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

DONDE NACE LA LLUVIA (Where the Rain Begins)

"DONDE NACE LA LLUVIA" (Where the Rain Begins) - Now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print - you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE on my website. You are invited to become an "Art Friend" - just send e.mail to me and ask to receive photos of new paintings -- there is no obligation to buy and you can opt out at any time. DC

WINTER DREAMS

"WINTER DREAMS" Hello from snowy Taos! -- This is one of my all-time favorite places -- it was the winter road home to the ranch on Llano Quemado, Truchas. Laid in supplies of groceries - if it snowed during the Christmas holidays, the snow plow wouldn't make it for a few days. Lots of books to read ... silence, coziness ... peace.

Now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print - you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE on my website. You are invited to become an "Art Friend" - just send e.mail to me and ask to receive photos of new paintings -- there is no obligation to buy and you can opt out at any time. DC

GIVING THANKS

BEST WISHES FROM TAOS FOR A VERY PEACEFUL AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

"THE SUN SINGERS"

"THE SUN SINGERS"-- #240 Now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print - you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE on my website. You are invited to become an "Art Friend" - just send e.mail to me and ask to receive photos of new paintings -- there is no obligation to buy and you can opt out at any time. DC

EL OTONO DE SANTA FE

"EL OTONO DE SANTA FE" -- #115 Now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print - you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE on my website. You are invited to become an "Art Friend" - just send e.mail to me and ask to receive photos of new paintings -- there is no obligation to buy and you can opt out at any time. DC

OUR DAILY BREAD

"OUR DAILY BREAD" - A friend and I visited Taos Pueblo many years ago on a very cold and windy January day -- we bought the loaf of bread this lady was taking out of her horno and ate the whole thing!

Now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print - you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE on my website. You are invited to become an "Art Friend" - just send e.mail to me and ask to receive photos of new paintings -- there is no obligation to buy and you can opt out at any time. DC

CHAMISAL PASTORAL

"CHAMISAL PASTORAL" - Now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print - you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE on my website. You are invited to become an "Art Friend" - just send e.mail to me and ask to receive photos of new paintings -- there is no obligation to buy and you can opt out at any time. DC

"YELLOW MUMS" - NEW Original Painting

"YELLOW MUMS"
(Completed 11/18/08)
See Oct. 14th post for Underpainting

NEW Original 28"x22" Oil Painting on Fine Belgian Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
For price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at
(575)758-7454

HEART OF VALDEZ (Study) - New Original Oil Painting

"THE HEART OF VALDEZ" (Study)
(Completed 11/17/08)

New Original Oil Painting - 11x14" on Fine Artist's Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
For price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at
(575)758-7454

WILD ASTERS AT PICURIS

"WILD ASTERS AT PICURIS" - Now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print - you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE on my website. You are invited to become an "Art Friend" - just send e.mail to me and ask to receive photos of new paintings -- there is no obligation to buy and you can opt out at any time. DC

EARLY MOONRISE AT TRUCHAS -

"EARLY MOONRISE AT TRUCHAS" - Now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print - you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE on my website. You are invited to become an "Art Friend" - just send e.mail to me and ask to receive photos of new paintings -- there is no obligation to buy and you can opt out at any time. DC

LAST LIGHT AT TRUCHAS

"LAST LIGHT AT TRUCHAS" - Now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print - you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE on my website. You are invited to become an "Art Friend" - just send e.mail to me and ask to receive photos of new paintings -- there is no obligation to buy and you can opt out at any time. DC

EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE

"EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE" - (VALLEY WITHOUT A NAME) Now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print - you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE on my website. You are invited to become an "Art Friend" - just send e.mail to me and ask to receive photos of new paintings -- there is no obligation to buy and you can opt out at any time. DC

"EVENING PRAYER STICKS"

"EVENING PRAYER STICKS" - Now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print - you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE on my website. You are invited to become an "Art Friend" - just send e.mail to me and ask to receive photos of new paintings -- there is no obligation to buy and you can opt out at any time. DC

CASA VIEJA DE CHIMAYO

"LA CASA VIEJA DE CHIMAYO" - Now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print - you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE on my website. You are invited to become an "Art Friend" - just send e.mail to me and ask to receive photos of new paintings -- there is no obligation to buy and you can opt out at any time. DC

LOS DIAS DE ORO

LOS DIAS DE ORO - Now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print - you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE on my website. You are invited to become an "Art Friend" - just send e.mail to me and ask to receive photos of new paintings -- there is no obligation to buy and you can opt out at any time. DC

AUTUMN CHAPEL

AUTUMN CHAPEL Now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print - you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE on my website. You are invited to become an "Art Friend" - just send e.mail to me and ask to receive photos of new paintings -- there is no obligation to buy and you can opt out at any time. DC

AUTUMN FIELDS - SOLD

"AUTUMN FIELDS" (Valdez, N.M.)--SOLD
28"x22" Completed Original Oil on Belgian Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

26 October 2008 -- Had a great time with this painting and all the while I sat at the easel, I had the feeling I was just holding the brush -- that the canvas almost painted itself! When I gathered the material for this piece, I stood high above the valley on the Rim Road -- and somehow when I look at this painting I have the feeling that I am "floating above" the landscape. Have decided that this completed canvas will be the "study" for a 48"x36" canvas. ENJOY! -- DC

For price and availability, please call my Taos studio at (575) 758-7454. Visa, Discover, Mastercard and American Express are available for your convenience.

AUTUMN FIELDS - PHASE TWO -- THE GLAZES

"AUTUMN FIELDS" (VALDEZ, N.M.)
28"x22" Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen

21 October 2008 -- Have had a great time working into this painting with the glazes. The fields are a combination of Mars Orange, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre and some Chrome Oxide Green Opaque. The Trees: A combination of Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna and some Cadmium Orange in the highlights. I have the idea that this might make a great LARGE PAINTING!!!! Stay tuned! DC

AUTUMN FIELDS - Work in Progress

17 October 2008 -- WORK IN PROGRESS --"AUTUMN FIELDS" (Valdez, N.M.), 28"X22" Original Oil on Belgian Linen -- Am in the process of blocking in some new canvases for my Santa Fe exhibit next year and here is another -- Painted loosely over a "grisaille" (greyed gesso background) -- the colors are mixed with Foundation White -- the warm fields are a combination of Yellow Ochre and Burnt Sienna -- also some Mars Orange. The trees: Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre and some Cadmium Yellow. Stay tuned!

EARLY SNOW CLOUDS AT PICURIS - Archival Giclee

"EARLY SNOW CLOUDS AT PICURIS" Now available as a 17"x22" (sheet size) Studio Edition Print - you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE on my website. You are invited to become an "Art Friend" - just send e.mail to me and ask to receive photos of new paintings -- there is no obligation to buy and you can opt out at any time. DC

YELLOW MUMS - Underpainting

14 October 2008 --YELLOW MUMS --28"x22" Oil on Belgian Linen. Here is the first underpainting of my winter work. It's raining today -- chilly, cold -- know it's snowing on Taos Mountain.....Just thought I'd start out with something bright and cheerful. The colors are mixed with fast-drying Foundation White -- highlights on the flowers - Cadmium Yellow Light, then Cad. Yellow Medium - down to Ochre and then a dirty brush mixed with Diox. Purple. The background is Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre and Cobalt Blue. This canvas will have to dry for about ten days before I can work into it with the glazes. Stay tuned! -- DC

WINTER IS A COMIN'!

9 October 2008 -- Yep, winter is a comin' and my supply of paints, turps and brushes have arrived from Jerry's Artarama! My Santa Fe show is scheduled for May 22, 2009, but photography of the larger paintings needs to be done in January in order to meet advertising schedules -- and the work will be delivered to McLarry Gallery at the end of March, early April for pre-sale. In the meantime I will try to add to this web log two or three times a week in order to post my progress -- or the lack of it. You are invited to stay tuned -- I am excited about getting into these new canvases........DC

CAPILLA DE VELARDE - NEW ARCHIVAL GICLEE

"CAPILLA DE VELARDE"

New archival giclee Print on Fine Art Paper - Available in two sheet sizes 19"x13" ($60.00) and 17"x22" ($100.00), plus $10.00 S&H. Prints are enclosed in PolyFoldlock envelope and shipped flat. Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover available through my studio. To order, please call (575)758-7454.

LLANO WINTER - NEW ARCHIVAL GICLEE

"LLANO WINTER"

New archival giclee Print on Fine Art Paper - Available in two sheet sizes 19"x13" ($60.00) and 17"x22" ($100.00), plus $10.00 S&H. Prints are enclosed in PolyFoldlock envelope and shipped flat. Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover available through my studio. To order, please call (575)758-7454.

CAPILLA DE AMALIA - New Archival Giclee

"CAPILLA DE AMALIA"

New archival giclee Print on Fine Art Paper - Available in two sheet sizes 19"x13" ($60.00) and 17"x22" ($100.00), plus $10.00 S&H. Prints are enclosed in PolyFoldlock envelope and shipped flat. Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover available through my studio. To order, please call (575)758-7454.

NUESTRA SENORA DEL ROSARIO - NEW GICLEE

"LA NUESTRA SENORA DEL ROSARIO"
(Truchas, New Mexico)

New archival giclee Print on Fine Art Paper - Available in two sheet sizes 19"x13" ($60.00) and 17"x22" ($100.00), plus $10.00 S&H. Prints are enclosed in PolyFoldlock envelope and shipped flat. Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover available through my studio. To order, please call (575)758-7454.

SNOW DAY

"SNOW DAY" (SANTA FE)

New 11"x14" Original Oil on Fine Artist's Linen
Framed in Silver with Linen Liner
For price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at
(575)758-7454

AMALIA AFTERNOON - New Original Oil

"AMALIA AFTERNOON"

New 6"x12" Original Oil on Fine Artist's Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
For price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at
(575)758-7454

HOME, HOME ON THE RANCH - New Orig. Oil

"HOME, HOME ON THE RANCH"
(Llano Quemado, Truchas, N.M.)

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

AUTUMN DREAMS - New Original Oil

"AUTUMN DREAMS"

New 14"x11" Original Oil on Fine Artist's Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
For price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at
(575)758-7454

"NESTLED IN" (VALDEZ, N.M.) - New Orig. Oil

"NESTLED IN" (VALDEZ, N.M.)

New 14"x11" Original Oil on Fine Artist's Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
For price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at
(575)758-7454