Studio No. 413 - Work in Progress (Glazes-Opaques): RANCHITOS PASTORAL, 24"x30 Orig Oil

3/11/13 Color Notes: RANCHITOS PASTORAL, 24"x30" Original Oil on Belgian Linen - Sky:  The sky usually lightens at the horizon and deepens from middle to top.  Light:  Cerulean Blue, Titanium White, Yellow Ochre.  Deeper colors - Indanthrone Blue, Thalo Blue and Thalo Green mixed with lighter combination.  Tree:  Dark Shadows:  Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna and Aliz. Crimson.  Lighter foliage:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque and Cadmium Yellow - this is a middle tone.  Foreground:  Italian Pink and Burnt Sienna.

Studio No. 413 - RANCHITOS PASTORAL, 24"x30" Work in Progress (Underpainting)

Work in Progress:  RANCHITOS PASTORAL - 24"x30" Oil on Belgian Linen (Underpainting)  Color Notes:  All colors mixed with Grumbacher Fast Drying MGWhite and Turpentine, applied with a bristle brush.  Sky:  Thalo Blue, Indanthrone Blue.  Tree: Darks - Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  Medium Tones - Chrome Oxide Green Opaque and Cadmium Yellow.  Foreground:  Combinations of Naples Yellow, Yellow Ochre and Burnt Sienna.

100 Small Paintings No. 72 - Ranchitos Pastoral Study, 8"x8" Framed

100 Small Paintings No. 72 - RANCHITOS PASTORAL STUDY, 8"x8" Framed

VIEW FROM THE HIGH ROAD, 16"x20" - Sold

VIEW FROM THE HIGH ROAD, 16"x20" Original Oil on Belgian Linen, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner  - Sold

No. 71 - RIO PUEBLO - (Available)

100 Small Paintings No. 71 - RIO PUEBLO (View from the bridge at Padre Martinez Hacienda) - 8"x6" Original Oil on Italian Gessoed Panel, Framed - Available

No. 70 - VIEW FROM A WINTER WINDOW - Sold

100 SMALL PAINTINGS NO. 70 - VIEW FROM A WINTER WINDOW (Yes, another sunset from my kitchen window!) - 6"x8" Original Oil on Italian Gessoed Board, unframed  - Sold

EL LLANO AFTERNOON, 8"x8" Original Oil - Sold

100 SMALL PAINTINGS NO. 69 - EL LLANO AFTERNOON, 8"X8" Original Oil on Linen Panel, Framed  - Sold

STUDIO NEWZ:  Beginning to block in four or five larger paintings from my field trips last fall -- it will take two to three weeks to do sketches and underpaintings.  I will post my progress on my Art Journal along with basic color notes.  In the meantime I will auction a few more paintings from my 100 Small Paintings project.  Saw some tree trimmers in the neighborhood today - could it be that spring is just around the corner?

STUDIO NO. 313 - WINTERLIGHT #2 - SUNSET ON SANTISTEVAN LANE

STUDIO NO. 313 - WINTERLIGHT NO. 2 - SUNSET ON SANTISTEVAN LANE - New 11"x14" Original Oil on Linen, Framed - Click here to purchase.  To order from my Studio, call (575)758-7454.

NO. 68 - HOW DO I LOVE THEE?

  NO. 68 - HOW DO I LOVE THEE?  New 6"x8" Original Oil on Italian Gessoed Panel unframed  - Available at 100 Small Paintings

Studio No. 313 - WINTERLIGHT WORK IN PROGRESS, THE GLAZES

Studio No. 313 - WINTERLIGHT NO. 2 - SNOW CLOUDS ON SANTISTEVAN LANE, New 11x14" Work in Progress - The Glazes (Dark transparent and semi-transparent colors) - Basic colors mixed with Painting Medium  Sky: Payne's Grey, Permalba White and Holbein Rose Grey Trees: Cadmium Yellow, Burnt Sienna and Transparent Italian Pink.  Pine Trees:  Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna and some Cadmium Red.  Road: Payne's Grey. 

Studio No. 313 - WINTERLIGHT NO. 2 - WORK IN PROGRESS, THE UNDERPAINTING

Studio No. 313 - WINTERLIGHT NO. 2 - SNOW CLOUDS ON SANTISTEVAN LANE, New 11x14" Work in Progress - The Underpainting - Basic colors mixed with MG Underpainting White and turpentine.  Sky: Payne's Grey Trees: Cadmium Yellow.  Pine Trees:  Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna and some Cadmium Red.  Road: Payne's Grey. 

NO. 67 - EL LLANO PASTORAL - Sold

100 Small Paintings No. 67 - EL LLANO PASTORAL, 8"x8" Original Oil on Linen Panel, unframed.  Sold

NO. 66 - RANCHITOS AFTERNOON - Sold

100 Small Paintings No. 66 - RANCHITOS AFTERNOON, 6"x8" Original Oil on Linen Panel, unframed. Sold

RIO CHAMA, 18"x24" Original Oil, Framed - Sold

RIO CHAMA. (Abiquiu, New Mexico) - 18"x24" Original Oil, Framed - SOLD

TAOS TWILIGHT - New 8"x8" - Sold

 100 Small Paintings No. 65 - TAOS TWILIGHT, NEW 8"x8" Original Oil on Canvas Panel - SOLD

WINTERLIGHT NO. 1 - "LOOKING SOUTH" - New Original Oil (Available)

Studio No. 213 - WINTERLIGHT NO. 1 - "LOOKING SOUTH"  - NEW 11"x14" Original Oil on Belgian Linen, Framed (Completed 1/18/13) - Now available for purchase at my ONLINE GALLERY/STORE.

STUDIO NEWZ:  As promised, here is the first of four new canvases.  Early one evening about  two weeks ago as I took out the trash I saw this incredible light - Santistevan Lane just glowed.  This huge gray cloud hung over the setting sun intensifying the light.  Couldn't resist getting photos and the next day I started the underpaintings.  Sometimes it is worth doing one's chores!  Enjoy!

Please Note:  This work and other prints and small paintings are  now available through my online store.  If you would rather not make your purchase through Pay Pal, just call studio to make arrangements to purchase.  (575-758-7454)  Thanks!

Best regards, Donna

THE LITTLE RED FENCE ON PERALTA ST., TAOS

100 Small Paintings No. 63 - THE LITTLE RED FENCE ON PERALTA ST., Taos, N.M.  8"x8" Original Oil on Canvas Panel unframed - SOLD

100 SMALL PAINTINGS NO. 62 - REFLECTIONS ON THE RIO GRANDE

100 Small Paintings No. 62 - REFLECTIONS ON THE RIO GRANDE, New 6"x8" original oil, unframed on Italian Gessoed Board.  Completed 1/8/13 -  SOLD

ON THE LLANO, NEW 11"x14" Original Oil - Sold

STUDIO NO. 113 - ON THE LLANO, NEW 11"x14' Original Oil on Linen (Completed 1/4/13), Sold

ON THE RIO GRANDE - Sold

100 Small Paintings No. 61 - ON THE RIO GRANDE - NEW 8"x6" unframed original oil on Italian Gessoed Panel.  Sold

EARLY MORNING LIGHT - SOLD

100 SMALL PAINTINGS - NO. 59 - EARLY MORNING LIGHT - NEW Original Oil on Handmade Italian Gessoed Panel. Sold

HOKUSAI........

Taos Art Supply posted this wonderful quote from Hokusai - the greatest Japanese printmaker. Gives me the impetus to continue and to hope I can have the experience that "every dot, every dash - will live"! What a great thought to prepare for a new year of painting.....

I have drawn things since I was six. All that I made before the age of sixty-five is not worth counting. At seventy-three I began to understand the true construction of animals, plants, trees, birds, fishes, and insects. At ninety I will enter into the secret of things. At a hundred and ten, everything--every dot, every dash--will live”
― Hokusai Katsushika

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM TAOS!

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 special 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
 

GIVING THANKS!!

OUR DAILY BREAD - Taos Pueblo

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us." Albert Schweitzer 

LLANO SAN JUAN IN AUTUMN - NEW 16"x20" Work in Progress (Underpainting)

LLANO SAN JUAN IN AUTUMN - 16"x20" Work in progress, the Underpainting.  Colors mixed with Grumbacher Underpainting White and turp. Color notes: Sky & Shadows-Indanthrone Purple, Cerulean Blue and Cobalt Blue.  Fields:  Yellow Ochre.  Trees: Outlined in Prussian Blue.  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque and Ochre.

TAKING THE SUN, 11"x14" Original Oil, Framed

TAKING THE SUN (LAS TRAMPAS, NEW MEXICO), 11"x14" Original Oil on Linen, Framed - Now available at my ONLINE GALLERY/STORE.

RODARTE (NEW MEXICO), Archival Giclee

RODARTE (NEW MEXICO) - Archival Giclee now available at my Online Gallery/Store. 

Went past this spot on a field trip last month and it has all changed! The original of this painting was completed quite some time ago -- what I know about the High Road after living and painting here for 45 years, sooner or later everything changes.

CAPILLA DE PLACITAS, Archival Giclee

CAPILLA DE PLACITAS, Large Archival Giclee Print (also available in smaller size) now available at my ONLINE GALLERY/STORE.

REMEMBRANCE......

Remembering: Many years ago my friend Susie Romero, daughter of Truchas Mayordomo Cosme Romero, took me to the loft of this old church (La Nuestra Senora del Rosario) to show me the lists of Truchas men who had served in war. It was an unforgettable homage. Today I would also like to remember my uncle Major Roy Knoll who served in Burma and Calcutta during WWII, uncle Alvin Hermesdorf who fought in the Battle of the Bulge....and all those who have served this country in uniform. Thank you.

WINTER FIELDS AT LAS TRAMPAS, Archival Giclee

WINTER FIELDS AT LAS TRAMPAS, Archival Giclee now available at my Online Gallery/Store.  From my kitchen window I can see it is snowing in the Pecos this afternoon - heavy winds and rain in Taos. This image is of the field on the left side of the highway just past the San Jose de Gracia Church as you are going toward Truchas. I've always loved this field at any time of the year, but especially in winter! Almost time to hibernate!

RIO CHIQUITO, Archival Giclee Print

RIO CHIQUITO, Archival Giclee Print now available at my Online Gallery/Store.  In the villages of northern New Mexico, after many trips to the mountains with chainsaw and pick-up truck, the fire wood is chopped and stacked -- the chilis are roasted and in the freezer....all's well with the World!

LILIAS DE TAOS, 10"x10" Original Oil, Framed

LILIAS DE TAOS, 10"x10" Original Oil on Linen, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner now available at my Online Gallery/Store.

RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU, 10"x10" Original Oil Painting

RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU, 10"x10" Original Oil Framed in Gold with Linen Liner, now available at my ONLINE GALLERY/STORE.

EARLY MOONRISE AT TRUCHAS, Archival Giclee

EARLY MOONRISE AT TRUCHAS, LARGE ARCHIVAL GICLEE now available at ONLINE GALLERY/STORE   Note: To view smaller version of this print or to view the entire gallery/store inventory, click on the small red door! ENJOY!

LAS NUBES DE TRUCHAS, Archival Giclee

LAS NUBES DE TRUCHAS, Archival Giclee Print now available at my Online Gallery/Store.

VADITO AFTERNOON, Archival Giclee

VADITO AFTERNOON, Archival Giclee now available at my Online Gallery/Store.

EARLY SNOW CLOUDS AT PICURIS PUEBLO, Archival Giclee Print (Available)

EARLY SNOW CLOUDS AT PICURIS PUEBLO, Archival Giclee Print now available at my Online Gallery/Store.

INTO THE LIGHT, Archival Giclee (Available)

INTO THE LIGHT, Archival Giclee Print now available at my Online Gallery/Store.

ESTACA IN BLOOM, 11"x14" Original Oil

ESTACA IN BLOOM, 11"X14" Original Oil, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner - Now available at my Online Gallery/Store.

AUTUMN CHAPEL, Small Archival Giclee

AUTUMN CHAPEL (ARROYO SECO, N.M.) - Archival Giclee now available at my Online Gallery/Store.

CASITAS DEL NORTE, Truchas, New Mexico - Archival Giclee

CASITAS DEL NORTE, Truchas, New Mexico  - View toward the main road from in front of the Old Church (La Nuestra Senora del Rosario) now available at my Online Gallery/Store.

EVENING PRAYER STICKS, Archival Giclee

EVENING PRAYER STICKS, Archival Giclee now available at my Online Gallery/Store!