Wednesday, December 28, 2011

NOCHECITA DE ABIQUIU - 24"x30" Work in Progress


28 December 2011- New Work in Progress - 22"x28" Original Oil on Belgian Linen.  Phase I - Initial Oil Sketch - primed canvas with "grisaille" ground - Gesso with Payne's Grey.  Sketch in Prussian Blue oil thinned with turpentine.  Let dry for a couple of days before applying underpainting.  ©DonnaClair 2011/Taos.

Monday, December 26, 2011

DEEP RIVER DREAMING



DEEP RIVER DREAMING- 12"X12" Original Oil on Canvas, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  $1300 plus shipping. Visa, Mastercard, Amer. Exp. available through my studio.  For price and availability, please visit www.DonnaClairArt.com

STUDIO NEWZ:  The image for this painting was taken last fall on the Rio Chama.  Am thinking of doing a larger painting from this study.  Began work on a new book recently - have designed the cover for ON THE ROAD: Paintings of New Mexico - hope to have it completed sometime late next year.  It will cover new paintings from 2010 thru 2012. FYI -  Saw a great documentary "THE CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS" by Werner Herzog.  In 1994 some hikers in France discovered a cave with magnificent wall paintings of prehistoric animals.  Later the cave was carbon dated and thought to be 30,000/40,000 years old!  It is called Chauvet cave after one of the hikers.  They even found bone flutes that still can play music.  The joy of Neanderthal art and music!  PROSPERO ANO NUEVO A TODOS!  - Best regards, Donna

MORNING POEM


Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder.
Help someone's soul heal.
Walk out of your house like a shepherd.
Rumi

Thursday, December 22, 2011

WINTER GIFTS


To Art Friends Everywhere!  Those of you who have been with me a long time know I send out the same holiday greeting every year.  The original of this painting was "adopted" by some very prolific art collectors years ago and still resides in a lovely home here in Taos.  The street in this painting is the main street in Truchas -- I walked to the post office from my little adobe house every day and still keep the memories of that special time very close.  The woman is the memory I've kept of my little Polish grandmother -- she carried a shopping bag with her everywhere -- those were her "gifts" her "surprises".  The words of Fra Giovanni never fail to uplift - especially at this time of the year.  From my heart I wish you all the best of this holiday season -- Hug someone special today!  Sincere best wishes, 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 within 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 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
 

Thursday, December 01, 2011

SANTISTEVAN LANE - 12"x6" Orig. Oil - Sold


1 December -    SANTISTEVAN LANE, 12"x6" Original Oil Sold.

LA VENTANA DE SANTA CRUZ - 36"x24" - Completed Orig. Oil on Canvas


1 December - LA VENTANA DE SANTA CRUZ - New! 36"x24" Original Oil on Canvas - Framed.  $2400 - You are invited to scroll down and follow the progress of this painting.  This last step was to glaze the inner part of the window with a combination of Ivory Black, Olive Green and Ultramarine Blue.  (575)7587454

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

CAPILLA DE SANTA CRUZ I - 10"X10" ORIGINAL OIL ON LINEN


CAPILLA DE SANTA CRUZ  - $600
10"x10" Original Oil on Linen (Available)
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
Call (575) 758-7454

CAPILLA DE SANTA CRUZ II - 12"X12" ORIGINAL OIL ON LINEN


CAPILLA DE SANTA CRUZ - $800
12"x12" Original Oil on Canvas (Available)
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

LA VENTANA DE SANTA CRUZ - Work in Progress (State II - Opaque Paints)

LA VENTANA DE SANTA CRUZ
(PHASE III - Opaque Paints)
One more step to go - glazing down the inner part of the window once the opaque paints are dry.

LA VENTANA DE SANTA CRUZ -Work in Progress (State II - Glazes)

LA VENTANA DE SANTA CRUZ
PHASE II - THE GLAZES
Thinned down Ivory Black Glaze to "age" the window

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

LA VENTANA DE SANTA CRUZ - Work in Progress - 36"x24 Orig. Oil (Underpainting)

 "LA VENTANA DE SANTA CRUZ"
New Original Oil on Canvas
36"x24" Work in Progress (Underpainting)


 Yes, the Window takes up the whole canvas! Have new "floater" frame - putting Ivory black glaze over the underpainting to "age" the image.

Monday, November 21, 2011

EARLY SNOW CLOUDS AT PICURIS PUEBLO - Archival Giclee


GIVING THANKS TODAY!

"The images of peace are ephemeral. The language of peace is subtle. The reasons for peace, the definitions of peace, the very idea of peace have to be invented, and invented again.

Children, everybody, here's what to do during war: In a time of destruction, create something. A poem. A parade. A community. A school. A vow. A moral principle. One peaceful moment."

—From THE FIFTH BOOK OF PEACE, Maxine Hong Kingston

Sunday, November 20, 2011

TRUCHAS AFTERNOON - NEW 11"x14" Original Oil


TRUCHAS AFTERNOON
NEW 11"x14" Original Oil - $1400
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
Available from my Taos Studio - call (575)758-7454

Thursday, November 17, 2011

TAOS PUEBLO, SAN GERONIMO CATHOLIC CHURCH - 8"x48" Original Oil Painting Completed


SAN GERONIMO CATHOLIC CHURCH
TAOS PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO
8"x48" Original Oil on Linen - $1800 plus shipping
(575)758-7454

Friday, November 04, 2011

SAN GERONIMO CATHOLIC CHURCH - TAOS PUEBLO - 8"x48" Work in Progress (Underpainting

SAN GERONIMO CATHOLIC CHURCH - TAOS PUEBLO, TAOS NEW MEXICO - 8"X48" Work in Progress (Underpainting) - Original Oil Painting on Belgian Linen

DEEP RIVER DREAMING - 12'X12" Oil Study on Canvas

DEEP RIVER DREAMING - WORK IN PROGRESS - 12"X12" Study for 60"x50" canvas.  Stay tuned!

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

PEDERNAL - 24"x96" Diptych Original Oil - Completed

 PEDERNAL - 24"x96" diptych - Original Oil - $8500 plus shipping


Detail: Left side of painting
Detail: Right side of painting

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

24"x96" Original Oil - PEDERNAL (Work in Progress - Diptych)

 Studio #1611- "PEDERNAL" 24"x96" Diptych (Work in Progress - the Glazes) -- Thinning my oil colors with my painting medium (after letting the underpainting dry for at least a week to ten days), I cover the underpainting with glazes - transparent and semi-transparent colors.  Trees: Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna and some Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Earth:  Yellow Ochre, Rose Grey, Burnt Sienna and Dioxazine Purple for the shadows.  Dry Shrubs:  Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.


 Detail:  Left-hand side of the painting.

Detail:  Right-hand side of the painting.

Monday, September 19, 2011

NEW "ACEQUIA DEL LLANO" - 22"x28" Original Oil

"ACEQUIA DEL LLANO" - Sold

22"X28" ORIGINAL OIL ON LINEN
FRAMED IN GOLD WITH LINEN LINER

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

24"x96" PEDERNAL - WORK IN PROGRESS (THE GLAZES)

8/23/11 - PEDERNAL - 24"x96" Original Oil on Belgian Linen.  Work in Progress - The Glazes.  This is a diptych - the canvases are put together now so that I can have uniform colors in the glazes between the two canvases.  I previously said I would work on these canvases separately and discovered that is not an option.  Will work with both canvases on the easel and then I can bounce the colors back and forth between the canvases for a more uniform color quality.  DC

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

24"x96" PEDERNAL - Work in Progress



STUDIO #1411- PEDERNAL - 24"x96" Work in Progress - Sky: Deep bright violet underpainting.  Blue:  Permalba White, Thalo Blue, some Indanthrone Blue with a touch of ochre.  Dry Brush!  Clouds: Permalba White - touch of Cadmium Yellow with tiny bit of Cadmium Red.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

CASITAS DEL NORTE - Studio Edition Print - Click here to preview/purchase

CASITAS DEL NORTE - $40.00
(View to Truchas main road as seen from in front of the Old Church) 
Now available as a 13"x19" Studio Edition Print

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

"ABIQUIU DREAMING" - NEW 30"x40" SOLD


STUDIO #711  - "ABIQUIU DREAMING - NEW 30"x40" Original Oil Painting, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner. Sold

Saturday, July 23, 2011

24"x96" Oil Painting - "PEDERNAL" Work in Progress (Underpainting)


23 July 2011 - PEDERNAL - 24"X96" Diptych - Work in Progress - The Underpainting.  Toned Ground:  Gesso mixed with Payne's Grey.  Underpainting: All colors mixed with Grumbacher MG Fast Drying White -- Sky:  Diox. Purple.  Distant Mountains:  Indanthrone Blue and Prussian Blue  Earth Colors:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow.  Am trying to eat this elephant one small bite at a time!  Stay tuned!  DC

SATURDAY AFTERNOON STROLL - 13"x19" Archival Giclee (Click here to view/purchase)

SATURDAY AFTERNOON STROLL - A view from in front of the Old Church looking toward the main road in Truchas, N.M.  Now available as a 13"x19" archival giclee  $40.00 - Click here to preview/purchase.

Monday, July 18, 2011

HOW DO YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT?


18 July 2011 -- HOW DO YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT?  ONE BITE AT A TIME!  My new exciting blank canvases for a 24"x96" painting of Pedernal.  Stay tuned!  ENJOY!

INTO THE LIGHT - Available as Studio Edition Print (Click here to preview/purchase)


INTO THE LIGHT - 13"x19" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print
on Somerset Heavy Stock, Ultra-Chrome Inks, protective Polyfoldlock Envelope, and mailed flat.  70 new print images now available in my EBay Store! - $40.00  Enjoy!

Sunday, July 17, 2011

CHRISTMAS IN JULY! ARCHIVAL GICLEE PRINTS - Click here to preview/purchase


"EVENING PRAYER STICKS" - $40.00 - 70 Images now available as Archival Giclees - visit my newly revamped  EBay Store  -- enjoy! 

Saturday, July 02, 2011

ESTACA IN BLOOM - NEW 22"x28" Original Oil - Completed 2 July 2011 - SOLD


"ESTACA IN BLOOM" - Sold
NEW 22"x28" Original Oil on Linen

This image is now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print - on Ultra-Premium Presentation Paper (Matte) - enclosed in polyvinyl envelope and mailed flat.  $100, plus $10 S&H.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

"ON THE ROAD" - NEW 18"x18 Original Oil on Canvas


"ON THE ROAD" (SERVILLETA, N.M.)
18"x18" Orig. Oil on Canvas
Framed in gold with linen liner.
For price and availability call 
(575)758-7454

This image is now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size)  Studio Edition Print - on Ultra-Premium Presentation Paper (Matte) - enclosed in polyvinyl envelope and mailed flat.  $100, plus $10 S&H. 


      "Forward and backward I have gone, and for me it has been an immense journey..... Perhaps there is no meaning in it at all, the thought went on inside me, save that of the journey itself, so far as men can see.  It has altered with the chances of life, and the chances brought us here; but it was a journey -- long, perhaps -- but a good journey under a pleasant sun.  Do not look for the purpose.  Loren Eiseley,  Naturalist - THE IMMENSE JOURNEY.
 

Monday, June 20, 2011

ESTACA IN BLOOM - 22"x28" New Work in Progress (Underpainting)

"ON THE ROAD" 18"X18" WORK IN PROGRESS (THE GLAZES)

20 June 2011-Glazes (transparent and semi-transparent oil color mixed with painting medium) add richness and vibrancy to the final painting.....the colors come ALIVE!  Planning to complete this canvas by the end of this week.  Stay tuned!  DC

Monday, June 13, 2011

ON THE ROAD - 18"x18" New Work in Progress (Underpainting)


13 June 2011 -- "ON THE ROAD" - New Work in Progress 18"x18" Original Oil on Canvas, framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  The road leading away from the small village of Servilleta, New Mexico.  This canvas is the beginning of a series of 30 new paintings from my 2010/2011 field trips.  Stay tuned!

LA CRUZ DE ESTACA - 12"x9" Original Oil - SOLD


"LA CRUZ DE ESTACA" - Sold
NEW 12"x9" Original Oil on Canvas
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner - Available
Call Taos Studio (575)758-7454 or e.mail

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

"DON GREGORIO'S WINTER FIELDS" (TRUCHAS, NEW MEXICO) - SOLD


STUDIO #711 - "DON GREGORIO'S WINTER FIELDS" - NEW 12"x24 Original Oil Painting, Framed in Silver with Linen Liner.  Sold

Saturday, May 21, 2011

DON GREGORIO'S WINTER FIELDS (TRUCHAS, N.M.) - WORK IN PROGRESS (UNDERPAINTING)

5/20/11- "DON GREGORIO'S WINTER FIELDS (TRUCHAS, NEW MEXICO) - 12"x24" Original Oil on Belgian Linen, to be framed in silver with Linen Liner.  Work in progress: The underpainting. All colors mixed with Grumbacher's MG Fast Drying White and Winsor-Newton's English Distilled Turpentine.  Trees:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque and some Prussian Blue.  Sky and snow shadows:  Payne's Grey and some Prussian Blue, a touch of ochre.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

"CAPILLA DE PLACITAS" - 10"X10" ORIG. OIL - SOLD


"CAPILLA DE PLACITAS" - Sold
10"x10" Original oil on linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

"CHAMISA AFTERNOON" - 6"X8" ORIG. OIL-SOLD


"CHAMISA AFTERNOON" - Sold
6"x8" Original Oil/Canvas
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

ANNOUNCING "ON THE ROAD" (IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO) - A MOVEABLE FEAST!


5/18/11 --  Have been traveling back roads here in northern New Mexico seeing places I've not seen (even after 44 years in a place one can be surprised!) - all new material for my paintings -- a wonderful new beginning.  With the completion of "ABIQUIU DREAMING" (featured below) I have decided to begin a series of 30 new paintings entitled "ON THE ROAD".  Am giving myself until next February to complete the series.  In the meantime, stay tuned.....I will journal my process on this blog.  If you would like to receive e.mail updates, feel free to subscribe.  Stay tuned!  DC

Thursday, May 05, 2011

"IGLESIA DEL NORTE" - 11"X14" ORIG. OIL - SOLD


"IGLESIA DEL NORTE" - 11"X14" ORIGINAL OIL, FRAMED IN GOLD WITH LINEN LINER.   - Sold

"YOU'VE GOT MAIL" 6"X8" ORIG. OIL - SOLD


"YOU'VE GOT MAIL" - 8"X6" ORIGINAL OIL, FRAMED IN GOLD WITH LINEN LINER. - Sold

"CAPILLA DE AMALIA" - SOLD


"CAPILLA DE AMALIA" - 10"X10" ORIGINAL OIL, FRAMED IN GOLD WITH LINEN LINER.  - Sold

Monday, May 02, 2011

"ABIQUIU DREAMING" - 30"x40" Orig. Oil - Work in Progress (Glazes)

"ABIQUIU DREAMING"
NEW! 30"x40" Original Oil
Work in progress:  The glazes

Thursday, April 28, 2011

"LA NUESTRA SENORA" -10"X10" ORIG. OIL- SOLD

 "LA NUESTRA SENORA DEL ROSARIO"
10"X10" orig. oil, framed in silver 
Sold