Sunday, January 31, 2016

LAS NUBES DE TRUCHAS - 12"x48" Original Oil

LAS NUBES DE TRUCHAS (The Clouds of Truchas, New Mexico) - 12"x48" Original Oil on Belgian Linen - available.  Preview/Purchase.

Friday, January 29, 2016

LISTENING TO MOUNTAINS - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards, Gifts.

LISTENING TO MOUNTAINS (Taos, New Mexico) - From an original painting - fine art prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards, great gifts now available at Fine Art America.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

NOCHECITA DE TRUCHAS - New 16"x20" Original Oil, framed


Studio No. 216 - NOCHECITA DE TRUCHAS - 16"x20" Original Oil on Belgian Linen, framed in gold with linen liner  - Sold.

Monday, January 25, 2016

NOCHECITA DE TRUCHAS - 16"X20" WORK IN PROGRESS (Underpainting/glazing)

Step #1 - Studio No. 216 - NOCHECITA DE TRUCHAS - 16"X20" Work in Progress.  Using MG Fast Drying Underpainting White mixed with basic colors and thinned with turpentine.  Color Notes:  Sky: Cerulean Blue.  Mountains:  Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna (mix these two colors together for an intense dark green) chrome oxide green opaque, Yellow Ochre.  Bottom half of painting:  various mixtures of the colors above.

Step #2 - For atmosphere - after the underpainting is thoroughly dry, I have used oil painting medium to mix Transparent Gold Ochre and Thalo Rose Red to a thin transparency - will let dry overnight before going in with more glazing.

Thursday, January 21, 2016

HEAVENLY SHADES OF NIGHT - New 8"x16" Original Oil - Sold

HEAVENLY SHADES OF NIGHT (Rio Grande at Pilar, New Mexico) - New 8"x16" Original Oil on Canvas-Sold

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

ACEQUIA - NEW 16"X8" Original Oil

ACEQUIA (Mother Ditch - Northern New Mexico - New 16"x8" Original Oil on Canvas - Preview/Purchase.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

FIRST SNOW (Hyde Park, Santa Fe, New Mexico) - New 6"x8" Original Oil - Sold

 FIRST SNOW (Hyde Park - Santa Fe, New Mexico) New 6"x8" Original Oil on Linen Panel - Sold

Friday, January 08, 2016

TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS - Prints, greeting cards, gift items

TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS - Fine art prints (framed and unframed), greeting cards and great gift items now available at Fine Art America.

Thursday, January 07, 2016

TEJADOS DE CORDOVA - New 22"x28" Original Oil

The First Painting of the New Year!!! TEJADOS DE CORDOVA (Rooftops of Cordova) - 22"x28" Original Oil on Belgian Line, unframed - $1500. Completed 1/7/16.  Preview/Purchase.

MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS - prints, greeting cards, gift items

Just something to brighten your day - MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS (Taos, New Mexico) - from an original Donna Clair oil painting - now available as prints in all sizes (framed and unframed), greeting cards and great gift items now available at Fine Art America.

Monday, January 04, 2016

AN EMPTY HANDED LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN.....

4 January 2016 - ANOTHER NEW BEGINNING - New palette -- and the first painting of the New Year to be completed sometime this week. Resolving to read and study this year - open my mind to new possibilities - new colors - even perhaps some new places! Many, many blank canvases - an empty-handed leap into the Great Unknown. www.DonnaClairArt.com