy

They interviewed over 5,000 people and asked them to each talk about the same issues and then shared what people said.  It was one person sharing after another and very powerful!  There is also an online version that you will probably want to go check out  – 6 Billion Others (http://6billionothers.org).  I have had a chance to only glance at this so far … but it is very exciting!

Such a powerful tool to show how we are all human .. everywhere on this earth. Here is one of my vibrant, colorful paintings! Thank you for stopping by!  I would love to hear about you!!

~ Diane Clancy

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To me this image looks like something more than a design … something seems to be going on here (to me anyway) …  I would love to hear what YOU think!  I have been straight out today – so this has been my chance to create for you – thank you so much!  This has been a high stress time and the main trigger of the stress has just been extended for 2 weeks more … somehow I need to find peace here while I wait. I am very eager to see what you say about this image!

The Crossroads, Digital © Diane Clancy

Thank you for stopping by!  I would love to hear about you!!

~ Diane Clancy

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Every week Illustration Friday has a challenge for a specific word. It is a great way to showcase your work and a wonderful opportunity to meet lots of wonderful people! Anyone can join in with their entry to Illustration Friday. I so much enjoy doing this challenge. This week is Breezy. These bubbles are not traveling with their usual gentle flowing formation, instead they are getting blown this was and that from the wind! Breezy is one of my vibrant, colorful paintings from the bubblescape series.. I encourage you to check it out! Lots of fun people and paintings!

Breezy, Digital © Diane Clancy

How do you tackle any creative endeavor that you are producing? Thank you for stopping by!

~ Diane Clancy

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