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from my Oregon Coast sketchbook

page from Sue Clancy’s Oregon Coast sketchbook

Dog Art

For an exhibit upcoming at a Caplan Art Designs event.”Cappuchino Corgi” by Sue Clancy

Cappuccino Corgi by Sue Clancy

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Art for the Ravens

Just found out that 3 of my artworks have been selected for the Oct 2015 magazine issue of Raven Chronicles! https://twitter.com/ravenchronic http://www.ravenchronicles.org/  Doing my happy dance!

Muse Illustration

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from my Oregon Coast sketchbook

handwritten page with drawings from Sue Clancy’s Oregon Coast sketchbook

More handmade books for Art O Mat

Since I make handmade papers that I cut up into shapes and use to make my fine art collages it means I’ve got lots of very-special paper scraps about.  I don’t want to just throw them away – so I make book covers out of the “special scrap bits” and Judy sews them into little books.  Then, under the banner “This Artist Studio” we ship batches of books to Art-O-Mat in North Carolina.  The folks at Art-O-Mat put our books in old cigarette vending machines in various locations, people walk up, put in their change/tokens, pull a lever and ker-plunk! Out pops a one-of-a-kind hand sewn book (or etc.).  Well, today we got a note from the head honcho’s at Art-O-Mat saying that their vendors have been specifically requesting our little books…. We’re going to have to really get busy and make scads more!!! Wahoo!!!

hand sewn books with handmade paper covers being put into a box for “vending” via ArtoMat.

from my Oregon Coast sketchbook

food music

Here’s a piece I finished recently titled “Tune and Sandwich”.  I’ve been thinking recently of how often music and food go together for me. “Tune and Sandwich” will probably be in an upcoming October wine-dinner-art exhibit called “Cooks and Corks” – more on that under the events tab at Caplan Art Designs.

from the books of Bob

“Lighting someone else’s candle won’t make yours any less bright” – Dr. Bob Hoke

Being artistically inspired is not a once-and-done thing: I always need fresh inspirations, a new sense of awe, a new way of looking at something. It’s like buying groceries and cooking; the fridge and pantry always need restocking, new recipe ideas are necessary to prevent the cooking-eating-doldrums. I’ve decided that a “beginners mind” is an essential ingredient of my artistic life and often this takes the form of “how do I share this, how do I let it go?”.   Having to put my thoughts into clear words is often inspiring in itself, having other people respond enthusiastically is icing on that cake. I’ve also learned that creativity is a renewable resource – and it’s something I can both have and share.

Here below is a story on this topic that Dr. Bob Hoke told me.

This story is in my ebook “Dr. Bob’s Emotional Repair Program First Aid Kit” http://my.bookbaby.com/book/dr-bobs-emotional-repair-program-first-aid-kit – The above text is from a new book effort I’m working on titled “The Artist and the Psychiatrist”.

from the Coffee Table

Here’s a couple of pages from “Coffee, Table, Book“.  I’m posting them because I’ve been doing several fine art exhibits via Caplan Art Designs (www.caplanartdesigns.com) and when people view my artwork they ask me questions like “Why animal subject matter?” and “Where do you get your ideas?” – so I made my “Coffee, Table, Book” ebook as a way to give people access to my private artist sketchbook so they can see for themselves.  It was either create an ebook or tell people “Animals are furry and I hand-pick my ideas from the Idea-tree I have planted in my backyard”.  An ebook seemed more polite… and more accurate.

More about my fine art here: www.sueclancy.com or here: www.facebook.com/sueclancy.thisartiststudio