WINTERLIGHT - 6"x6" Original Oil (sold)

WINTERLIGHT (Taos, New Mexico) - 6"x6" Original Oil on Canvas, framed - Sold

ARROYO SECO - Studio Edition Print

ARROYO SECO (New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print from an original oil painting by Donna Clair. Printed and hand signed by the artist. $60.00 plus S&H - Preview/Purchase.

EARLY MOONRISE AT TRUCHAS - Studio Edition Print

EARLY MOONRISE AT TRUCHAS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print from an original oil painting by Donna Clair. Printed and hand signed by the artist. $60.00 plus S&H - Preview/Purchase.

WINTER DREAMS - Studio Edition Print

WINTER DREAMS (Truchas, New Mexico - Studio Edition Print from an original oil paintings by Donna Clair. Printed and had signed by the artist. $60.00 plus S&H - Preview/Purchase.

ESPIRITU BLANCO - Studio Edition Print

ESPIRITU BLANCO (Truchas, New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print from an original oil painting by Donna Clair. Printed and hand signed by the artist $60.00 plus S&H - Preview/Purchase.

DON JUAN'S PARADISE - Studio Edition Print

DON JUAN'S PARADISE - (Valdez, New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print from an original oil painting by Donna Clair. Printed and hand signed by the artist. $60.00 plus S&H - Preview/Purchase.

RIO CHIQUITO - Studio Edition Print

RIO CHIQUITO (Rio Chiquito, New Mexico) - Stusio Edition Print from an original oil painting by Donna Clair. Printed and hand signed by the artist. $60.00 plus S&H - Preview/purchase.

LA TIERRA DE PADRE MARTINEZ - Sold

LA TIERRA DE PADRE MARTINEZ (Bridge at Martinez Hacienda - Taos, New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print from an original oil painting by Donna Clair. Printed and handsigned by the artist. $60.00 plus - SOLD

EVENING PRAYER STICKS - STUDIO EDITION PRINT

EVENING PRAYER STICKS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Studio Edition PrinT from an original oil painting by Donna Clair. Printed and handsigned by the artist. $60.00, plus S&H - Preview/Purchase.

OUR DAILY BREAD - Studio Edition Print

OUR DAILY BREAD (Taos Pueblo, New Mexico) - Studio Edition Giclee from an original Donna Clair oil painting, 17"x22" paper size. Printed and handsigned by the artist. Enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat. Preview/Purchase.

LAST LIGHT AT TRUCHAS - Studio Edition Print

LAST LIGHT AT TRUCHAS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print from an original oil painting by Donna Clair. Printed and handsigned by the artist - $60.00 plus s&h - Preview/Purchase

EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE - Studio Edition Print

EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE (Northern New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print from an original oil painting by Donna Clair. Printed and handsigned by the artist - $60.00 plus s&h - Preview/Purchase

LILIAS DE TAOS - Studio Edition Print

LILIAS DE TAOS (Taos, New Mexico) - Archival Giclee.  17"x22" paper size.  Printed and handsigned by the artist.  Enclosed in clear polyurethane enveloped and mailed flat.  Preview/Purchase.

MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS - Studio Edition Print

MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS (Taos, New Mexico) - Archival Giclee from an original Donna Clair painting.  Printed and handsigned by the artist.  17"x22" paper size - enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat.  Preview/Purchase.

3/11/18 - SUMMER STORM AT ALCALDE - 30"x40" Work in Progress

3/11/18 - SUMMER STORM AT ALCALDE - 30"x40" Original Oil -  Work in Progress - Stay tuned.  To receive Studio Newsletter with news of new paintings and prints, send e.mail address to my studio - always private.

ARROYO SECO (New 10"x10" Original Oil

Studio No. 1018 - ARROYO SECO (Christmas Morning 2017 - New Mexico) - New 10"x10" Original Oil on Canvas, framed in gold with linen liner.  Preview Painting.

AUTUMN PRAYERS - NEW 28"X22" ORIGINAL OIL - sold

Studio No. 918 - AUTUMN PRAYERS (Placitas, New Mexico) - New 28"x22" Original Oil on Belgian Linen framed in gold with linen liner- sold

LOS CAMPOS DEL LLANO - 8"x16" Original Oil

LOS CAMPOS DEL LLANO (Llano San Juan, New Mexico) 8"x16" Original Oil on Canvas, framed in gold with linen liner - Preview Painting.

LA PUERTA (Las Trampas, N.M.) - New 8"x6"

LA PUERTA (Las Trampas, New Mexico) New 8"x6" Original Oil, framed in gold with linen liner.  Preview Painting.

LA CASA AMARILLA - New 8"x10" Original Oil

Studio No. 618 - LA CASA AMARILLA (The Yellow House - Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) - New 8"x10" Original Oil on Italian Gessoed Panel, framed in gold with Linen Liner.  Preview Painting.

LA CAMPANA DE TAOS - NEW 8"x8" Original Oil

Studio No. 318 - LA CAMPANA DE TAOS (View from my kitchen window - Taos, New Mexico) 8"x8" Original Oil on linen panel, framed in gold with linen liner - now available for purchase - Sold

GREETINGS!

LA NOCHEBUENA -  (La Nuestra Senora del Rosario - Truchas, New Mexico).

WINTER GIFTS......

WINTER GIFTS....

To Art Friends Everywhere!  Many of you have been with me a long time and know I love to send this greeting every year.  The original of this painting was "adopted" by some great friends and very prolific art collectors years ago and still resides in a lovely home 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 and place very close.  The woman is the memory I've kept of my little Polish grandmother, Ella -- she carried a shopping bag with her everywhere -- those were her "gifts" her "surprises".  The words of Fra Giovanni never fail to inspire and uplift - especially at this time of the year.  From my heart I wish each and every one of you all the best of this holiday season -- Hug someone special today!  Sincere best wishes, Donna - Taos, New Mexico 2017

"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

12/15/17 Work In Progress - EARLY SNOW CLOUDS AT ALCALDE - New 30"x40" orig. oil

EARLY SNOW CLOUDS AT ALCADE - 30"x40" Work in Progress - Working with a color sketch instead of an underpainting....oil paint mixed with distilled turpentine over toned ground (gesso mixed with Payne's Grey)  Color Notes:  Sky - Payne's Grey, Permalba White and a little Prussian Blue. Mountains:  Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Trees: Burnt Sienna and Yellow Ochre.  Foreground:  Holbein Rose Grey, Grey Warm Tint, Yellow Ochre and grey mixture from the sky.

WINTERLIGHT - Fine Art Prints, Greeting cards...

WINTERLIGHT (Tesuque, New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints, greeting cards and many more great gift items for home and office now available at FINE ART AMERICA!

EL CALLE DE TRUCHAS - 22"x28" Original Oil Painting, Framed - available

EL CALLE DE TRUCHAS (Truchas, New Mexico) 22"x28" Original Oil Painting on Belgian Linen, now available for purchase direct from Chimayo Trading Del Norte (Ranchos de Taos Plaza) - http://donnaclairart.com/el-calle-de-truchas/ - (If you are interested in receiving my Studio Newsletter, just PM your e.mail address and I will add your name to my list of Art Friends to receive information about new paintings and prints. DC)

AUTUMN CHAPEL - Fine art prints, greeting cards.....

AUTUMN CHAPEL (Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints, Greeting cards and many other great items for home and office now available at FINE ART AMERICA.

NOCHECITA DE ABIQUIU - Fine art prints, posters.....

NOCHECITA DE ABIQUIU (New Mexico) - Fine art prints, greeting cards, posters and many other great items now available at FINE ART AMERICA.

CANTO HONDO (DEEP SONG - EL LLANO, NEW MEXICO) - Prints, greeting cards....

CANTO HONDO (DEEP SONG, Llano San Juan de Nepomuseno - New Mexico) Fine Art Prints, Greeting cards and many other fine items for home and office now available at FINE ART AMERICA.

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

ELEGY FOR SUMMER (Vadito, New Mexico) - Fine art prints, greeting cards, posters and many other great items for home and office now available at FINE ART AMERICA.

BEARERS OF LIGHT (Chichicastenango, Guatemala) - 30"x40" Original Oil, framed

BEARERS OF LIGHT (Chichicastenango, Guatemala - Men of the Cofradia of Santo Tomas Church) - 30"x40" Original Oil, on Belgian Linen, framed in Gold with Linen Liner. Preview Painting.

Good morning! A beautiful day in the neighborhood!  - Gave this painting to my brother, Jim, years ago right after it was completed.  Have always felt this is one of my best pieces.  Jim had it hanging in his Chicago office until he retired. Knowing that he has downsized and no longer has room in his home for this large piece, I have offered to sell it for him.  This piece would ship from Wisconsin and costs are included in the price of the painting.

PUESTA DEL SOL - New 8"x16" Original Oil, framed

Studio No. 2117 - PUESTA DEL SOL (Setting Sun - Taos, New Mexico) - New 8"x16" Original Oil on Canvas, framed - Preview Painting.

ARCO DE IRIS (Taos, New Mexico - New 8"x16" Original Oil

Studio No. 2217 - ARCO DE IRIS - (Rainbow - Taos, New Mexico) - 8"x16" Original Oil on Canvas, framed - Preview Painting.

CREATE PEACE...

“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 (Original Oil Painting "First Light" by Donna Clair).

LAST LIGHT AT TRUCHAS - Fine art prints, framed or unframed, greeting cards, posters and many other great items for home and office now available at FINE ART AMERICA.

DIAS DE ORO (Days of Gold - Truchas, New Mexico - Prints, greeting cards.....

DIAS DE ORO (Days of Gold, Truchas, New Mexico) - 123 images now available from Donna Clair paintings - Fine Art Prints, Greeting cards, posters and many, many other great items for home and office - FINE ART AMERICA.

LOS CAMPOS DEL LLANO - NEW! 8"x16" Original Oil, framed

Studio No. 2017 - LOS CAMPOS DEL LLANO - New 8"x16" Original Oil, framed in gold with linen liner - Preview Painting.

RODARTE AFTERNOON - New 8"x16" Original Oil

Studio No. 1817 - RODARTE AFTERNOON (Rodarte, New Mexico) New 8"x16" Original Oil on Canvas, framed - Preview Painting.

MOUNTAIN TIME - NEW 16"X18" Original Oil Painting

Studio No. 1917 - MOUNTAIN TIME (on a backroad somewhere near Truchas, New Mexico) - New 16"18" Original Oil on Canvas, now available for purchase - Preview Painting.

CHIMAYO TRADING DEL NORTE - Now showing in Santa Fe.......

Saturday and Sunday - Chimayo Trading del Norte Booth No. 44 - El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia - 11Am to 5PM -- You are invited!!! Stop in to say Hello to Gabe and Alicia Abrums! 

INTRODUCING GABE ABRUMS.....

Introducing Gabe Abrums, Owner of Chimayo Trading Del Norte.  About a month ago I received an e.mail that Gabe would like to work with me to sell my paintings,  We have met and made a good connection.  Both he and his wife were raised in Chimayo, New Mexico - and, for the first time, I have someone who truly knows the places in northern New Mexico where I have lived and painted for fifty years.  This is new - and over the next few months, we will learn to work together.  In the meantime all my original paintings will be available through Collector's Gallery on my website.  Some can still be purchased through my studio and others will go through the  gallery. Gabe will also be showing some of my paintings in Santa Fe this weekend.

OBJECTS OF ART/SANTA FE - A special show  - El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, 555 Camino de la Familia.  Friday/Sunday - 11Am to 5PM.

In Taos the gallery is located in the historic Ranchos de Taos Plaza, right near the beautiful and iconic St. Francis Church. I love this old church  have prayed there many times. Somehow this all feels right.  I am very happy to have made this connection and hope that you will visit the gallery or my website to keep up with my new work.  A huge sigh of relief that now I will have more time to paint - always a good thing! 
 
Gabe Abrums
Chimayo Trading
Ranchos de Taos Plaza
(575) 758-0504
chimayotrading@msn.com

AUTUMN PRAYERS - 28"X22 Work in Progress (Glazes)

Studio No. 1817 - AUTUMN PRAYERS (Placitas, New Mexico) - New Work in Progress (Glazes & Middle Tones) - Using my painting medium to apply the paint with soft brushes -- Sky: Cyan, Yellow Ochre, Permalba White.  Trees:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque - outline Prussian Blue and burnt sienna.  Fields:  Yellow Ochre and Burnt Sienna.  Adobe:  Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow and White - shady areas: Yellow Ochre Deep.  Foreground Grasses:  Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  Cadmium Yellow/Yellow Ochre.

AUTUMN AFTERNOON (Las Trampas, New Mexico) - New 8"x10" Original Oil - Sold

Studio No. 1117 - AUTUMN AFTERNOON (Las Trampas, New Mexico) - New 8"x10" Original Oil on Italian Gessoed Panel, framed  - Sold (Pasadena, Calif.)

MOONRISE OVER MIDDLE ROAD (Taos, New Mexico) New 8"x10" Original Oil

Studio No. 1117 - MOONRISE OVER MIDDLE ROAD (Taos, New Mexico) - New 8"x10" Original Oil on Italian Gessoed Panel, framed - available.  Preview Painting.

AUTUMN PRAYERS - 28"x22" Work in Progress (Underpainting)

Studio No. 1817 - AUTUMN PRAYERS (Placitas, New Mexico) - 28"x22" Work in Progress (Underpainting) - Use bristle brush.  Mix Grumbacher MG Underpainting White with Distilled Turpentine and color.  Sketch in color with loose brushstrokes.  Color Notes:  Sky: Paynes Gray/Prussian Blue. Hills: Chrome Oxide Green Opaqe/Yellow Ochre.  Fields - Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna.  Chamisa: Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre.  Rooftop:  Cerulean Blue, Payne's Gray.  Adobe:  Burnt Sienna, Mars Orange, Yellow Ochre.  Let dry for a few days.

RIO HONDO - New 30"x24 Original Oil

Studio No. 1617 - RIO HONDO (Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico) - 30"x24" Original Oil on Belgian Linen, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  Now available - Preview Painting.

MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE - 8"x16" Original Oil, Framed

MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE (Truchas, New Mexico) - 8"x16" Original Oil, framed (available - Preview Painting) -

Don Eusavio was my next door neighbor when I lived in Truchas and by observing him each day, he taught me how to live. He had lived in the same house for most of his life and there was a field between us where Henry Romero pastured his cows.  I watched the old man from a distance - and if there was a secret to life he had found it - quite simply it was habit and routine.  Each morning I would hear him tap-tapping on something in his shed, then he would carry in some wood from the big pile in his yard.  The smoke from his chimney would rise and he would fix his lunch-  Then he might put on his green baseeball cap, grab his orange bucket and pick apricots.  His friend Rosita might come calling and they would go for a drive.  He lived an uncomplicated life - on purpose.  He was a happy man!

CAPILLA DE PLACITAS - 10"x10" Original Oil, framed

CAPILLA DE PLACITAS -10"x10" Original Oil on Canvas, framed (available - Preview painting)  Still remember the first time I saw this little church years and years ago on one of my many trips back home to Truchas.  Had my camera with me - parked near the gas statiion across the road and climbed part way up the water tower to get a better view.  Have painted this place many times front and back - it is a talisman, a sacred place - many candles, many prayers.........

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO 1967 - THE ADVENTURE BEGINS....

THE ROAD HOME - 8"x16" Original Oil, framed - available - Preview Painting.  

 SEPTEMBER 1967 - We rented a small adobe house on Alegre St. from an old cowboy named Les Langley - across our backyard fence was Rosario Cemetary.  The babies were still in diapers and crawling and the only heat was with floor furnaces - a big challenge.  Still a Chicago girl, I was homesick, very lonely and did not know where to begin.  Trying to be helpful, a neighbor gave me a New Mexico Magazine -  started to read while the children were napping.  There was a photo of a Taos Pueblo drummer -  got out my paints and copied the photo.  We needed money and the painting sold for $75 which was a fortune to me.  The wheels started spinning - maybe,  just maybe this place - Santa Fe, New Mexico - was where I belonged all along..... I was just born in Chicago by accident! 

TUCUMCARI, NEW MEXICO -AND THE YEAR IS 1967.....

A HAPPY LITTLE CLOUD (Taos, New Mexico) - 36"x40 Original Oil on Belgian Linen- available - Preview Painting.........Sometime in the middle of September in 1967 husband Jack and I had watched the moving van leave our house on Riegel Rd. in Homewood, Ill. My son John was two and my twins, Mary and Sarah, were six months old.  It was a long trip - the girls learned to eat spaghetti with their fingers in some little restaurant along the way.  We crossed the border into New Mexico late in the afternoon - The sky above us was cloudless, but to our left was this huge, ominous blue and black monster bursting with thunder and lightning - I would later learn that the dark pouring from that cloud was called "Walking Rain" - The highway straight ahead to Santa Fe was sunny and clear! This was the beginning of my fifty year love affair with the people and landscape of New Mexico - what a adventure!