Trayc Claybrook                                                             All day painter

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I'm very interested in the image of pointing fingers. Hands are very beautiful shapes to me. The silhuoette form brings up the idea of, literally, pointing fingers. The tulip is a symbol of nature and perfection. It seems awkward the finger would be pointing so strongly at something so perfect. But, who's finger is it?

The next place...

I'm working with the idea of strong metaphors, symbols, and juxtapositions in this new body of work. These are some of my experiments. I'm also working hard to keep everything very clean and tidy.
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Will you, can you?

Waxy Buildup

This is work I created for a 2-woman show that was meant to deal with the phrase "Waxy Buildup: Cleaning House". I decided to approach this body of work from the inside out. I have been doing some personal-inner work and felt that this was the perfect opportunity for me to finalize and release some of the old habits and beliefs I had gotten rid of and honor the new points of view and truth that have moved into those spaces. I chose to use the image of the woman’s legs in red pumps as a metaphor for my process of killing off “the wicked witch” in myself that no longer served me. The other elements, images, and text represent new lessons learned and ways of “being”.

Who Do They Confront Now?

This is a very small body of work I did to experiment with bigger sizes and happier circumstances.

Graduate work

These are few examples of the paintings I did for my graduate thesis show. Most of the work was sold the night of the show and I don't have a really good visual record of these pieces. In some ways I'm glad, but as an artist, I would like a good visual record of my history.

12 dolls

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It's so unforgiving

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Did it happen this way?

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