"COFRADIA" - Click here to visit my Website

"COFRADIA"

Easter Sunday -- The hermanos of the Cofradia - Antigua, Guatemala
This image is available as a Studio Edition Print
You are invited to visit my website at the above link
Or just call my Taos Studio to order
(575) 758-7454

BLANK IS THE BEGINNING

BLANK IS THE END, AND BLANK IS THE BEGINNING - After completing the paintings for my Santa Fe exhibit, a lot of catch up work on the house, including a spring cleaning for the studio. I looked at that blank canvas on the easel today and thought it would be wonderful if I could start out everyday with a symbolically blank canvas in my head -- no complaints, no judgments -- perhaps that would qualify me for sainthood! New underpaintings with color descriptions to be posted here in the next couple of days. DC

"GUADALUPITA" - Click here to visit The High Road Print Catalogue

"GUADALUPITA" -- #112 in THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE -- you are invited to browse -- just click the above link -- ENJOY!

"ANCIENT WALLS AT LA CUEVA" - Click here to visit The High Road Print Catalogue

"ANCIENT WALLS AT LA CUEVA" -- The old Salman Ranch. Every fall a visit to buy baskets and baskets of fresh raspberries to freeze for winter treats. A stop at the little restaurant for an incredible fresh raspberry sundae -- and then a leisurely drive home made for a perfect Sunday!
This image is available as a Studio Edition print -- you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE, just click the above link. ENJOY!

"CAPILLA DE PLACITAS" Click here to visit The High Road Print Catalogue

"CAPILLA DE PLACITAS" -- One of my "touchstones" on the High Road to Truchas -- As I remember this day, I climbed a little way up the water tower across the street from this church in order to take this photograph -- ah, Youth! This image is now available as a Studio Edition Print in the High Road Catalogue -- click the above link for an armchair tour! DC

"INTO THE LIGHT" - Click here to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE

"INTO THE LIGHT" -- There are backroads; there are days where the wind blows strong, the clouds fly fast over the landscape -- one minute you are in deep shadows and soon you emerge into the light....just another day in the north country!
This image is now available as a Studio Edition Print -- click above link to visit The High Road Print Catalogue. ENJOY! DC

EARLY MOONRISE AT TRUCHAS - Click here for High Road Print Catalogue

"EARLY MOONRISE AT TRUCHAS" - Now available as a Studio Edition Print - view the HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE via the above link. Enjoy!

CASITAS DEL NORTE = Click here to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE

"CASITAS DEL NORTE" - A view of the main street in Truchas town from in front of the old church, La Nuestra Senora del Rosario......wonderful old adobes, another time..... Now available as a Studio Edition Print from The High Road Print Catalogue -- you are invited to visit my website through the above link.

"NUESTRA SENORA" - Click here to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE

"LA NUESTRA SENORA DEL ROSARIO" - Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, Truchas, N.M. -- The foundations of this church are over 250 years old -- there is a new church down the road a bit where the priest says Sunday Mass -- but this old church is the heart of the village. Now available as a Studio Edition print - you are invited to click the link above to visit THE HIGH ROAD CATALOGUE. To order call (575)758-7454 or use Pay Pal shopping cart on website. ENJOY! DC

"MAYORDOMO" - Click here to visit The High Road Catalogue

"MAYORDOMO" - Now available as a Studio Edition Print.
(Visit the High Road Print Catalogue to order)

A Mayordomo is the official elected to maintain the irrigation system known as the Acequia Madre -- centuries old "Mother Ditches" that bring water from the mountains to the villages here in northern New Mexico. He oversees the spring cleaning of the ditches (as seen in the painting) and manages control of the water to ranches and fields. The original painting "Mayordomo" was completed as an homage to my first Truchas friend, the local Mayordomo, Cosme Romero. I was living at the ranch on Llano Quemado on the outskirts of Truchas. One day Cosme brought his wife, Carmelita, and his daughter, Susie, to welcome me to the community. He was a kind and gracious man with a wonderful sense of humor.

AFTERNOON VISITORS - Click here to visit The High Road Print Catalogue

"AFTERNOON VISITORS" - A Truchas neighbor let his horses out every afternoon for a free lunch......Now available at THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE AS #013 - Call my Taos Studio at (575)758-7454 to order.

"ESPIRITU BLANCO" - Click here to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE

"ESPIRITU BLANCO"

Now available as an exhibition-quality archival giclee (#010) -- you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE -- to order, please call my Taos Studio at
(575) - 758-7454

"DON EUSAVIO'S PARADISE" - Click here to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE

"DON EUSAVIO'S PARADISE" - My Truchas neighbor, Don Eusavio, bringing his wood in for the day -- every morning he would hammer away at some project in his barn, when the apricots were ripe he would don his orange baseball cap and he would climb the tree to fill his little green bucket. Spring ,summer, fall and winter - each season fell into the other; just observing Don Eusavio's quiet routines taught me a new way to live -- Now available as a Studio Edition Print - visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE at my website (click the above link). ENJOY!

UNA SENDA DESCONOCIDO - Click here to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE!

"UNA SENDA DESCONOCIDO" (A PATH UNKNOWN) - #001 in the HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE. Exhibition-quality archival giclee -- available as a Studio Edition print. To order call my studio at (575)758-7454.

LILAS DE TAOS -- Click here to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE!

"LILAS DE TAOS" -- EXHIBITION-QUALITY STUDIO EDITION PRINT FROM THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE. You are invited to visit my website (click the above link) for more information regarding this print and many others .... ENJOY!

"SUNSET DREAMING" - NEW Original Oil Painting

"SUNSET DREAMING"
NEW 14"x11" Original Oil Painting on Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

This is the winter view from my kitchen window -- looking toward the Pecos Wilderness -- at sunset, after a snowstorm. This window never disappoints and never fails to surprise -- Ah, the wonders I have seen! Whooping Cranes, wild snowstorms, forest fires, raging thunderstorms, little grey rabbits, hordes of magpies and the other day a happy trio of wild geese. Have been looking through this window for almost 20 years while doing the dishes, and I don't think any photo or painting can ever do it justice -- it's just a place that one grows to love. With this canvas my May exhibit in Santa Fe is completed. Planning to get dressed in my best blue jeans and take a truck ride into the big city with all my new work on Wednesday. Wish me luck!

Best regards, Donna

"RANCHITOS" - NEW Original Oil Painting

"RANCHITOS"

NEW 6"X12" Original Oil Painting on Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

"RIM ROAD" - NEW Original Oil Painting - SOLD

"RIM ROAD" - SOLD

10"x10" Original Oil on Fine Artist's Canvas
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

"SANTO DOMINGO" (CUNDIYO) NEW Original Oil

"SANTO DOMINGO" (CUNDIYO)

11"X14" NEW Original Oil Painting on Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
Completed 3/10/09

ACEQUIA DE HONDO -- NEW Original Oil

"ACEQUIA DE HONDO"
NEW 12"x12" Original Oil on Fine Artist's Canvas
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

"SOLITUDE" (Study) - New Oil Painting

"SOLITUDE" (STUDY)
NEW 6"x8" Original Oil on Canvas
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

"PASSING STORM" - NEW Original Oil Painting

"PASSING STORM"

NEW 11"x14" Original Oil on Fine Artists Canvas
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
For price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at
(575)758-7454

"SNOWDREAMS"- NEW Original Oil Painting

"SNOWDREAMS"

12"x12" Original Oil on Fine Artist's Canvas
Framed in Silver with Linen Liner

"TRES ARBOLES DE TRUCHAS" NEW Original Oil Painting

"TRES ARBOLES DE TRUCHAS"

12"x6" New Original Oil on Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

"CHAMISA AFTERNOON" - New Original Oil Painting

"CHAMISA AFTERNOON"

6"x8" New Original Oil on Fine Artist's Canvas
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

"EVENSONG" - New Original Oil Painting

"EVENSONG"

6"x8" Original Oil on Fine Artist's Canvas
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

"EL RITO" - New Original Oil Painting

"EL RITO"

9"x9" New Original Oil on Fine Artist's Canvas
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

LAS NUBES DE TAOS - New Original Oil Painting

"LAS NUBES DE TAOS"

9"x9" New original oil on Fine Artist's Canvas
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
(575)758-7454

"AMIGUITOS" - New Original Oil Painting

"AMIGUITOS" - 6"x8" Original Oil on Canvas
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
For price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at
(575)758-7454

YOU'VE GOT MAIL! - NEW Original Oil Painting

"YOU'VE GOT MAIL!"

New 8"x6" Original Oil on Fine Canvas
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
Completed 7 February 2009

VIEW FROM MY TAOS WINDOW

26 January 2009 -- Good Morning from Taos! -- This is the view from my kitchen window -- I have looked at this scene for almost twenty years now and it never appears quite the same. Some years ago my neighbor built a pond in front of his barn and every so often a pair of whooping cranes just fly by to my great delight! This week I am really busy blocking in new paintings for my May exhibit -- will resume posts and auctions next week. Stay tuned. DC

SPRING FEVER - 24"x24" New Original Oil Painting

"SPRING FEVER"
NEW 24"x24" Original Oil Painting on Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
For price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at
(575) 758-7454

NEW BEGINNINGS

NEW BEGINNINGS BEGIN WITH A NEW PALETTE!

AMALIA AFTERNOON - SOLD

"AMALIA AFTERNOON" - NEW 6"x12" Original Oil
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner - SOLD

PS: One of my favorite day trips is to head north out of Taos to the little villages of Amalia and Costilla - photograph, sketch and later sit on a huge boulder next to the river and have a wonderful picnic lunch!

ABOVE THE VALLEY - 30X40" NEW COMPLETED ORIGINAL OIL

Good Monday to All! "If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" - William Shakespeare.......
"ABOVE THE VALLEY" - New Original Oil Painting on Fine Belgian Linen, completed 10 January 2009. To be framed in gold with linen liner. A view from the rim road at Llano San Juan de Nepomuseno, El Llano, N.M. For price and availability, please e.mail or call me at (575)758-7454. Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express available through my studio for your convenience.

Coming Thursday, Jan. 15th 3PM MST -- New Small Gem at 3-day EBay auction.

PASSING STORM - SOLD

"PASSING STORM" - NEW ORIGINAL OIL ON LINEN
6"x12" Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

SOLD!

WINTER IN TAOS

7 January 2009 -- No explanation necessary - huge snowstorm two days ago -- the snow plow came through today and helped me dig out the driveway -- very quiet, very beautiful -- soft and silent, but I do know why birds fly south for the winter! DC

ABOVE THE VALLEY - WORK IN PROGRESS (PHASE II)

"ABOVE THE VALLEY" -- NEW WORK IN PROGRESS

(PHASE TWO: THE GLAZES)

30"x40" Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen -- A birds-eye view of Llano San Juan de Nepomuseno, El Llano, New Mexico - 30"x40" Original Oil on Belgian Linen - Work in Progress (Phase #2 - The Glazes - see definition of colors under "Palette" on my blog) -- Mixing my oil colors with Oil Painting Medium (see recipe for medium on my blog): Red foliage - burnt sienna and alizarin crimson, Diox Purple, Ivory Black. Fields: Yellow Ochre overlaid with diagonal strokes of Burnt Sienna. Blues: Payne's Grey, Cerulean Blue. Upper background trees: Dark shadows - combination of Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna; Chrome Oxide Green Opaque. The next and final phase of this painting are opaque paints, stay tuned. DC

ENJOY!

EBAY AUCTION - LLANO QUEMADO -SOLD

SOLD
"LLANO QUEMADO" - 6"X12" Original Oil on Linen
Framed in Silver with Linen Liner.

EBAY AUCTION - VESPERAS - SOLD

SOLD
"VESPERAS" - 8"x8" Original Oil on Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

ABOVE THE VALLEY - WORK IN PROGRESS

"ABOVE THE VALLEY" - A birds-eye view of Llano San Juan de Nepomuseno, El Llano, New Mexico - 30"x40" Original Oil on Belgian Linen - Work in Progress (Phase #1 - Underpainting) -- Mixing my oil colors with MG Underpainting White and Turpentine: Red foliage - burnt sienna and alizarin crimson. Fields: Yellow Ochre Blues: Payne's Grey, Cerulean Blue. Upper background trees: Chrome Oxide Green Opaque. The next phase of this painting are the glazes, stay tuned. DC

PUEBLO MORNING LIGHT - Click here for Print Catalogue

"PUEBLO MORNING LIGHT" - Archival Giclee from the High Road Print Catalogue - Prints are made to order - - This image is printed using the highest quality Epson Archival Chrome Inks on Epson Ultra Premium Art Paper (Matte) --heavy-weight stock. The colors highly saturate the bright white base and the end result is an exhibition-quality print. Hand-signed by the artist - 22"X17" sheet size. Protected in clear Poly-Foldlock envelope and mailed flat. Buy any three Studio Edition Prints from THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE and get a fourth one FREE!
To order call (575)758-7454.

NEW PRINTS AVAILABLE/DONNA CLAIR EBAY STORE - Click here to view

"MORNING POEM" -- This image and 24 others are now available at my EBay Store. All Prints are made to order - - This image is printed using the highest quality Epson Archival Chrome Inks on Epson Ultra Premium Art Paper (Matte) --heavy-weight stock. The colors highly saturate the bright white base and the end result is an exhibition-quality print. Hand-signed by the artist - 22"X17" sheet size. Protected in clear Poly-Foldlock envelope and mailed flat. Buy any three Studio Edition Prints from THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE and get a fourth one FREE! If you have any questions, just e.mail or call (575-758-7454) - FELIZ NAVIDAD! DC

WINTER GIFTS

FELICIDADES A TODOS! Am headed into my comfy cave for a long winter's nap -- will resume posts and e.mails December 29th.....best wishes to all, Donna.

There is nothing I can give you which you have not;
But there is much, very much that while I cannot give it,
you can take.

No heaven can come to us unless our hearts
find rest in today. TAKE HEAVEN.
No peace lies in the future which is not hidden
in this present moment. TAKE PEACE.

The gloom of the world is but a shadow.
Behind it, yet wihtin reach is joy.
There is a radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see,
and to see we have only to look. I BESEECH YOU TO LOOK.

Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by
their covering, cast them away as ugly, or heavy or hard.
Remove the covering, and you will find beneath it a
a living splendor, woven of love, by wisdom, with power.

Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the angel's hand that
brings it to you. Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or
a duty, believe me that angel's hand is there; the gift is there,
and the wonder of an overshadowing presence.
Our joys, too; be not content with them as joys.
They, too, conceal diviner gifts.

And so, at this time, I greet you.
Not quite as the world sends greetings, but with
profound esteem and with the prayer that for you now and
forever, the day breaks, and the shadows flee away.

FRA GIOVANNI, 1513 AD

"NESTLED IN" -- 28"x22" New Original Painting

"NESTLED IN" - 28"X22" New Original Oil Painting on Fine Belgian Linen, framed in gold with Linen Liner. One of the things I truly love about painting is the freedom I have to create my own reality-- to change an image -- "pentimento" -- to paint over what I thought was good two days or two weeks ago. Am almost embarrassed that I looked at siesta in grey for almost three years before it became "Siesta in Red" (see blog archived photo July 21st at http://donnaclair.blogspot.com). It finally became the painting I always hoped it could be.

Several weeks ago I did a small (14"x11") canvas called "Nestled In" -- about ten days ago I saw the basic image in a whole different light....I wanted to try to add an early moonrise -- and the lights on in the little adobe house where the nestlers would be making tortillas for dinner. Here it is.......My enhanced version of "NESTLED IN" -- 28"X22" - Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen, framed in gold with linen liner.....For price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at (575) 758-7454. Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express are available for your convenience.

HUG AN ARTIST TODAY! - DC