Diane Clancy's Art Blog

Today I worked very very hard on the AWE (Artists Window Exhibit) – we have 26 stores and 23 artists that are involved this time.  It was quite an exciting meeting today as a whole lot of artists got together – most not knowing each other – and divided up the windows.  For the first time artists are also sharing windows.  One artist makes shoes by hand – and 2 other artists are going to show creative photographs of shoes. This cool synergy is a great step of having the AWE project go up a notch.  And to let you know, tomorrow I go in the hospital for my Remicade.

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Sparkling Spirit, Digital © Diane Clanc

I have a give-away to celebrate my 500th post. You can still enter to win!! Here are the details. It is FREE to enter! Thank you for stopping by! There are some of my regular readers who are away and I want to give them a chance to enter. Hi – thanks for coming by!!

~ Diane Clancy

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Today I worked on the AWE (Artists Window Exhibit) … it is coming along but a LOT of work. We are increasing the number of artists involved in putting their work in the windows and adding stores and offices too. I will be showing you photos of past windows shortly. I have made a spread sheet with the stores and also one of the artists for this exhibit – September 15 – October 15. Pretty tired from all the calling and detail work … so keeping things short today.  Susan Elkin posted on her blog today if you want to go visit her!!  Hope you like this new image … and Thank YOU for coming by!!

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Lilac Orchid, Digital © Diane Clanc

I have a give-away to celebrate my 500th post. You can still enter to win!! Here are the details. It is FREE to enter! Thank you for stopping by! There are some of my regular readers who are away and I want to give them a chance to enter. Hi – thanks for coming by!!

~ Diane Clancy

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I have a give-away to celebrate my 500th post. You can still enter to win!! Here are the details. It is FREE to enter! Thank you for stopping by!  There are some of my regular readers who are away and I want to give them a chance to enter.

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Tropical Night, Digital © Diane Clancy

I have made some progress toward catching up …. the next AWE (Artists Window Exhibit) in Greenfield is picking up steam – the next exhibit is September 15 – October 15.  Time to get cooking again!!  Thanks for coming by!

~ Diane Clancy

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Today the Artists of Franklin County had our monthly meeting.  I am delighted that the group is ready to take more ownership of the group by sharing the tasks.  I am very relieved.  For over a year and a half I have basically held the group together until things really gelled.  I am thrilled that the last 6 months or so new people have joined and have become involved and committed. Now we are taking concrete steps so that several of us are taking and sharing responsibility.  Yippee!! 

Mauve Lattice, Digital © Diane Clancy

More good news – today in an online group where I am a moderator, someone else has stepped up to take great leadership. I am so happy that I can stop trying to figure out how to make this online group streamlined and functioning well.  

Once I read, “If you are smart enough to make yourself indispensable, then you are smart enough how to make yourself dispensable.” So I am feeling better but I still have too much responsibility and I am trying – responsibly – to streamline my commitments.  I am still fairly tired.  Thank you for stopping by!!!

~ Diane Clancy

Hi everyone!! This is an image that I am thinking of putting up for sale at Etsy as an ACEO. I am eager to see if people like this. I have one friend who wanted me to make this into a very large print to hang in her house. So I put it up at my ImageKind gallery where people can buy prints for not that much. Here is my shop.

Expansion, Digital © Diane Clancy

I am keeping this short again today … We have finished putting together our work for the shows (AWE) next week. I have combed through all the emails from the artists group I coordinate to figure out a whole bunch of issues – I then pooled all the info and wrote it up. Also I wrote the first draft of the press release. Whew!! The work is coming together. So hopefully I will soon have more time to catch up with you!! Thank you again!

~ Diane Clancy

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This image is for the Pet Monologues which is the blog which I directed you to showing that incredible video about the lion hugging the woman who rescued him. Also they highlight art, poems and more that showcase animals every week. You can see there blog here. And this is the post for this particular challenge. I hope you enjoy the images there!! Here is a cool post about a Dog Beach – check it out! Anyone can join in this fun here too!! They put up a few of the images and then have links to the rest of the sites … perhaps you will feel moved to participate!

Emma in Butterflies, Digital © Diane Clancy

I have my printing done for the AWE Project. Now Susan puts most of the frames together, I made sure they are square and put on the wire. I have to make my own bio for the windows, find the other artists to see if they are wanting me to print and laminate theirs (since I coordinate this project), and then write a press release. I am tired just thinking about all this. Somewhere rest HAS to fit in here.

~ Diane Clancy

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You said you wanted some new work … I tried fooling around and made this. I don’t know what to think … but I thought I would share it with you. I did all the printing for the AWE (Artists Window Exhibit) Project today. I am going to have a total of 20 painting matted and framed. We also did Susan’s printing. Whew!

Night Birds, Acrylic © Diane Clancy

I have 2 stores to be in. One is only for a week .. so luckily I don’t have to all them all prepared for next week. Susan also is in 2 or 3 stores … but there is not as much room for her paintings. I had no idea how much I would have to do when I took the stores no one else wanted. Susan is going to start putting together the frames tomorrow and the glass is coming Thursday. But the big decisions are made … now there is just all the work to make them happen.

I am pretty tired today from all the going up and down stairs from printing yesterday and today. But I can rest more tomorrow … maybe even get to make some comments on your blog! Thank you for being supportive of healing and not pushing myself. I am still just plain weak!! I love hearing how you are!!

~ Diane Clancy

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Now for something I don’t think you’ve seen before. This came out of playing around with Studio Artist – a very fun computer art program. I had so much fun transforming a beautiful bird image into a horse of a different color. Hmmm … I bet Pet Monologues might think this could be an appropriate animal image for them. You are seeing this image because a friend wanted some of my ACEOs. She went through all my galleries and this is one of the ones she choose to want to have. Neither the Fanciful Animal Images or the bubblescapes are in those galleries. I need to make bubblescape galleries and the animals have their own galleries. I am delighted that such a fantastic artist wants my work – I will ask her if I can share one of her pieces with you sometime and point you to her website and Etsy shop.

Nature Reflections II, Digital © Diane Clancy

The AWE (Artists Window Exhibit) Project is in just over a week. I have to get going on printing, matting and framing my work to be exhibited. Luckily Susan is fantastic at helping me with such things. (Particularly the framing which is the hardest for me). I need to take some steps to get that going or else I will be in trouble in a week. Please wish me luck!

Today I am feeling more connected to the Universe energetically – whew!! I feel like my body is made of light and energy (which we all are). To me this is a great indication that I have taken another step in healing!! Thank you for all your support, kindness and healing.

~ Diane Clancy

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This image is for the Pet Monologues which is the blog which I directed you to showing that incredible video about the lion hugging the woman who rescued him. Also they highlight art, poems and more that showcase animals every week. You can see there blog here. And this is the post for this particular challenge. I hope you enjoy the images there!! Here is a cool post about a Dog Beach – check it out! Anyone can join in this fun here too!! They put up a few of the images and then have links to the rest of the sites … perhaps you will feel moved to participate!

Bambi in Flowers II, Digital © Diane Clancy

I did another Treasury today at Etsy – if you would like to see and and get the link, please visit my other blog – thank you!   Susan Elkin did a post today again!

Some of you will remember the AWE (Artists Windows Exhibit) Project. I got a grant to coordinate the project of putting artists work in store windows 3 times this year. The first show is April 15 – May 15. So, I have been busy … Susan has done tons of it – I don’t know what I would have done without her help!

Tomorrow I need to go to a meeting to finalize details with the artists. It will be the first time I have been out of the house (except doctors and my hospital appointment in 5 weeks). I am still fairly weak. I have an appointment to go see my regular doctor tomorrow right after the meeting. My lungs are still iffy. So … I am doing better but far from good. Thank you!!

~ Diane Clancy

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