WORD PAINTINGS #19 - MAMA TAKES SOME BABY STEPS!

WORD PAINTINGS (How I came to New Mexico and learned about Art and Life) #19 - MAMA TAKES SOME BABY STEPS! http://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

WORD PAINTINGS #18 CLOUDCROFT/THE LODGE - A NEW BEGINNING

WORD PAINTINGS (How I came to New Mexico and Learned about Art and Life) - ON THE ROAD #18 - Cloudcroft/The Lodge - http://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

ARROYO SECO AUTUMN - NEW 8"x10" Original Oil

Studio No. 1418 - ARROYO SECO AUTUMN - New 8"x10" Original Oil on Italian Panel, framed - Preview Painting

WORD PAINTINGS NO. 17 "ON THE ROAD"

 

WORD PAINTINGS (How I Came to New Mexico and Learned about Art and Life) - #17 "ON THE ROAD" - http://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

AN INVITATION TO VISIT MY NEW WRITING BLOG - WORD PAINTINGS

You are invitied to visit my new Writing Blog! - DONNA CLAIR WORD PAINTINGS - How I came to New Mexico and Learned About Art and Life 

Taos, New Mexico - 2 August 2018 - I love words and have kept a daily journal for the last forty years - all of which I have thrown away (for the sake those in my life still living).  My life has become quiet - and it is time for me to write - just write - daily, once a week - the subject matter is still a blank page. Welcome to my world! Donna

AUTUMN FIELDS AT RANCHITOS - 60"x36" Work in Progress/Mid Tones

Studio No. 1318 - AUTUMN FIELDS AT RANCHITOS (New Mexico) New 60"x36" Work in Progress (Middle Tones) - using painting medium with oil color now.  Middle Tones are the transitional colors that set up the light in the painting  from the final opaque colors. Color Notes:  Sky: Prussian Blue, Paynes Grey, Mars Black, Permalba White.  Trees: Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Burnt Sienna.  Fields: Combinations of Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Cadmium Orange, Burnt Sienna, Dioxazine Purple.

AUTUMN FIELDS AT RANCHITOS - 60"x36" Original Oil Work in Progress (Underpainting)

Studio No. 1318 - AUTUMN FIELDS AT RANCHITOS (New Mexico) - 60"x36" Work in Progress (Underpainting) - Oils applied loosely with distilled turpentine and MG Underpainting White on gray toned ground.  Color Notes: Clouds: Cobalt blue sketch.  Mountains: Prussian Blue, Mars Black. Trees: Combination of Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Naples Yellow.  Fields:  Yellows same as trees.  Greener areas - Combinations of Chrome Oxide Green opaque, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Orange, Olive Green.  Stay tuned!

LATE SUMMER STORM AT ALCALDE - New 30"x40" Original Oil

LATE SUMMER STORM AT ALCALDE - New 30"x40" Original Oil, framed - free shipping.  Preview painting.

MY TAOS STUDIO - April 2018

18 April 2018 - On the easel today  -- Late Summer Storm at Alcalde.  Stay tuned! 

CALLECITAS DE CORDOVA - Studio Edition Print

CALLECITAS DE CORDOVA (Cordova, New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print from an original oil painting by Donna Clair. Printed and hand signed by the artis. Enclosed in polyurethane envelope and mailed flat. $60.00 plus s&h - Preview/Purchase.

LAS TRAMPAS - Studio Edition Print

LAS TRAMPAS (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.

VADITO AFTERNOON - Studio Edition Print

VADITO AFTERNOON (Vadito, 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 GIFTS - Studio Edition Print

WINTER GIFTS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print form an original oil painting by Donna Clair. Printed and hand signed by the artist. $60.00 plus s&h - Preview/Purchase.

LA NOCHEBUENA - Studio Edition Print

LA NOCHEBUENA (Truchas, New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print from an original oil painting by Donna Clair. Printed and hand signed by the artist. $60.00 s&h - Preview/Purchase.

MORNING POEM = Studio Edition Print

MORNING POEM (Taos, New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print from an original oil painting by Donna Clair. Printed and hand signed by the artist. $60 plus s&h - Preview/Purchase

SECO AFTERNOON - Studio Edition Print

SECO AFTERNOON (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.

A MAN IS RICH AS HIS WOODPILE - Studio Edition Print

A MAN IS RICH AS HIS WOODPILE (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.

CAPILLA DE PLACITAS - Studio Edition Print

CAPILLA DE PLACITAS (Placitas, New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print from an original oil painting by Donna Clair. Printed and hand signed by the artist. $60 plus s&h - Preview/Purchase.

AFTERNOON VISITORS - Studio Edition Print

AFTERNOON VISITORS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Studio Edition Prints from an original oil painting by Donna Clair. Printed and had-signed by the artist. $60.00 plus s&h. Preview/Purchase.

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.