WORD PAINTINGS #117 - A CANDLE FOR GRAMPA JIM

WORD PAINTINGS #117 (How I Came to New Mexico and Learned About Art and Life) - A CANDLE FOR GRAMPA JIM - https://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

BEARERS OF LIGHT - Chichicastenango, Guatemala 1991

 BEARERS OF LIGHT (Original Painting by Donna Clair) - - Easter Sunday 1991 -The Cofradia - Santo Tomas Church Chichicastenango, Guatemala

CENTINELAS DE ORO - NEW! 30"x40" Original Oil - NFS

 Studio #1322 - CENTINELAS DE ORO (Rio Grande at Pilar, New Mexico) New! 30"x40" Original Oil - NFS

CENTINELAS DE ORO - 30"x40" WORK IN PROGRESS (Underpainting) - Color Notes

3/2/22 - ON MY EASEL TODAY! CENTINELAS DE ORO - 30"x40" Work in Progress - Underpainting:  Colors blocked in with MG Underpainting White and Winsor Newton English Distilled Turpentine.  Sky"Misty Blue, Kings Blue. Mountains: Prussian Blue, Diox. Purple, Rose Grey.  Treeees: Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Gold Ochre, Burnt Sienna. - Repeat for foreground.

 

WINTER WORK TABLE - 2/27/22

 WINTER WORK TABLE - 2/27/22 - LLANO QUEMADO, NEW MEXICO

AUTUMN LEAVES - NEW! 12"x9" Original Oil, Framed

Studio No. 1222 - AUTUMN LEAVES - NEW! 12"x9" Original Oil, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner - now available at Chimayo Trading Del Norte.

ALPENGLOW (Taos, New Mexico) - New! 24"x24" Original Oil - Sold

Studio #1122 - ALPENGLOW (Ranchitos Road - Taos, New Mexico) - NEW! 24"x24" Original Oil, Framed - now available at Chimayo Trading del Norte.  Sold

ON MY EASEL TODAY.....

                               ALPENGLOW - 20"x20" Work in Progress.

 

AUTUMN LEAVES - 12"x9 Work in Progress.

ALPENGLOW - NEW! 24"x24" (Work in ProgressII-Glaze)

ALPENGLOW - NEW! 24"x24" Original Oil - Work in Progress - Overglaze: Vermillion, Cadmium Yellow and Thalo Rose Red - thinned with Grumbacher Matte Medium.

ALPENGLOW - NEW 20"X20" ORIGINAL OIL (WORK IN PROGRESS - UNDERPAINTING)

ALPENGLOW - NEW 20"x20" Original Oil - Work in Progress (Underpainting) - Oil colors mixed with MG Underpainting White and thinned with English distilled Turpentine. Top Sky:Misty Blue,King's Blue - Permalba White.  Mid sky - the blue mixed with Thalo Rose Red - next Thalo Rose Red and Permalba White - Cadmium Yellow.   Mountains - Some of the above blue mixture - added Prussian Blue. Trees - Mars Orange - Burnt Sienna. Foreground Yellow ochre - Cadmium Yellow.

PRIVATE ROAD - NEW! 8"x10" Original Oil, framed

Studio #1022 - PRIVATE ROAD (Taos, New Mexico) - NEW! 8"x10" Original Oil on linen panel, framed - https://www.ebay.com/itm/393920496502

AFTERNOON MOON (PLACITA, NEW MEXICO) - NEW! 8"x10" Original Oil

AFTERNOON MOON (Placita, New Mexico) - NEW! 8"x10" Original Oil on linen panel, framed - https://www.ebay.com/itm/393914302827

OJO SARCO PASTORAL - NEW!! 8"x10" Original Oil, framed

OJO SARCO PASTORAL - NEW! 8"x10" Original Oil on Italian Linen Panel, framed - available https://www.ebay.com/itm/154822575174

NEW! GOOD FENCES - 10"x10" Original Oil, Framed

NEW! GOOD FENCES (Santistevan Lane - Taos, New Mexico) - 10"x10" Original Oil on Canvas, framed - now available at Chimayo Trading del Norte.

NEW! PLACITA - 8"x10" Original Oil

 

Studio # 622 - PLACITA (Placita, New Mexico) - NEW! 8"x10" Original Oil on Linen Panel, framed in gold with linen liner - available at Online Gallery.

NEW!! HEAVEN'S GATE - 8"x8" Original Oil, Framed

 Studio #322 - HEAVEN'S GATE - NEW! 8"X8" Original Oil on linen panel, framed now available - Online Gallery Store.

NEW!! THREE PUMPKINS AND A LITTLE BLUE WINDOW, 8"x8"Original Oil, Framed

Studio #222 - THREE PUMPKINS AND A LITTLE BLUE WINDOW (Tesuque, New Mexico) - New 8"x8" Original Oil, Framed - Online Gallery Store!
 

ON MY EASEL - 1/26/22

1/26/22 (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) ON MY EASEL TODAY - also five NEW small paintings now availabe from my Online Gallery/Store!!! ENJOY!!!
 

WORD PAINTINGS #113 - INTO THE DREAMTIME

WORD PAINTINGS #113 (How I Came to New Mexico and learned about Art & Life) - INTO THE DREAMTIME - https://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

WINTER GIFTS.....

 

20 December 2021 (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) Today my studio is fresh with some New Beginnings - planning to send newsletters right after the first of the year; in the meantime....

This painting is "Winter Gifts". The original of this work 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

"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

BLESSINGS....

Best wishes to all for a Happy Thanksgiving!!! "OUR DAILY BREAD" (Taos Pueblo - Taos, New Mexico) - Still grateful for this wonderful day with artist and friend Dan Bodelson. We bought that splendiferous loaf of bread straight from the oven. Best lunch ever!! Must have been over 50 years ago - so Grateful!!!!

THUNDERSPIRITS - NEW! 40"x30" Original Oil, framed

HOT OFF THE EASEL! THUNDERSPIRITS (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) - NEW! 40"x30" Original Oil on Belgian Linen, framed - Now available for purchase at Chimayo Trading Del Norte - Ranchos de Taos Plaza, New Mexico.

MORNING POEM (Santistevan Lane) - Greeting cards, prints, posters...

MORNING POEM (Santistevan Lane - Taos, New Mexico) - Greeting cards, prints, posters - https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair

RIO CHIQUITO (New Mexico) - Prints, greeting cards, posters.....

RIO CHIQUITO (New Mexico) - Greeting cards, prints, posters and many other great items now available at Fine Art America - https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair

PUESTA DEL SOL (Taos, New Mexico) - Greeting cards, prints....

PUESTA DEL SOL (Taos, New Mexico) - Greeting cards, prints, posters and many other great items now available at Fine Art America - https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair

CAPILLA DE SANTO NINO (Amalia, New Mexico) - Greeting, cards, prints, posters.....

 CAPILLA DE SANTO NINO (Amalia, New Mexico) - Greeting cards, prints, posters and many other great items now available at Fine Art America.

SUNDAY WITH SARAH - NEW! 20"x20" Original Oil on Linen, framed - Sold

Studio #2921 - SUNDAY WITH SARAH (Ranchitos Road - Taos, New Mexico) - NEW! 20"x20" Original Oil, Framed in gold with linen liner....Sold

LOS RECUERDOS (Alcalde, New Mexico) - NEW! 10"x8" Original Oil, Framed

Studio #2721 - LOS RECUERDOS (Alcalde, New Mexico) NEW! 10"x8" Original Oil on Linen Panel- framed in gold with linen liner....https://www.ebay.com/itm/154634256583

RIO CHAMA (Abiquiu, New Mexico) - NEW! 9"x9" Originl Oil on Linen Panel, Framed

Studio #2621 - RIO CHAMA (Abiquiu, New Mexico) - NEW! Original Oil on Linen Panel, framed in gold with linen liner....https://www.ebay.com/itm/393606090460

VICTOR COURT (Taos, New Mexico) - NEW! 8"x6" Original Oil, Framed

Studio #2521-VICTOR COURT (Taos, New Mexico). NEW! 8"x6" Original Oil on linen panel, framed in gold with linen liner - https://www.ebay.com/itm/154630187888

TAOS PASTORAL - NEW! 8"x10" Original Oil, Framed - SOLD

 

TAOS PASTORAL (Taos, New Mexico) NEW! 8"x10" Original Oil on linen panel, framed in gold with Linen Liner - SOLD

LLANO QUEMADO SUNSET - NEW! 6"x9" Original Oil, Framed

LLANO QUEMADO SUNSET (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) - NEW! 6"x9" Original Oil, framed in gold with linen liner - https://www.ebay.com/itm/154623574319

CASITA DE LA CRUZ (Questa, New Mexico) - NEW! 6"x8" Original Oil

Studio #2321 - CASITA DE LA CRUZ (Questa, New Mexico - NEW! 6"x8" Original Oil on Linen Panel, framed in gold with linen liner - https://www.ebay.com/itm/393590045133

LA PUERTA DE SAN JOSE DE GRACIA - NEW! 8"x8" Original Oil - Sold

Studio #2221 - LA PUERTA DE SAN JOSE DE GRACIA (Las Trampas, New Mexico) - NEW! 8"x8" Original Oil - Sold

LLANO QUEMADO - CLOUDS 9/15/21

 Llano Quemado 9/15/21 - From the little bench on the front portal - the clouds were so spectacular all day - I photographed until my little camera told me its "battery was exhausted"!

WORD PAINTINGS #113 - THE LITTLE RED FOX AND A GIFT OF FRESH PEACHES

WORD PAINTINGS #113 (How I Came to New Mexico and Learned about Art and Life) - THE LITTLE RED FOX AND A GIFT OF FRESH PEACHES - https://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

SILENCE - Thomas Merton

 "To deliver oneself up, hand oneself over, entrust oneself completely to the silence of a wide landscape of woods and hill, or sea, or desert: to sit still while the sun comes up over the land and fills its silence with light. To pray and work in the morning and to labor in meditation in the evening when night falls upon that land and when the silence fills itself with darkness and with stars.  This is a true and special vocation.  There are few who are willing to belong completely to such silence, to let it soak into their bones, to breathe nothing but silence, and to turn the very substance of their life into a living and vigilant silence."  Thomas Merton

STUDIO #2121-THUNDERSPIRITS - 40"X30" Work in Progress

 Studio #2121 - THUNDERSPIRITS  - Work in Progress - (Monsoon Clouds - Llano Quemado, New Mexico) 40"x30" Original Oil on Belgian Linen 

 

Darks: Payne's Grey, Cobalt Blue, Blue Grey   Middle Tones Clouds: Mixture of Blue Grey, Light Greys, Portland Blue Grey Cool - variety of Holbein Greys - Sky:  Blue Grey, King's Grey Lights: Titanium White, touch of Naples Yellow

WORD PAINTINGS #112 - DUST DEVILS AND A DOUBLE RAINBOW

  

WORD PAINTINGS #112 (How I Came to New Mexico and Learned about Art and Life) - DUST DEVILS AND A DOUBLE RAINBOW! - https://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

DON GREGORIO'S WINTER FIELD - 48"x36" Original Oil - Available

 

 

 The view from my front door of the little adobe house I rented from Susie Romero when I lived in Truchas many, many years ago - always changing, always beautiful!!! Brought me great joy to look at this special place every day! Now available at Chimayo Trading del Norte in Ranchos de Taos Plaza - https://chimayotrading.com/product.../artists/donna-clair/

Studio #2021- SUNDAY WITH SARAH - WORK IN PROGESS (GLAZES) - NEW 20"x20" ORIGINAL OIL

 

WORK IN PROGRESS (Glazes): Studio #2021 - SUNDAY WITH SARAH (Ranchitos Road, Taos, New Mexico) - New 20"x20" Original Oil

TAOS MORNING CLOUDS - NEW! 24"X36 Original Oil, framed - Sold

HOT OFF THE EASEL! TAOS MORNING CLOUDS (Taos, New Mexico) NEW! 24"x36" Original Oil, framed  - Sold

 

WORD PAINTINGS #111 - THIS HOUSE OF CLOUDS AND BIRDS

WORD PAINTINGS #111 - THIS HOUSE OF CLOUDS AND BIRDS (How I Came to New Mexico and learned about Art and Life) - https://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

 

LAS NUBES DEL LLANO QUEMADO

 LAS NUBES DEL LLANO QUEMADO - Monsoon clouds from my front portal last week.

Hot off the Easel!!! SUMMER RAIN - New 8"x10" Original Oil

 

 

SUMMER RAIN (View from my kitchen Window - Llano Quemado, New Mexico) - New 8"x10" Original Oil, framed - free shipping) - https://www.ebay.com/itm/154541921389

ON MY EASEL TODAY 7/23/21.....

 On my easel today 7/23/21......

WORD PAINTINGS #110 - MONSOON

WORD PAINTINGS #110 (How I Came to New Mexico and Learned about Art and Life) - MONSOON - https://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/