Tuesday, October 29, 2013

200 Small Paintings No. 88 - TAOS SUNRISE (Study), 6"x6" Original Oil, Framed

200 Small Paintings No. 88 - TAOS SUNRISE IN FIVE COLORS - Study for larger painting, 6"x6" Original Oil on Linen Panel, Framed in Silver - Now available at Online Gallery. 

Sunday, September 29, 2013

100 Small Paintings No. 85 - LLANO SAN JUAN, 8"x16" Original Oil - Sold

 100 Small Paintings No. 86 - LLANO SAN JUAN, 8"x16" Original Oil on Gessoed Panel, unframed. Sold

Thursday, September 26, 2013

100 SMALL PAINTINGS "CAPILLA DEL NORTE", 6"X8" ORIG. OIL - Available


100 Small Paintings No. 85 - "CAPILLA DEL NORTE" 6"x8" Original Oil on Gessoed Panel, framed in gold.  Available.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU, New 20"x20" Original Oil

Studio No. 1513 - New RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU, Original Oil on Canvas, 20"x20" (wrap-around painting).  Now available for purchase at Online Gallery.

Friday, September 13, 2013

RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU, 20"x20" Work in Progress (Underpainting)


STUDIO NO. 1513 - RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU, 20"x20" Original Oil on Canvas, wrap-around paintingWork in Progress (Underpainting) - Pinon Trees:  Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna for the darks, chrome Oxide Green and Ochre for lighter areas.  Trees:  Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna.  Water:  Indanthrone Blue with Permalba White and touch of ochre to grey the blue.  Stay tuned.  DC

Thursday, September 12, 2013

LAS AMAPOLAS, NEW 24"x30" Original Oil - SOLD


STUDIO NO. 1613 - LAS AMAPOLAS, New 24"x30" Original Oil, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  SOLD

Monday, September 09, 2013

LAS AMAPOLAS - 24"x30" Work in Progress


STUDIO NO. 1613 Work in Progress (Underpainting) - LAS AMAPOLAS, 24"x30" Original Oil on fine Belgian Linen.

Saturday, August 24, 2013

30"x60" GARCIA PARK, New Original Oil (Completed 8/24/13)

30"x60" GARCIA PARK II -- New Original Oil Painting on fine Belgian Linen - wraparound painting.  Free shipping.  This painting can be purchased through my Studio 0r Online Gallery. 

My first large painting from Tesuque -- blocked the underpainting in at the end of May.  Determined it would be completed before the aspens turned. Extra blanket on the bed last night -- autumn is right around the corner!  This painting was a joy from start to finish. 

Best regards, Donna
(505) 983-8306

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

30"x60" Work in Progress - GARCIA PARK II, Original Oil


PREVIEW!  GARCIA PARK II - 30"x60" Original Oil on Belgian Linen - work in progress.  This is the first of many large canvases to be completed in this new Tesuque studio.  The different phases of this painting are posted to my Art Journal along with accurate color notes.  This canvas is unusual in that it has two layers of rich, dark glazes instead of one.  Will begin the final painting today - laying in the opaque colors and highlights.  Art Friends will be the first to see this finished canvas.  If anyone has any questions or comments, just e.mail dclair@donnaclairart.com or call me personally at (505)983-8306.  Stay tuned!

Friday, August 16, 2013

GARCIA PARK II - 30"x60" Work In Progress - the Glazes - Color Notes

Studio No. 1413- GARCIA PARK II, 30"x60" - The sky has been completed - a combination of warm and cool grays.  Foreground:  Combinations of Yellow Ochre, Mars Orange, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  Middle Ground:  Snow - same pile of sky mixture (see previous post) Aspen Trees:  A wash of Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Red, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Ready to work on the final painting!

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

GARCIA PARK II, 30"x60" Work in Progress - Glazes and Opaques


Studio No. 1413 - GARCIA PARK II, 30"x60" Original Oil on Wraparound Belgian Linen.  Work in Progress - (Glazes and Opaques) - Sky - Two mixtures with Permalba White - Davy's Grey and Payne's Grey in separate piles - using the same mix for snow.  Davy's is warmer and Payne's is bluer.  Pine Trees:  Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna for darks and Chrome Oxide Green Opaque with Cadmium Orange for lights.  Grasses:  Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber.  Stay tuned!

Tuesday, August 13, 2013


STUDIO NO. 1313 - LLANO SAN JUAN, NEW 16"x20" Original Oil on Belgian Linen, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  Completed 8/13/13.  Click here to preview/purchase.


Hello from Tesuque!  Wow!  What an adventure so far!  A real monsoon season this year with hellacious thunderstorms - wind, hail - just everything!  Exciting - especially when the rain came through the roof in five different places - towels, buckets -- just short of having to get out the life preserver.  Phone and internet out for two days.  Roof repair this week sometime.  Went back to the  easel the next day as though nothing happened -- nothing monotonous around here; that's for sure!  Starting to  photograph the views from my Tesuque windows and will head down the road apiece this weekend - I love the little street sign that says "Margaritaville" along the dirt road.  Had a good time making this painting - it is for sale through my Online Gallery/Store and will be displayed on website Collector's Gallery - ENJOY!

LLANO SAN JUAN, 16"x20" Work in Progress (Underpainting)


LLANO SAN JUAN, 16"x20" Original Oil - Work in Progress (Underpainting).

Thursday, August 08, 2013

"SUMMER STORM AT CHAMA" - New 16"x16" Original Oil - Sold




"SUMMER STORM AT CHAMA" - 16"x16" Original Oil on Wraparound canvas. Ending Sunday.  SOLD

Hello!  Still having a little trouble with new Photoshop - can't "gray" the sky as much as necessary --- The original is more of a midnight blue!   I need to cry "Uncle" and ask for help!   Also have to arrange a better lighting system to photograph the work.  Am working on it - all the details - one of these days......    This is a lovely painting - just completed it this afternoon.  ENJOY!

Best regards, Donna
(505) 983-8306
http://donnaclair.blogspot.com
www.DonnaClairArt.com†

Monday, August 05, 2013

CAPILLA SIN NOMBRE, NEW 12"x12" Original Oil - Sold

3-Day Auction - CAPILLA SIN NOMBRE (Family chapel, northern New Mexico) - 12"x12" Original Oil on Canvas, unframed. Sold

Thursday, August 01, 2013

The Nest, 8"x8" New Original Oil Framed - Sold


No. 82 - "THE NEST"  New 8"x8" Original Oil on Linen Panel, Framed.  Sold

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

9"x12" NEW ORIGINAL OIL "DEEP RIVER DREAMS"


NEW - DEEP RIVER DREAMS -  9"X12" Oil on Canvas, silver/gold frame  with Linen Liner.  Click here to preview/purchase.

One of my all-time favorite books is QUERENCIA by Stephen Bodio -- The word doesn't translate.  It is used  in Spanish to designate that mysterious little area in the bullring that catches the fancy of the fighting bull when he charges in.  He imagines it his sanctuary: when parked there, he supposes he cannot be hurt. . . So it is, borrowing the term, that one can speak of one's "querencia" to mean
that little, unspecified area in life where one feels, safe, serene.  William F. Buckley, RACING THROUGH  PARADISE              

My first sight after crossing the border into New Mexico in 1967 was that long, straight stretch of highway out of Tucumcari. Off in the distance and moving toward the car was a huge black storm cloud with a column of midnight blue rain pouring from it. Later I learned that the Native Americans call this phenomena "Walking Rain". I was a big city girl with three babies, six month twin girls and a two year old son, on a mattress in the back seat of the car and I was heading to the rest of my life on this alien planet called New Mexico.

Forty-six years later, I believe that the quality of my life and my work are inextricably bound to the  spirit of this place and its people. My visits to Mexico and Guatemala elicit the same excitement and curiosity.  It has always been my intention that the paintings exude the same wonderful mixture of the past and the present through color and texture.

Gratefully I have found that "unspecified area in life" where I feel safe and serene - peace. Those accidental twists and turns have brought significant changes in my life.  It is so easy to resist that "Senda Desconocido" (The Path Unknown); with just a little courage one can head the pick-up truck down another unfamiliar dirt road.  

Thursday, July 25, 2013

MUMS, NEW 10"x8" Original Oil


STUDIO NO. 913 - MUMS, NEW 10"x8" Original Oil on Panel, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  Completed 7/13. Click here to preview/purchase.

RIVER ROAD, NEW 9"x12" Original Oil on Canvas

STUDIO NO. 813 - RIVER ROAD (RIO GRANDE AT PILAR, N.M.) - 9"x12" Original Oil on Canvas, framed in gold with linen liner.  Click here to preview/purchase.