MADRECITA - Chichicastenango, Guatemala - 1991

 

COFRADIA - 1991 Chichicastenango, Guatemala

COFRADIA - 1991 Easter Sunday Morning - Santo Tomas Church, Chichicastenango, Guatemala

BEARERS OF LIGHT - Easter Morning, Chichicastenango, Guatemala

BEARERS OF LIGHT - 1991 Easter Sunday Morning - The Cofradia of Santo Tomas Church, Chichicastenango, Guatemala - remembering......

LILIAS DE TAOS - Prints, greeting cards....

 LILIAS DE TAOS - Prints, greeting cards and many other great items now avaialble at Fine Art America - https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair

ESTACA IN BLOOM - Prints, greeting Cards....

ESTACA IN BLOOM (New Mexico) - Prints, greeting cards and many other great items now available at Fine Art America - https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair
 

WORD PAINTINGS #107 - WITH EYES TO SEE

WORD PAINTINGS #107 (How I Came to New Mexico and Learned about Art and Life) - "WITH EYES TO SEE" - https://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

 

SANTISTEVAN LANE (Taos, New Mexico) - Prints, greeting cards and many other great items now available at Fine Art America...https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair

 

LA TIERRA DE PADRE MARTINEZ - Prints, greeting cards....

LA TIERRA DE PADRE MARTINEZ (Taos, New Mexico) - - Prints, greeting cards and many fine items now available at Fine Art America - https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair

SANTUARIO DE CHIMAYO - Prints, Greeting Cards,,,,,

SANTUARIO DE CHIMAYO (Chimayo, New Mexico) - Prints, greeting cards and many fine items now available at Fine Art America - https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair

DON JUAN'S PARADISE - Studio Edition Print

 

DON JUAN'S PARADISE (Valdez, New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print - (17"x22" paper size) now available at my online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art...
 

CHIMAYO TRADING DEL NORTE (Ranchos de Taos Plaza)

 

Twelve small to medium original oils will be delivered to Chimayo Trading Del Norte (Ranchos de Taos Plaza) later this morning. A few of my larger paintings are also on display. Gabe and Alicia Abrums have expanded their space from 2000 sq. ft. to 4500 sq. ft. When in Taos, stop in to say "hello"!

WORD PAINTINGS #106 - AWAKENING

 

WORD PAINTINGS #106 (How I Came to New Mexico and Learned about Art and LIfe) - AWAKENING - https://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

 

AUTUMN RIVER - 9"X6" Original Oil, framed

 

 AUTUMN RIVER (Taos, New Mexico) 9"x6" Original Oil, framed - now available at my Online Gallery/Store....PREVIEW

SNOW MOON RISING - 2/26/2021

                   2/26/21 - SNOW MOON RISING (Llano Quemado, New Mexico)

CIELO AZUL - NEW 40"X40" Original Oil, Framed

 CIELO AZUL (Cerro Pedernal, Abiquiu, New Mexico) - NEW 40"x40" Original Oil Painting on Belgian Linen, Framed - now available at Online Gallery/Store -https://www.ebay.com/itm/393148600329

 

Camino De Llano Quemado

                   2/20/21 - Camino De Llano Quemado, New Mexico - fifty degrees!

View from Llano Quemado, New Mexico....2/20/21

 

Blue Windows (Santa Fe, New Mexico - 12"x12" Original Oil - Sold

BLUE WINDOWS (Santa Fe, New Mexico) - 12"x12" Original Oil - Sold

 

LAS CASAS DE PLACITAS - 6"X8" ORIGINAL OIL, FRAMED

 

 LAS CASAS DE PLACITAS - (Placitas, New Mexico) - 6"x8" Original Oil on Panel, framed....now available at my Onine Gallery Store ...https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art...

WORD PAINTINGS #105 - FINDING SANCTUARY

 

WORD PAINTINGS #105 (How I Came to New Mexico and learned about Art and Life) - FINDING SANCTUARY -https://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

ON MY EASEL TODAY - CIELO AZUL - 40"X40" Work in Progress -

ON MY EASEL TODAY - Studio No. 621 - CIELO AZUL -  Work in Progress - 40"x40" Original oil on Belgian Linen - Underpainting - Stay Tuned!

LAZY RIVER DREAMING - NEW 30"x24" Original Oil, framed - Sold

STUDIO #121 - LAZY RIVER DREAMING - NEW 30"X24" Original Oil on Belgian Linen - SOLD

LA PUERTA (RANCHITOS ROAD - TAOS, NEW MEXICO) - NEW 8"x8" Original Oil, framed

Studio #321 - LA PUERTA (Ranchitos Road - Taos, New Mexico) - NEW 8"x8" Original Oil on Linen panel, custom framed in gold with linen liner now available at my online Gallery/Store - Preview/Purchase

LAS NUBES DEL LLANO - NEW 8"x8" Original Oil, framed

 Studio #221 - LAS NUBES DEL LLANO (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) - NEW 8"x8" Original Oil on Linen Panel, custom framed in gold with Linen Liner now available at Chimayo Trading del Norte (Ranchos de Taos Plaza).

 

Have been saving this Langston Hughes poem "The Dreamkeeper" for many years - time to share these beautiful words....

 

Bring me all of your dreams you dreamer

Bring me all of your heart melodies

That I may write them down

In a blue-cloud cloth

Away from the too tough fingers

of the world.

LAST LIGHT ON SANTISTEVAN LANE - 36"x24" Work in Progress

Studio #321 - LAST LIGHT ON SANTISTEVAN LANE (Taos, New Mexico) - 36"x24" Work in Progress - Middle tones. Stay Tuned.

SAGEBRUSH DREAMING - 60"X36" WORK IN PROGRESS - Underpainting

 Studio # 221 - SAGEBRUSH DREAMING (Carson, New Mexico) - 60"x36" Original Oil Painting, Belgian Linen(Work in Progress - Underpainting)

12/31/20 - FIREWORKS AND A FULL MOON

 12/31/20 - FIREWORKS AND  A FULL MOON - Llano Quemado, N.M.

 

 

THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE (Carson, New Mexico) New 10"x8" Original Oil

  THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE (Carson, New Mexico) - New 10"x8" Original Oil on Linen panel, framed - now available at my online Gallery/Store -Preview/Purchase

 

 

LAZY RIVER DREAMING (Pilar, New Mexico) - 30"x24 Work in Progress

LAZY RIVER DREAMING (Rio Grande at Pilar, New Mexico) - New 30"x24 Work in Progress - Glazes & Middle Tones. Glazes are usually the dark colors on your palette thinned to a transparency with painting medium.  Middle tones are a mixture of opaque colors and glazes. Color Notes:  Sky: Permalba wite, Cerulean Blue.  Hills: Holbein Portland warm greys, Dioxazine Purple, Paynes Grey. Foliage; Yellow Ochre, Gold Ochre, Burnt Sienna.  Holbein Green grey, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque. Water: Permalba White, Cerulean Blue, Paynes Grey, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque - some Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna for darkest Glazes. 

OUR DAILY BREAD - Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

 GRACIAS A LA VIDA!-( OUR DAILY BREAD, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico)

ALMOST HOME - Studio Edition Print

ALMOST HOME (RIO CHIQUITO, NEW MEXICO) - Studio Edition Print - (17"x22" paper size) now available at my online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

DON JUAN'S PARADISE - Studio Edition Print

DON JUAN'S PARADISE (Valdez, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition print (17"x22" sheet size) now available at my online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

PUEBLO MORNING LIGHT - Studio Edition Print - sold

PUEBLO MORNING LIGHT (Taos Pueblo, New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print  - sold

SUMMER STORM AT ALCALDE - 6"x8" Original Oil Painting - sold

SUMMER STORM AT ALCALDE (Alcalde, New Mexico) - 6"x8" Original Oil Painting, framed  - sold

EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE - Studio Edition Print

EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE (Valley Without a Name - Northern New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print (17"x22" sheet size" now available at my Online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art...

MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS - Large Studio Edition Print

MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS - Studio Edition Print (17"x22" sheet size) - now available at Online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art...

MORNING POEM - Large Studio Edition Print

MORNING POEM (Santistevan Lane-Taos, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print (17"x22" Sheet Size) - now available at my Online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art...

ANCIENT WALLS AT LA CUEVA - Large Studio Edition Print

ANCIENT WALLS AT LA CUEVA (La Cueva, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print (17"x22" Sheet Size) - now available at my Online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art...

CANTO HONDO (Deep Song - Llano San Juan, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print - 17"x22" sheet size. Now available at Online Gallery/Store - Preview/Purchase

ASSEMBLA DE DIOS - Studio Edition Print

ASSEMBLA DE DIOS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print - 17"x22" sheet size. Now available at my Online Gallery/Store -Preview/Purchase

28 October 2020....

 With love from Llano Quemado, New Mexico.....

WORD PAINTINGS #103 & 104 - MAKING A PAINTING

Have been asked to describe how I make a painting...here is my initial source for First Snow. A "looking back" last minute photo on a stormy day in Truchas. You are welcome to follow this process thru subsequent posts at WORD PAINTINGS Nos. 103 & 104 (How I Came to New Mexico and Learned about Art and Life) - https://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

FIRST SNOW (Truchas, New Mexico) - New 40"x40" Original Oil

FIRST SNOW (Truchas, New Mexico) - NEW 40"X40" Original Oil - all framed up and on the way to its new home in Virginia!!!! Photo Credit: Doug Yeager

LAZY RIVER DREAMING (Rio Grande at Pilar) - New 30"x24 Work in Progress - Glazes

LAZY RIVER DREAMING (Rio Grande at Pilar, New Mexico) - New 30"x24 Work in Progress - Glazes & Middle Tones. Glazes are usually the dark colors on your palette thinned to a transparency with painting medium.  Middle tones are a mixture of opaque colors and glazes. Color Notes:  Sky: Permalba wite, Cerulean Blue.  Hills: Holbein Portland warm greys, Dioxazine Purple, Paynes Grey. Foliage; Yellow Ochre, Gold Ochre, Burnt Sienna.  Holbein Green grey, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque. Water: Permalba White, Cerulean Blue, Paynes Grey, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque - some Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna for darkest Glazes.  

LAZY RIVER DREAMING (Pilar, New Mexico) - NEW 30"x24" Work in Progress

 LAZY RIVER DREAMING (Pilar, New Mexico) - 30"x24" Work in Progress - Underpainting.  On Blue Gray toned ground.Most Colors mixed with Grumbacher MG Underpainting White & Winsor Newton Distilled Turpentine. Hills: Burnt Sienna, Ochre, Payne's Grey.  River: Prussian Blue, Permalba White.  Foliage: Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.

FIRST SNOW (Truchas, New Mexico) - New 40"x40" Original Oil

 FIRST SNOW (Truchas, New Mexico) - 40"x40" Original Oil - Completed 10/8/20 - SOLD

RIO CHIQUITO - LARGE & SMALL STUDIO EDITION PRINTS

RIO CHIQUITO - Large and small Studio Editon Prints now available at my Online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art...

WORD PAINTINGS #102 - MAKING SPACE TO CREATE

WORD PAINTINGS #102 (How I Came to New Mexico and Learned about Art and Life) - MAKING SPACE TO CREATE - https://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

8/31/20 - MY MORNING STUDIO

8/31/20 - Llano Quemado, NM - My morning Studio today. Hunter's Moon on the big easel will be varnished today and will be framed to ship to a new client in Massachusetts. First Snow (on the floor) - hope to have it completed by the end of the week - then shipped to long time collector in Virginia. A good start....