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An archive of exhibitions, artist reflections, behind-the-scenes making and news from the studio.
Browse selected exhibitions, studio reflections and stories from Clara Nartey.

You’ve just got to love tween and teenage girls!! Listen to them talk and you’ll learn the latest fashion trends and styles. My 12-year-old saw rompers and…
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More and more, I’m finding that creativity is exploration, simple!! I’m sure there are specific definitions for what exactly creativity is. But I think…
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Recently, I seem to have a lot of good news. For the past few months, I’ve been talking with my mailing list subscribers about my upcoming solo show. I…
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Coming up with color scheme ideas is one of the things that artists are very often preoccupied with. It’s not surprising that this is…
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I’ve got exciting news to share with you!!! My artwork Cappadocia Caves #3 is showing at Slater Memorial Museum from August 20th to September…
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Our creative lives are laboratories. Testing, trying and proving new methodologies are just what we do. Constantly, we learn something new every day. It was…
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There’s this myth that we often buy into. The myth that a progressing creative is someone who has some special talents that the rest…
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Number 30!!! Yippee!!! Seriously, I really do need to spice it up a bit. I’ve been thinking design variety. You know, different ways to introduce…
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Design unity is one of the principles of design we seek to follow when creating artwork. Just as in general terms, the word unity means oneness,…
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