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New Work – The Human Hand

August 21, 2015 by Clara Nartey 8 Comments

Whatever Your Hands Shall Find to Do, Do it Well

I’ve been fascinated by the human hand for the longest time ever.  For some reason, I’ve come to the conclusion that our hands are the busiest external body part we’ve got.

We use our hands endlessly from the time we wake till we go back to bed.  I find myself paying a lot of attention to how people use their hands. I know I use my hands for lots of things :- to cook, eat, clean up, dye fabrics, stitch, pick up stuff, button up my clothes, tie my shoe laces, bring my cup of tea to my lips and on and on. So for a while now (since January), I’ve been creating a series of pieces based solely on the human hand.

Initially, I was intimidated by the subject but I decided to challenge myself to do something harder than I’d ever ventured to do with my art. It was a hard subject for me because I haven’t done much figurative work prior to this. But later, I came to learn that the hand is generally a tough subject to master in art.

I’m glad I didn’t know that to start with, not that it would have deterred me but who knows? Now that I’ve gotten into it, I can’t stop going.

My only regret is that I don’t get enough time to create as many pieces as I’d like to. I suspect, it’s going to be a really long time before I tire of this subject.

Initially, I began with a monochromatic color scheme but before I realized it, I was adding more colors.  My initial plan was to create each pieces in grey scale only.  But now, seeing the bursts of color, I like that too.

Here are the few I’ve created so far.

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Bread & Butter (B/W)

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Bread and Butter (B/W) Detail Shot

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Bread & Butter -B/W Detail

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All Hands on Deck

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All Hands on Deck – Detail

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All Hands on Deck – Detail

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Splash

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Splash – Detail

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Splash – Detail

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Bread & Butter – Color

Breads & Butter(Color) -Detail
Breads & Butter(Color) -Detail

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Bread & Butter (Color) – Detail

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Little Drops of Water

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Little Drops of Water – Detail

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Little Drops of Water – Detail

As always, I can’t wait to hear your comments. Meet you in the comments section below.

Warmest Regards,

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Comments

  1. Barbara says

    August 22, 2015 at 6:01 pm

    Clara, the pieces are wonderful! You have completed so many. And I refuse to choose between the grey scale and the color – love them all!

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  2. Clara says

    August 22, 2015 at 10:41 pm

    Thanks Barb. I too can’t make up my mind whether I like the grey scale or color better 🙂

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  3. Beth Berman says

    August 23, 2015 at 11:25 am

    Wonderful work – as always!!!!!

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  4. Clara says

    August 23, 2015 at 12:41 pm

    Thanks. Beth. That’s so kind of you.

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  5. Joan says

    March 31, 2016 at 12:09 am

    These are all magnificent and so inspiring! I would imagine hands are, indeed, a difficult subject to create! I love my husband’s hands…..I agree too, that hands are very impressive and expressive! I see hands the way many people see eye’s! I bet you do too! Love these! Thanks for sharing! Joan

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  6. Clara says

    March 31, 2016 at 11:35 am

    Yes Joan, hands are supposed to be a difficult subject to create. I’m so grateful that my curiosity about hands and my desire to create them came BEFORE I discovered they were a difficult subject. Who knows if that knowledge might have dettered me from going on this wonderful adventure with hands.

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  7. Sue says

    November 16, 2016 at 7:44 pm

    Hands terrify me but I love how you said your curiosity kicked in before you realised they were difficult. Fantastic work

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    • Clara Nartey says

      November 17, 2016 at 3:34 pm

      I like to say let your curiosity and interests lead you to which idea to focus on. You need to like/have passion about what you’re working on.

      Reply

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