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 ♥

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
 

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

"ACEQUIA DEL LLANO" - Sold

22"X28" ORIGINAL OIL ON LINEN

FRAMED IN GOLD WITH LINEN LINER

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

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.

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

Click here to preview/purchase

"ABIQUIU DREAMING" - NEW 30"x40" SOLD

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

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.

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!

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! 

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.

"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.

 

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

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

"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

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.

"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

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

"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

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

"ABIQUIU DREAMING"

NEW! 30"x40" Original Oil

Work in progress:  The glazes

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

 "LA NUESTRA SENORA DEL ROSARIO"

10"X10" orig. oil, framed in silver 

Sold

ABIQUIU DREAMING - 30"X40" WORK IN PROGRESS - UNDERPAINTING

STUDIO #711 - "ABIQUIU DREAMING" - 30"X40" WORK IN PROGRESS (UNDERPAINTING) - To be framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  $4700, free shipping.  This painting is available for pre-purchase.  Call (575)758-7454

ABIQUIU DREAMING - 30"X40" WORK IN PROGRESS - SKETCH

27 April 2011 -- "ABIQUIU DREAMING" - NEW 30"X40" OIL - Sketch on Belgian Linen canvas with a toned ground (gesso with Payne's Grey).  Loose sketch with Prussian Blue, some Burnt Sienna and turpentine.  Stay tuned!

THE OPEN ROAD! Field work for new paintings

14 April 2011 -- Finished the Rio Chama painting late last month - varnished, framed it and sent it off to it's new home in Cambria, California on Monday.  Spent the rest of Monday and most of Tuesday feeling "post-ARTum" blues.  Took off in search of orchards with apple blossoms -- about a week too early.  Wandered for most of the day.  These past two weeks have gathered much new material -- planning some large canvases - new "environments" - am very excited.  I LOVE large blank canvases -- like reading a long book that you can't put down!  Also planning to add some new smaller auction paintings.  To receive my Studio Newsletter with the latest paintings, send your e.address via the sign-up on this page.  I will be happy to send you photos of my new work!  ENJOY!  DC