Diane Clancy's Art Blog

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 Contagious. This vibrant, colorful painting of Contagious shows the bubble who is Contagious in isolation while all their friends are eagerly waiting for them outside.   I encourage you to check Illustration Friday out! Lots of fun people and paintings!

Contagious, Digital  © Diane Clancy

How are you doing? Thank you for stopping by!

~ Diane Clancy

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Tonight I am only going to share with you this other vibrant, colorful painting that I created in honor of my Mom and my 18 year kitty companion.  This one is obviously more about my kitty.  It is the celebration that all of Heaven feels when he Arrives … he is so wonderful – as is my mother – that all are delighted to have his company.  (But I wouldn’t want you to think I am biased or anything (smiling)).  This painting was created with the same techniques as Underground – when I finished one, I started the other.

Arriving, Tempera © Diane Clancy

My love for them each is very strong and you can see my tears at this loss and transition.  But I have total experience that love is eternal and far beyond the loss of the body.  Thank you so much for your support of me in different venues – by sending my cousin, our family and me prayers and healing.  And to answer a question … he and the rest of my family are very strong believers in the power of prayer and miracles – so yes, he is open.  Thank you for being in my life!

~ Diane Clancy

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This week has been slower and going better.  I got some real work accomplished.  But I just got some very sad news about the health of a beloved family member who has been struggling health-wise.  Any prayers for him would be most appreciated!  I just got the call .. so tonight I am only going to share with you this vibrant, colorful painting that I created in honor of my Mom and my 18 year kitty companion.  It speaks to love being eternal – beyond all time and space.  Thank you for being in my life.  Thank you for stopping by!

Underground, Tempera © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

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I hope everyone had a great Sunday!!  I got a lot done but it is time to rest and relax – so here is a new ACEO that I have created.  I think it is cool – how about you?  Thank you for stopping by!

Green Glow, Pastel © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

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Amanda Makepeace featured me on One Pebble: An Art Exchange the other day.  Amanda LOVES pebbles and she has a great offer of gifting someone an original Art Card, ACEO each time someone sends her a pebble.  WOW – that is some trade.  Awhile ago I walked around the block and picked up a variety of pebbles of different colors, textures and sizes to thrill Amanda … she gets such a kick out of them!  She wrote a great post right here about my pebbles (and the ACEO I gave her)!!  I have received the ACEO that Amanda made me as a thank you for the pebbles … you can see it right here – I love it!!  Thank you, Amanda!!  You might want to send her some pebbles yourself!

This is one of the AWE Project displays (Artists Window Exhibit).  I think this particular display is superb!!  Cindy is the person who helped us with our window display at Wilsons .. she has quite an eye for creating beautiful displays!  This is one of the photos we used today in the TV snippet.

Cindy Dikeman at CopyCat Print Shop, Photography © Ellen Blanchette

The piece for the TV went very well I think … we had a short script where Susan Elkin and I took turns sharing information.  There was a short shot of us at the beginning and then 8 photos of the AWE Project.  Susan Elkin and Ellen Blanchette are the photographers  who provided the images.

Well … we made it through today … this was the worst of this week’s piled up appointments – somehow we made survived fairly well!  Unfortunately due to complications 2 things have to get redone on Friday (not due to anything we did – just life’s complications) … but the rest of the week is just busy, not quadruple booked.  Whew!!  Thank you for all your support in this process!!  How are YOU doing?  Thank you so much for coming by!!

~ 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 Parade. This vibrant, colorful painting of Parade shows the the crowds watching the Parade and the Parade itself.  A fun time was has by all!!  I encourage you to check Illustration Friday out! Lots of fun people and paintings!

Parade, Digital  © Diane Clancy

Thanks so much for being in my life and caring!!  What you are up to at this point of your life? I have gotten through today, partly by not going to one thing I should have.  Wish me luck for tomorrow morning – that is the time I am supposed to be doing 4 things at the same time … not sure how it will all go!!  Thank you for stopping by!

~ Diane Clancy

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The Artists of Franklin County, a local group that I coordinate, have been having Artists Window Exhibits (AWE Project) since 2006.  We have a current one going on for the month of May.  Local artists are putting our artwork in local windows and on indoor walls to beautify Greenfield and to help build the Creative Economy. Today Susan Elkin and I put up our artists window at Wilson’s – the local department store.  Actually we helped our friend Cindy put up the windows … she did an incredible job and I learned tons today by assisting her!!  Here I am in the before picture … this is what the empty window looked like.

Diane at Wilsons, Photography © Susan Elkin

There are lots of reflections but I hope you can see the general idea.  The after picture is below.  We hung cloth at the back of the window space, hung paintings from the ceiling, put more cloth on the floor – Cindy did a fantastic job!! Susan will take more pictures at another time so you can see what an incredible window Cindy created!! Wow!!

Wilsons, Photography © Susan Elkin

Setting up the window took hours and I am ready to fall on my face.  Today is done … the next couple of days are still booked way too solid.  I am so tired I need retype at least 2 words per sentence … so I am going to stop here for tonight … wish me luck soaring gracefully through the next few days!  Thank you so much for coming by!!

~ Diane Clancy

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The Artists of Franklin County, a local group that I coordinate, have been having Artists Window Exhibits (AWE Project) since 2006.  Susan Elkin and I are putting our work into Wilson’s Department Store tomorrow morning.  I do think we are ready at last!!  I think it is going to look very lovely since our friend Cindy is helping us.

Opus, Photography © Susan Elkin

I also finished preparing for the TV Show that we need to record on Wednesday afternoon.  I have sent the images to the local access station, GCTV, so they can load them up for our piece.  Each person or group who received a grant from the  Greenfield Local Cultural Council has been asked to record a segment to help create an hour long show about the grants.  It is pretty exciting – so far I am not as scared as the last time I was on the TV to record a show.

The week still looks pretty hectic … now Wednesday morning has 3 things … all necessary in the same 3 hour time slot.  I have no clue how we are going to manage all this!!  And it all has to be done in time to go record at the TV station.  Tuesday morning there are only 2 things at the same time.  Somehow I have to keep cool and stay rested through this all!!  Thank you for your supportive comments … I have no idea how I am going to make it until Thursday night!

But I have a list in my AutoFocus notebook and at least have the new things down and I am being able to knock off (that means finish) some of the details that I have written down  – so whew!  I did manage to scan 4 of the new ACEOs today.  The People’s Voice (a magazine for which I am the editor and layout person) is going to have to fit in the cracks at the moment.  I did quite a bit on it and then had to wait for people to send things in. I have everything now but have to work it around the things that cannot change in the next 4 days …

I will check in tomorrow – I am so happy that I may be able to show you one of the new pastel Art Cards.  Have a great day! Thank you for stopping by!

~ Diane Clancy

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