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FOUND DRAWING 26

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:58:00 +0000

Found Drawing 26. Pleasing patterns in nature. These are fern leaves from one of our many hikes through Sage Mountain Natural Park (Tortola, British Virgin Islands)...A great place...

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THREE PAINTINGS IN PROGRESS

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:41:00 +0000

Establishing layers...Sometimes I like the raw texture before fusing (here, above) as much as the smoother finish after fusing. Palette-cleansing black and white...The smaller now...

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"ELYSIUM: a gathering of souls" by Sandra Russell Clark

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:32:00 +0000

(Coincidental Halloween post.)ELYSIUM: a gathering of souls by Sandra Russell Clark, noted New Orleans photographer. A favorite book, purchased in New Orleans- a beautiful reminder of my...

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HINGE

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:04:00 +0000

New painting...Hinge2011, 12 x 9 inches, encaustic on panel

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MONOLITHIC

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:09:00 +0000

New painting...Monolith2011, 12 x 9 inches, encaustic on panel

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PEDIMENT

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:13:00 +0000

More new work completed recently...Pediment2011, 8 x 8 inches, encaustic on panel After years of painting relatively large- 40 x 40 inch canvases, for instance- I never imagined I'd be using such...

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UNTITLED WATERCOLOR 3

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:50:00 +0000

One of my watercolors from the new series, yet untitled...Can you see the layers?More to come.

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UNTITLED WATERCOLOR 2

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:34:00 +0000

Another watercolor...no title yet.I appreciate how cold press paper adds texture to these abstract studies. I'd originally thought to use hot press (smooth) paper but I realized textured would...

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UNTITLED WATERCOLOR 1

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:09:00 +0000

Continuing my exploration of watercolor properties in which I layer and combine color...I've been posting them in reverse chronological order- no reason except it's the order in which they were...

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UNTITLED WATERCOLOR 4

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:54:00 +0000

A slight shift in application for my developing watercolor series but same direction...Here, I've applied purple and green hues, then layered them to get a neutral. With the previous three...

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UNTITLED WATERCOLOR 5

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:24:00 +0000

My favorite of this series, so far...It came together nicely, the results being what I envisioned. No surprises, apart from how the neutral area dried. Milky blue grey was applied over tan, and...

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UNTITLED WATERCOLOR 6

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:38:00 +0000

Another one from the reductive watercolor series...I'm getting better at allowing the watercolor to "be", about accepting what is. See the streaks in the neutral area? They appeared during the...

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found drawing 27

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:35:00 +0000

Found Drawing 27Inside of an airplane engine...I'd call it a grill but not sure if that's the appropriate term.I enjoy looking at man-made things in an out-of-context way in which the parts are...

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the art of wabi-sabi

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:00:00 +0000

I admire the Japanese wabi-sabi aesthetic, that beauty is imperfect, impermanent, incomplete. In painting, I use visual language to speak of transience, decay and the natural order of things...

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found drawing 28

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:41:00 +0000

Found Drawing 28 A bigger picture of Found Drawing 27- engine from a fighter plane on display at USS Lexington aircraft carrier museum. F.D. 28 makes me think of space exploration and things not of...

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found drawing 29

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:49:00 +0000

Found Drawing 29Airplane engine parts, preserved and painted in the most beautiful grey and milky aqua hues. I intentionally blurred the photo, bringing to mind encaustic...

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found drawing 30

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:56:00 +0000

Found Drawing 30 More airplane engine bits... Preservationists could have easily painted these parts in black, white, or left them as they were. Instead, they chose glorious color!

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untitled watercolor 7

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:23:00 +0000

Completed in December 2011...another reductive watercolor from my ongoing series. I've begun cropping out the paper's white edges. However, for framing, I prefer a couple of inches showing - a...

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untitled watercolor 8

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Untitled Watercolor No. 8 Two layers of violet over one layer of brown for increased vibrancy. My explorations in watercolor continues. More encaustic paintings - coming soon.

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found drawing 31

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:59:00 +0000

Found Drawing 31 Monochrome thoughts turn to white and shadows.

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untitled watercolor 9

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:38:00 +0000

Using a very similar violet to Untitled 8... I continue to be intrigued by the outcome of layering two transparent or translucent hues; sometimes I am even surprised. I want to do hundreds of...

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untitled watercolor 10

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:15:00 +0000

Another 6 x 6 inch watercolor in this ongoing series. I created this color scheme at the advice of artist friend and writer Nancy Terrell (see her work here). Over the weekend, I participated in...

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watercolor in my studio

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Working in watercolors - beginning with top photo - A collection of paint samples serves as color references. - I don't need a large variety of watercolors because I mix my own...

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untitled watercolor 11

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:31:00 +0000

11th piece in the reductive watercolor series... Color variations in the neutral zone are quite apparent. The texture of cold press paper adds an element which works well with this series'...

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encountering encaustics workshop - part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Stephanie Hoff Clayton) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Earlier this month, I attended a two-day workshop taught by artist and author Michelle Belto (above images). Since 2010, I have been working in encaustic after teaching myself via online research...

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