Monday, May 24, 2010

#42 - AUTUMN FIELDS

#42 - AUTUMN FIELDS
New 6"x8" Orig. Oil on Italian Gessoed Panel

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

"TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS" - NEW 48"X36" OIL PAINTING

"TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS"
New! 48"x36" Orig. Oil on Linen
Framed in Silver with Linen Liner

Began this canvas in January, although the source photo was made the year before....16 January 2010 - I didn't want to miss this beautiful light I saw from my kitchen window last winter.  Grabbed my trusty digital camera and shot the photo right through the window.  The 48"x36" canvas is gesso toned with Payne's Grey.  The "cartoon" of the painting is Prussian Blue.  I ran the photo through my large Epson printer to get a 16"x20" print of the photo as a point of reference.  Yesterday I placed a grid on the photo (not the canvas) to guide me in proportions.  This is one of the five large canvases I want to complete this year. 

More than participants in life, I believe artists are, of necessity, observers.  Have looked out at this view from my kitchen window for over twenty years.  One of the advantages of not having a dishwasher is that my daily clean up becomes a wonderful meditation and I get to observe all the life that would normally pass me by.  These trees didn't even exist when I first looked out this window.  What I saw was the little Baptist Church to the east across Salazar Road -- and on Sunday evenings heard the beautiful guitar music and hymns echoed across the field.  The spring winds blew the seeds of these trees from Santistevan Lane across the fence.  Now I get to watch the magpies build their nests and hatch their babies.  I see the crows swirl menacingly around the nests each spring and then swarms of magpies defend their hatchlings.  Hundreds of migrating  birds rest in these trees each November on their way south -- and an occas ional Sandhill Crane passes by on her way to my neighbor's pond.  Wonder if I somehow missed my true calling by spending most of my time at an easel........I could just spend all my days sitting in the middle of a forest, just watching and listening!

Thursday, April 22, 2010

#1310 - CAPILLA DE ESTACA --SOLD


"CAPILLA DE ESTACA"  - Sold

12"X6" NEW Original Oil on Linen, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner -- Completed 4/22/10 - Now available for sale through my Taos Studio.  Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express thru my studio for your convenience.  E.Mail or call (575)758-7454 for price and availability.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

#38 - "SANTA CRUZ" -SOLD


#38 - "SANTA CRUZ"
SOLD
NEW! Orig. 6"x8" Orig. Oil on Ital. Gessoed Board

Monday, April 12, 2010

#36 - WINTERMOON AT PICURIS - SOLD


#36 - "WINTERMOON AT PICURIS PUEBLO"
Sold
6"x8" Original Oil on Italian Gessoed Board

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

SPRING FLING! STUDIO EDITION ARCHIVAL PRINTS - 3 for the price of 2


SPRING FLING!!  THREE PRINTS FOR THE PRICE OF TWO ($210.00) - Now available from my High Road Catalogue - http://www.donnaclairart.com/prints.html     Offer good until April 30th.   "LILAS DE TAOS" - Spectacular spring show of lilacs in front of the old Taos News Building! - Available in two sizes - Small: $60, Large: $110.  Prices include shipping.  -  Call my Taos Studio at (575)758-7454.

Monday, March 29, 2010

"POPPY LOVE" - Archival Studio Edition Print


"POPPY LOVE" - Now available as a Studio Edition Print - Ultra Chrome Inks on Matte Presentation Paper - 17"x22" sheet size.  $110.00, Free Shipping.  Call (575)758-7454 to order. 

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

30"x60" Original Oil - NEW! "CANCION DEL SOL" - SOLD

SOLD
STUDIO #1010 - "CANCION DEL SOL" - 30"X60" Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen - Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  Completed 3/21/10.  This painting has been a long time in the "dreamtime" -- which is where I usually spend most of my days.  It is a view from Middle Road here in Taos on a late summer evening's walk....quiet, pastoral....peaceful.  As I hinted in an earlier post, I had "painted" this canvas in my head so many times that all I had to do was essentially sit there, mix the paint and hold the brush....something else took over.  However, once it was completed this weekend, I sat back and looked at it and realized it is one of my very best paintings. Once I walked away from the easel, I felt stunned and a little lonely....this image has been my companion for years!

STUDIO NEWS:  Am working on a 48"x36" canvas which I previewed in yesterday's post - "TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS" -- I love the colors so far.  It is from a digital photo I took through my kitchen window (one of my favorite places on earth) -- I made a digital print of the photo and am working freehand from that image.  House repair and spring cleaning taking up the rest of my time -- and watching the apricot tree in front of the house "bud" -- lots of happy chirpy birds in that tree this week!  DC

Monday, March 22, 2010

48"x36" Orig. Oil Painting - "TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS - Work in Progress -- The Glazes

STUDIO #1010 - "TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS" - 48"X36" Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen - THE GLAZES:  Sky:  Dark snowstorm moving off into the Pecos Wilderness - Prussian Blue, Mars Black -- a touch of Permalba White at the horizon.  Trees: "Mud" color from mixing leftover colors on my palette.  Shadows in the foreground" Cobalt Violet Hue, Rose Grey, Payne's Grey, Permalba White.  Stay tuned.

Friday, March 12, 2010

"CANCION DEL SOL" - WORK IN PROGRESS - PHASE II-THE GLAZES

"CANCION DEL SOL" (SONG OF THE SUN) - 30"x60"WORK IN PROGRESS -- Phase II - The Glazes.  Have had the canvas and frame for this painting at least two years and I have painted this in my head at least a thousand times over the past five or six years.  This week I have been working over the glazes to the final painting which should be completed sometime early next week.  From it's inception, from the blocking in stage, this canvas has almost painted itself -- all I have been doing is holding the brush -- it's almost like automatic writing!  Because this is that very last moment of sun at the end of the day, I needed to have the glazes darker than usual.  When the opaque paints are applied, I will put them in lightly in order to protect the essence of this moment in time.  Foreground:  Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  Middle Ground:  Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna and Italian Pink. Clouds: Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red, Violet, Permalba White, Payne's Grey.  Sky:  Thalo Green, Thalo Blue, a touch of Yellow Ochre and Permalba White.  Will send photo of painting as soon as it is completed.  I am really excited to see the finished canvas -- it is truly surprising me!!!!  If you have any questions regarding this new work, just give me a call. (575)758-7454.

Thursday, March 04, 2010

24"x30" ORIG. OIL - "ROAD TO WILDERNESS GATE" - SOLD

 
"ROAD TO WILDERNESS GATE" - SOLD
24"X30" ORIG. OIL/LINEN - Framed in Gold

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

30X60 CANCION - WORK IN PROGRESS - GLAZING THE FOREGROUND

 
 "CANCION DEL SOL" (SONG OF THE SUN) - 30"X60" WORK IN PROGRESS.  From the bottom up today -- Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna in the foreground.  Middle ground a combination of Alizarin Crimson, Burnt Sienna and Italian Pink.  I want the feeling of sunset -- early evening -- will work the opaque paints into the dark colors.  I will finish glazing the middle ground tomorrow and then move on to the sky -- which will inform the opaque colors.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

"CALYPSO" - 24"x24" ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING - SOLD

 
"CALYPSO" - SOLD
New! 24"x24" Orig. Oil on Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
Call Taos Studio (575)758-7454 

Thursday, February 18, 2010

"CALYPSO" - WORK IN PROGRESS - The Glazes

 

2/18/10- Here is the phase of the painting where I could absolutely go out for a cup of coffee and not return!  The glazes....the middle stage of the painting.  Transparent and semi-transparent colors over the underpainting -- Thalo Blue and Green, Cadmium Yellow, Prussian Blue, Rose Red -- background: Permalba White, Ochre and Payne's Grey.  Stay tuned!  

Thursday, February 11, 2010

"VADITO" - SOLD

"VADITO" - SOLD
6"x8" Orig. Oil on Italian Gessoed Board

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

30"x60" Orig. Oil Painting -"CANCION DEL SOL" Work in Progress

 
"CANCION DEL SOL" - 30"x60" Underpainting - New Work in Progress - Original Oil on Belgian Linen.  Have had this large painting in mind and heart for about five years now, and I am very excited to have gotten it down on canvas this week.  Now I have two large format pieces in the works, with two more that I plan to "block" in this weekend.  What I love about putting down several underpaintings at a time is that each morning when I "bounce" through that door toward the easel, I just choose whichever one excites me that day.  Eventually it all gets done.....large canvases are as delightful as a big, heavy book one cannot stop reading -- it is even a little sad on the day of completion!

Thursday, February 04, 2010

#1110 - LLANO SAN JUAN - Available

 

Studio #1110 - LLANO SAN JUAN
NEW 12"X6" Original Oil on Linen
Framed in Silver with Linen Liner
Call (575)758-7454

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

"STORMY WEATHER" - SOLD

 
"STORMY WEATHER" - SOLD
New! 6"x8" Orig. Oil (unframed) on Italian Gessoed Board

HIGH ROAD AFTERNOON - SOLD

 

"HIGH ROAD AFTERNOON" - SOLD
NEW! 6"X8" Orig. Oil (unframed) on Italian Gessoed Board

Sunday, January 31, 2010

FEBRUARY MORNING, LLANO SAN JUAN, NEW MEXICO

 

"FEBRUARY MORNING" - LLANO SAN JUAN, NEW MEXICO
Now available as a Studio Edition Print
19"x13" sheet size - $60.00 includes shipping
Call (575) 758-7454 to order