A FEAST OF COLOR!! 100 Images now available as prints, greeting cards...

Happy Monday morning from Tesuque Village! - At the urging of a new friend on Facebook, I began building a new website about four months ago.  Went through years and years of archival photography and chose what I believe to be 100 of my best images to be included in my FINE ART AMERICA page - there are so many choices and a multitude of combinations - regular prints, prints on canvas, prints framed and unframed - greeting cards for all seasons - and for the first time international sales!  Please take a peek - and if you like what you see, share this announcement with your friends and family.  My sincere thanks to all for your enthusiasm and support through all these years.  Best regards, Donna 

FINE ART AMERICA

HIGH COUNTRY AUTUMN - Prints, greeting cards.....

HIGH COUNTRY AUTUMN (near Mora, New Mexico) - From an original oil painting - new extensive portfolio of images now available as prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other related items now available from FINE ART AMERICA.

SUENOS DEL RIO - Prints, Greeting cards....

SUENOS DEL RIO (Rio Grande at Pilar, New Mexico) - From an original oil painting - new extensive portfolio of images now available as prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other related items now available from FINE ART AMERICA.

CALLECITA DE TESUQUE - Prints, Greeting Cards

CALLECITA DE TESUQUE  (Tesuque Village, New Mexico) - From an original oil painting - new extensive portfolio of images now available as prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other related items now available from FINE ART AMERICA.

PUESTA DEL SOL - Prints, Greeting Cards...

PUESTA DEL SOL (Taos, New Mexico) - From an original oil painting - new extensive portfolio of images now available as prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other related items now available from Fine Art America. 

WALKING RAIN (Taos, N.M.) - New prints, greeting cards...

WALKING RAIN (Taos, New Mexico) - From an original oil painting - extensive new portfolio of images - prints, greeting cards and other related items now available at Fine Art America.

COUNTRY LANE (Tesuque, New Mexico) - New prints, cards...

COUNTRY LANE (Tesuque, New Mexico) - from an original painting - new prints, cards and other related items now available at Fine Art America.

LLANO SAN JUAN - New prints, greeting cards....

LLANO SAN JUAN - From new  image portfolio - prints (framed and unframed), greeting cards and other related items now available at Fine Art America.

ASPEN SHADOWS - New prints, greeting cards....

ASPEN SHADOWS (Garcia Park, New Mexico) - From an original oil painting new image now available as prints, greeting cards and other related items at Fine Art America.

CHIMAYO - New prints, greeting cards...

CHIMAYO (Chimayo, New Mexico) - Now available as prints (framed and unframed), greeting cards and other related items - Fine Art America.

NIGHTSKY WANDERERS - NEW 40"x40" Original Oil

Studio No. 2315 - NIGHTSKY WANDERERS - New 40"x40" Original Oil on Canvas.  Completed 9/15/15.  Preview/Purchase.

NIGHTSKY WANDERERS - New 40"x40" Work in Progress (Glazes)

Studio No. 2315 - NIGHTSKY WANDERERS - New 40"x40" Work in Progress (Glazes) - Color Notes:  Working glazes over the thoroughly dry underpainting.  Glazes are oils (usually the darker colors) thinned  to a medium transparency with painting medium (not turpentine).  Foreground:  Darkest darks are Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Olive Green, some Italian Pink.  Middle ground:  Scumbling over the darker blue underpainting with a fairly dry bristle brush - Naples Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Permalba white, Rose Red and some Cadium Red.

EL RITO DEL NORTE - 20"x16" Original Oil

EL RITO DEL NORTE (Garcia Park, New Mexico) - 20"x16" Original Oil on Linen, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner - now available for purchase. 

SUNSET MEMORY-TAOS, NEW 15"x30" Original Oil - Sold

SUNSET MEMORY-TAOS - New 15"x30" Original Oil on Canvas.  Completed 9/4/15.  Sold.

HARVEST MOON (Near Chupadero, New Mexico) - from an original oil painting - new prints, greeting cards and other related items are now available from my new portfolio of images at Fine Art America.

ELEGY FOR SUMMER (Vadito, New Mexico) - Prints, greeting cards.....

ELEGY FOR SUMMER (Vadito, New Mexico) - from an original oil painting, prints, greeting cards and other related items now available for purchase from my new web portfolio at Fine Art America.

GARCIA PARK (New Mexico) - New Portfolio

GARCIA PARK (New Mexico) - You are invited to visit my new portfolio of images now available as prints, greeting cards and other related items at Fine Art America.

CANTO HONDO - New portfolio - prints, etc.

CANTO HONDO ("Deep Song" - Llano San Juan, New Mexico) - New portfolio - prints, greeting cards and other related items now at Fine Art America.

WINTERLIGHT - 48"x36" Original Oil

WINTERLIGHT - 48"x36" Original Oil on Belgian Linen now available  - Sold

SUMMER LOVE - New 8"x10" Original Oil

Studio No. 2015 - SUMMER LOVE (Taos, New Mexico) - New 8"x10" Original Oil on Gessoed Panel, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  Completed 8/25/15.  Preview/Purchase.

LA CASA VIEJA, New 10"x8" Original Oil

Studio No. 2115 - LA CASA VIEJA (Taos, New Mexico) - New 10"x8" Original Oil on Gessoed Panel, Framed in Silver with Linen Liner.  Completed 8/25/15.  Preview/Purchase.

SUNSET DREAMING - 10"x10" Original Oil (Sold)

 

SUNSET DREAMING - New 10"x10" Original Oil on Linen, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  Completed 8/21/15.  (Sold 8/22/15 - Nashville, Tenn.)

RIO CHAMA - Prints, greeting cards....

RIO CHAMA - From an original oil painting - this image is now available for purchase as prints, greeting cards and other related items - you are invited to visit my new website at Fine Art America.

INTO THE LIGHT - New print and greeting cards

INTO THE LIGHT - Now available as prints in various sizes, greeting cards and other related items at Fine Art America.

PUESTA DEL SOL - 40"x40" Work in Progress (Underpainting)

Studio No. 1915 - PUESTA DEL SOL - 40"x40" Work in Progress (Underpainting) - Color Notes:  All colors blocked in mixing oils with Grumbacher MG Underpainting White and Distilled Turpentine.  Foreground:  Yellow Ochre and Cobalt Blue.  Trees:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, some Burnt Sienna and Cobalt Blue.  Darker Sky:  Dioxazine Purple, Cobalt Blue, some Cadmium Red and Thalo Red Rose.  Lighter sky:  Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red, Thalo Red Rose.  Grayer areas:  Lighter sky colors mixed with Davy's Grey - a "dirty brush".  Blue Sky:  Cerulean Blue and MG White. It has been very humid lately due to heavy rains - this underpainting needs to dry for about a week to ten days before I go into it with oil painting medium which contains some turpentine.

PUESTA DEL SOL - 40"40" WORK IN PROGRESS (Sketch)

Studio No. 1915 - PUESTA DEL SOL - Work in Progress - Sketch (cartoon) blocked in on a "toned ground" - Gesso mixed with Payne's Grey.  Sketched in trees with Burnt Sienna mixed with Distilled Turpentine.

LA NOCHEBUENA - New prints, greeting cards

By popular request - LA NOCHEBUENA (Christmas Eve in Truchas, New Mexico) is now available in print and greeting cards - visit Fine Art America.

THE DANCERS - 1978 Painting Appraisal

THE DANCERS - 18"x14" Original Oil on Panel - dated 1978.  Was recently asked to appraise this painting - and enjoyed seeing it once again. 

LA NOCHEBUENA - 20"x20" Original Oil - Sold

LA NOCHEBUENA (Long ago Christmas Eve waiting for Las Posadas to begin - La Nuestra Senora del Rosario - Truchas, New Mexico) - 20"x20" Original Oil - Sold

ON THE ROAD - New prints, greeting cards, etc.....

ON THE ROAD (Northern New Mexico) - from an original oil painting - prints, greeting cards and other related items now available at Fine Art America.

CORAZON SAGRADO - 40"x30" Original Oil/Prints, etc.

CORAZON SAGRADO (Rio Chiquito, New Mexico) - 40"x30" Original Oil on Belgian Linen, new prints and related items now available for purchase at Fine Art America.

SANCTUARY OF PADRE MARTINEZ - NEW 60"x50" Original Oil

SANCTUARY OF PADRE MARTINEZ (Martinez Hacienda - Taos, New Mexico) - New 60"x50" Original Oil on Belgian Linen now available for purchase - prints, greeting cards and other related items at Fine Art America.

PLACITAS - 40"x30" Original Oil

PLACITAS - New 40"x30" Original Oil on Belgian Linen - now available - Preview/Purchase.

RIO CHIQUITO - New 12"x24" Original Oil

Studio No. 1715 - RIO CHIQUITO (Rio Chiquito, New Mexico) 12"x24" Original Oil on Cradled Panel.  Completed 7/23/15. (Sold)

INTO THE LIGHT - New Print....

INTO THE LIGHT (Garcia Park, New Mexico) - From an original oil painting.  New print, greeting card and other related items now available at Fine Art America.

RIO CHIQUITO - 12"x24" Work in Progress (Glazes)

Studio No. 1615 - RIO CHIQUITO - 12"X24" Oil - Work in Progress (Glazes) - Sky: Payne's Grey, Prussian Blue, Permalba White.  Autumn Trees:  Italian Pink, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Red, some Chrome Oxide Green, Opaque.  Road:  Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Umber.  Dark Trees and Grasses:  Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque. 

RIO CHIQUITO - 12"X24" WORK IN PROGRESS (Underpainting)

Studio No. 1615 - RIO CHIQUITO - 12"x24" on cradled panel Work in Progress  (Underpainting) -  All colors are mixed with Grumbacher MG Underpainting White and Distilled Turpentine.  Color Notes - Sky:  Payne's Grey.  Trees: Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Burnt Sienna.  Road:  Holbein Rose Grey, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna.

ABIQUIU DREAMING - New Print!

ABIQUIU DREAMING (Rio Chama at Abiquiu, New Mexico) - from an original oil painting - new prints, greeting cards and other related art items now available at Fine Art America.

CAMINITO DE TESUQUE - 30"x24 Work in Progress (Underpainting)

Studio No. 1415 - CAMINITO DE TESUQUE - 30"x24" Work in Progress (The Glazes) - Sky and Snow:  Cobalt Blue, Payne's Grey, Permalba White.  Dark darks:  Burnt Umber, Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Mars Black.  Highlights:  Naples Yellow Light, Cadmium Red, Yellow Ochre. 

200 Small Paintings No. 112 - SANCTUARY - 8"X10" Original Oil, Framed

200 Small Paintings No. 112 - SANCTUARY (Rio Chiquito, New Mexico) - New 8"x10" Original Oil on Panel, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  Completed 7/14/15.  Preview/Purchase.

ALMOST HOME - new prints, cards....

ALMOST HOME (The back road home to Taos through the village of Rio Chiquito, New Mexico) - from an original oil painting.  New prints, cards and other related items now available at Fine Art America.

DONDE NACE LA LLUVIA - Print, greeting cards....

DONDE NACE LA LLUVIA (Where the Rain Begins - inspired by a poem by Pablo Neruda) from an original painting.  Prints, greeting cards and other related items now available at Fine Art America.

CANTO HONDO - Prints, greeting cards and more!

CANTO HONDO ("Deep Song" - Llano San Juan, New Mexico) From an original oil painting....prints, greeting cards and more now available at Fine Art America.

NOCHECITA - New print, greeting cards, etc.

NOCHECITA ("Little Night" - Taos, New Mexico) - From an original painting - new print, greeting cards and other related products now available at Fine Art America.

ESTACA IN BLOOM - Print, Greeting Cards.....

ESTACA IN BLOOM (Estaca, New Mexico) - from an original painting - print, greeting cards and related products now available at Fine Art America.

GARCIA PARK - Print

GARCIA PARK (Taos, New Mexico) - From an original oil painting - new print, greeting cards and related products now available at Fine Art America.

RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU - New Print

RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU (Abiquiu, New Mexico) - from an original oil painting - new print, greeting cards and related products now available at Fine Art America.

ROAD TO WILDERNESS GATE (Truchas, New Mexico) - Print

ROAD TO WILDERNESS GATE (Truchas, New Mexico) - from an original oil painting - new print, greeting cards and related products now available at Fine Art America.

BACK TO BASICS: A TONED GROUND - GESSOING

Starting from the Beginning - again! Friend Carol pitched in to help gesso canvases in preparation to paint - behind the scenes studio work - the part that no one sees or considers when looking at a finished painting! GESSO RECIPE: Gesso, Payne's Grey - enough color to create a toned ground. If necessary, thin with water so that coats do not leave heavy brush marks on canvas. Dry thoroughly between each coat. Mix in coffee can - enough for two or three coats to cover canvas. Seal up remainder and put in fridge to keep for next use.