TiCkLeD PiNk

I have a new gallery in Seattle

representing my work!!!

A really cute funky gallery on Greenwood ran by a great lady. 

TASTY

 

And I have work featured in there Feb group show

TICKLED PINK

featuring art by women only

Opening night Feb 11th 6-10pm

 

A LITTLE PREVIEW OF SOME OF

THE FUN PIECES  I HAVE THERE!

This piece features the body of a vintage composite doll with the original clothes just altered slightly, and one of my favorite found objects, spent firecrackers aged by the weather.

This is a tiny piece aprox 2.5” across. I am using a technique taught by Micheal de Meng  that involves deconstructing  small toys and creating new creatures utilizing  epoxy clay.

I love working small and love how this little woman turned out.   She lives in a metal strainer with the toe of a crochet baby boot as her backdrop.

Another fun small piece using similar techniques

 

One of my creepy cute stuff animal hybrids.

 

If your in the Seattle Area stop

by at the opening on Feb 11th

and say hello!

CoVeT sHoW

Here are some of the other pieces that were featured at the Dec show at Covet Boutique.

“My Lucky True Love”    $65

I think this is probably one of my favorite pieces from the show. The horse shoe is actually a pony shoe that I got at the witches market in Mexico City.  This pieces is still available.

 

“Protect My Love”  SOLD

included another favorite artifact from Mexico City

a metal rat trap that I rusted in my back yard.

 

 

 

“My Heart Grew Up to be a Swan”   SOLD

 

 

 

“Sewing Up the Wounds of My Daily Habit”  $140

The Heart started as a cheesy Halloween decoration,  I stitched, painted , and recreated the heart and then paired it with vintage wallpaper, text and mail.  My favorite part is the old sewing kit on top of the heart which I added a cigar band to.

“The wound of losing someone must be sewn up daily, over and over again”

 

 

 

“Long Long Ago”  Available  $130

 

 

 

 

“Putting the Heart to Rest”   SOLD

 

 

“She Wore Her Heart on Her Sleeves and Her Skirt”

Available $200

HaPpY NeW YeAR

The Holiday Season is officially over and I can return to the world of blogging.  Of course now I am out of the habit so do bare with me, I will find my blogging legs again.  There was So much art made and sold in the last two and a half months. Which means lots of new pictures of new art. I enjoyed some really joyful, fun time with my family of choice for the holidays and I feel incredibly blessed with my life.

(my amazing solstice present)

I think there may be a bit of a colorful phase going on with me!  Oh I am still in love with all those faded subtle tones found in weathered objects, but I have been enjoying  an affair with a more colorful palette.   These are two paintings that I did for the Heartache and Rust show at Covet boutique.

 

  

I feel like such a baby painter… I am mostly ok with these  paintings and it was good to do them. I really like the colors and the imagery.   I am still struggling with executing things the way I imagine in my head.

These pieces were about heartache and loss. They started as rough sketches in a journal while trying to process the loss of a really important friendship.  As I worked with the images, the symbolism of loss became less specific to my situation and more about the  universal human experience of loss and heartache. For me one of the most poignant visual image of loss has been that of a mother holding the body of a deceased child. That is a very literal image of grief, but in sitting with the image the mother and child became very symbolic.  I think most of us have felt like our hearts were injured and bleeding at some point in our lives, and had the desire to cradle and hold that injured part of ourselves in our arms like a  small child.  

Happy healing of all the our hurts  in this new year!!

HoLiDaY fEsTiVaL sChEduLe

Happy Blustery Fall!  

I can't believe its that time again, but the Holiday festivals are upon us!  

I would like to join you to come and explore and enjoy my newest strange and wonderful creations at the following venues.

Allied Arts Holiday Festival   OPENS THIS FRIDAY 

November 19^th – December 24^th 2010 

The festival will be open weekly, Wednesday through Sunday, 10am to 6pm. Join us for a special night, December 3rd during the festival to meet some of the artists and do some exclusive shopping.

We will also be open Monday and Tuesday, December 20th and 21st for last minute shopping before Christmas. The Festival will close at 3pm on December 24th.

3548 Meridian St. Bellingham (just South of Bellis Fair Mall, the old Michaels building)

Bellingham, WA

* Unfortunately I will not be present for the Artist opening on the 3rd, but please don't hesitate to call if you have questions about any of the work. 360-305-9058

Gallery Opening for "Heartache and Rust" Mixed Media Assemblages and Paintings By Clarissa Callesen 

at Covet Boutique

Friday and Saturday Nov 26, 27 6-9pm Fairhaven Holiday Gallery Walkabout

Covet Boutique (Located in McKenzie Alley, in the historic Fairhaven district. We're hard to find, but worth it!)

1311 11th Street Bellingham, WA

Come join me at this hidden jewel of a little gallery to celebrate a new body of work inspired by two of my favorite subjects "Heart Ache and Rust".
The show will be on display through the end of December.

Art Festival in Seattle!  Phinney Neighborhood Association Winter Festival and Craft Fair

December 4 and 5, 2010

10am – 5pm on both days

6532 Phinney Ave N

Seattle WA 98103

* Booth location-  BLUE Bldg -Main Fl, Rm 1
(206) 783-2244

* please feel free to call or email if you have further questions about any of the shows or the artwork.   360-305-9058

To keep up with my crazy artsy life follow me on facebook or my blog

SNEaK pEeK At WoRK tABle

I am up to my elbows in making work for the upcoming holiday season.  Been working on some new designs and wanted to share some sneak peeks at the works in progress.  I have been making lots of new jewelry designs and am really enjoying working in that medium.