LLANO WINTER (New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print

LLANO WINTER (New Mexico) - Large hand-signed Studio Edition print, on premium matte presentation paper, enclosed in clear envelope and mailed flat. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394687356954
 

LA NUESTRA SENORA DE LA ASUNCION (Placita, N.M..) - Large Studio Edition Print

LA NUESTRA SENORA DE LA ASUNCION (Placita, New Mexico) - Large hand-signed Studio Edition print, on premium matte presentation paper, enclosed in clear envelope and mailed flat -https://www.ebay.com/itm/155614470625

MADRUGADA DE PICURIS (Picuris Pueblo N.M.) - Large Studio Edition Print

 

MADRUGADA DE PICURIS (Picuris Pueblo New Mexico) - Large hand-signed Studio Edition print, on premium matte presentation paper, enclosed in clear envelope and mailed flat - https://www.ebay.com/itm/394685480505
 

ABOVE THE VALLEY (Llano San Juan, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print

 

ABOVE THE VALLEY (Llano San Juan, New Mexico) - Large hand-signed Studio Edition print, on premium matte presentation paper, enclosed in clear envelope and mailed flat - https://www.ebay.com/itm/394679919165 -
 

AFTERNOON STORM AT RIO LUCIO - Large Studio Edition Print - SOLD

AFTERNOON STORM AT RIO LUCIO (Rio Lucio, New Mexico) - Large hand-signed Studio Edition print, on premium matte presentation paper, enclosed in clear envelope and mailed flat - https://www.ebay.com/itm/155608780573 - SOLD

WORK IN PROGRESS - #1223 - 40"x30" "CLOUD PEOPLE"

Studio #1223 - "CLOUD PEOPLE" 40"x30" Work in Progress - view from my front door!
 

NEW PALETTE FOR "CLOUD PEOPLE"

             Eva Cassidy and a new palette for "Cloud People" - life is good!

COFRADIA (Antigua, Guatemala) - Large Studio Edition Print

COFRADIA (Easter Sunday - Santo Tomas Church - Antigua, Guatemala) - Large Studio Edition Print from original oil painting by Donna Clair on matte premium presentation paper. Hand-signed by the artist. 17"x22" paper size. Enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394644070457

A NUESTRA SENORA DEL ROSARIO (Truchas, New Mexico) - Sold

LA NUESTRA SENORA DEL ROSARIO (Truchas, New Mexico) -Sold

CHAMISAL, NEW MEXICO - Large Studio Edition Print

CHAMISAL, NEW MEXICO - Large hand-signed Studio Edition print on premium matte presentation paper - enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat - https://www.ebay.com/itm/155561501447

EVENING PRAYER STICKS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print

 

EVENING PRAYER STICKS (Truchas, NewMexico. Large hand-signed Studio Edition print on premium matte presentation paper - enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat https://www.ebay.com/itm/394632313663
 

PUESTA DEL SOL (RANCHITOS ROAD) - Large Studio Edition Print

PUESTA DEL SOL (Ranchitos Road - Taos, N.M.) Large Studio Edition Print from Original Donna Clair painting. 17"x22" presentation matte paper, hand-signed, enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394623436997

CALLECITAS DE CORDOVA - Large Studio Edition Print

CALLECITAS DE CORDOVA (Cordova, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print from Original Donna Clair painting. 17"x22" presentation matte paper, hand-signed, enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394621348106

POPPY LOVE - Large Studio Edition Print

 

POPPY LOVE (Taos, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print from Original Donna Clair painting. 17"x22" presentation matte paper, hand-signed, enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394621309940

EL OTONO DE SANTA - Large Studio Edition Print - Sold

EL OTONO FE SANTA FE (Washington Ave) - Large Studio Edition Print from Original Donna Clair painting. - Sold

LAS TRAMPAS (New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print

LAS TRAMPAS (New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print from Original Donna clair painting. 17"x22" presentation matte paper, hand-signed, enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394619879841

WORD PAINTINGS #132 - ITS RAINING MEN!!

 

WORD PAINTINGS # 132 (How I came to New Mexico and learned about Art and Life) - ITS RAINING MEN!!

13 May 2023 - First thing Monday Morning Sheriff Montoya knocked on my door with some ominous-looking papers in his hand.  Whew - he wasn't looking for me! Wrong house and got back into his Sheriff's car and headed down the road. Noticed a VM on my phone - it was the Gas Company saying that my gas had been turned off - I needed to get a plumber and then make an appointment with the State Inspector in order to have things turned on again.  Panic. Large trailer showed up in front of my neighbor's house the night before - earth movers.  As the day went on - mysteries and synchronicity!  And more was revealed.

The earth movers made their way to the back yard, followed by a group of hefty men. The men began digging a new leach field - and they dug for two days! Leading them was my landlord's son. Then came the plumber. Consensus of opinion was that the huge trailer carrying the earthmoving equipment took out the gas meter. Four houses, this house included, had no gas service.  Thinking this project would last into next week, I began to scramble - electric coffee pot, hot plate from Wal-Mart, burrito from Mary Jane's.

Big Mystery - who was responsible for the damage???? Am certain there were many many phone calls between landlord, construction company, septic service, gas company, plumber, State Inspector.  The whole yard was being dug up - new gravel, new pipes!  Honestly it was an amazing show to watch. In a slightly twisted way, I enjoyed all the activity - there is a definite drama to heavy earth moving machines and the concentration it takes to make things happen - it was  a "man dance"!  Oh, the testosterone! Synchronicity! It looked as though it was choreographed!  Kudos to everyone involved - they performed a miracle.  What an exciting 2 days!!!

Gas company installed new meter.

State Inspector came in the middle of the night to check the new meter!!!! And on the second day....the gas came back on - plumber came in to turn on appliances. My landlord's son dealt with the gas company for me. Let there be GAS!!!!

The Sheriff did some sleuthing and found a car down the road with the imprint of the gas meter on the grill - the suspect confessed. Mystery solved. Landlord and workers breathed heavy sigh of relief that they had no responsibility in the outage - plumber, workers, landlord and me all smiles - life got back to normal.  No more drama!  One worker returned to pick up the construction trash - it was over. So quiet!  Watched the sun set over Tres Orejas....

A few weeks ago I did a study of a cloud painting called Summer Storm - and decided it should be larger - 40"x30".  Here is the Work in Progress - I began the sketch on Tues. when all the craziness began - some burps and stops since then - spring cleaning, framing new paintings - but here it is so far (see above) - I have great hope for this one.

Oh, and the coronation! Considering all the homeless, hungry people in the world, I felt that gold coat was a little over the top - all I can say is that the Windsors need to remember what happened to the Romanovs!!! Just saying  - 

This Sunday is definitely a day of well-earned rest!  A very late new beginning! DC

LLANO SAN JUAN (New Mexico) - Small Studio Edition Print

 

LLANO SAN JUAN (New Mexico) - Hand-signed small Studio Edition print on Premium Matte Presentation Paper. Mailed Flat -https://www.ebay.com/itm/394602337105
 

TAKING THE SUN - Small Studio Edition Print

 

TAKING THE SUN (Taos Pueblo, New Mexico) - Hand-signed small Studio Edition print on Premium Matte Presentation Paper. Mailed Flat -  https://www.ebay.com/itm/155532674820

WORD PAINTINGS #131 - UNCOMPETITIVE PURPOSEFULNESS!

 

        "NOCHECITA" (Trujillo Road - Llano Quemado, New Mexico) New! 8"x10" Original Oil

WORD PAINTINGS #131 (How I Came to New Mexico and learned about Art and Life!) - UNCOMPETITIVE PURPOSEFULNESS!!!

30 April 2023 - Saying Farewell to winter and "Hola" to Spring!  It is a quiet Sunday morning here on Llano Quemado.  Woke up with a long "to do" list running through my brain until I remembered that I have given myself a weekly reprieve for this "day of rest". 

It has been a month since writing about the dicey stay in the ER at Holy Cross last September.  Many days focusing on "mortality" and "retirement".  Finally decided that sometimes the difference between staying alive and brain death are small daily choices.  This isn't a fight I wanted to have at my age. From the time I was a young child, my only purpose was to raise my children and paint.  There it is - PURPOSE!!!  Rather than plop around in my own thoughts of perpetual darkness, I decided to take out this ad in the Taos Gallery Guide, believing that Centinelas de Oro was one of my best canvases to come off the easel!

 

About this time last year I decided to leave my gallery and just wing it again.    Having done this before, it was a little scary.  In this process I remembered all the other times I felt like a "cash cow" and walked away from the hype.  This has always been my way of maintaining artistic integrity and a healthy creative life . Turned down a sure sale because it was absolutely necessary for me to sit with this painting for a year before deciding to let it go. Hoped with all my heart this work could stay in Taos where it belonged!

Buying this ad renewed my self-confidence and PURPOSE!  Within a day of its publication the painting was "adopted" by a local family just down the road. The man had visited my studio on Santistevan Lane over 30 years ago, but waited for his perfect piece. He and his wife had decided that this was "the one" before they ever set foot in my studio! We three hugged and cried.  Told them it felt like a "divine appointment"!   My spark was lit one more time! 

Now what??? Later next month I will celebrate my 37th year of sobriety thanks to all my angels and helpers along the way.  My sponsors drummed into my head that life needs to be lived One Day at a Time!  Who can do that when a hundred images run through your head - empty canvases as far as my mind can see!  Well, here I am where time matters and I need to make creative choices on a daily basis.  It turns out that my choice to be on my own again was a solid decision because I no longer feel the need to
compete and am free to choose what to paint one day at a time.  This might be called a late in life New Beginning- a new adventure! Amazing Grace....DC

 

 

NOCHECITA - New! 8"x10" Original Oil

Studio #1123 - NOCHECITA (Trujilllo Road - Llano Quemado, New Mexico) - NEW! 8"x10" Original Oil on Italian Linen panel, custom framed in gold with linen liner. Free shippng. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394597001014

EARLY MOONRISE AT TRUCHAS - Large Studio Edition Print

 

EARLY MOONRISE AT TRUCHAS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Large hand-signed Studio Edition print on premium matte presentation paper - enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat - https://www.ebay.com/itm/394596694961
 

YELLOW MUMS - Hand-signed Studio Edition Print -SOLD

YELLOW MUMS -Hand-signed Large Studio Edition Print on matte premium presentation paper - 22"x17" sheet size - in clear polyurethane envelope, mailed flat - https://www.ebay.com/itm/394595137553 - SOLD
 

MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS - Prints, greeting cards, posters, etc.

MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS - Prints, greeting cards, posters (even coffee mugs) now available at Fine Art America! https://fineartamerica.com/.../my-taos-wildflowers-donna...
 

LILAS DE TAOS - Prints, greeting cards, posters....

LILAS DE TAOS (Years ago in front of the Old Taos News on Ranchitos - old fellow walked past there every day!) - Prints, greeting cards, posters and many other great items at Fine Art America - https://fineartamerica.com/.../lilas-de-taos-donna-clair...

ESTACA IN BLOOM - Prints, Greeting Cards, posters....

ESTACA IN BLOOM - Prints, greeting cards and many other great items available now at Fine Art America - https://fineartamerica.com/.../estaca-in-bloom-donna...

PLACITA AFTERNOON (Placita, New Mexico - New 12"x12" Original Oil, framed

PLACITA AFTERNOON (Placita, New Mexico) - New 12"x12" Original Oil on Canvas, custom Framed - free shipping. https://www.ebay.com/itm/155510041352
 

LOS PINONES (Chimayo, New Mexico) - New 6"x8" Original Oil

LOS PINONES (Chimayo, New Mexico) - 6"x8" Original oil on Linen Panel, framed - free shipping - https://www.ebay.com/itm/394574137377
 

BEARERS OF LIGHT - Chichicastenango, Guatemala

BEARERS OF LIGHT - Easter Sunday 1991 - Cofradia del Iglesia de Santo Tomas, Chichicastenango Guatemala
 

CENTINELAS DE ORO (Pilar, New Mexico - 30"x40" Original Oil - SOLD

CENTINELAS DE ORO (Rio Grande at Pilar, New Mexico) - 30"x40" Original Oil
 - SOLD

SUMMER STORM (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) - New! 8"x6" Original Oil

Studio #623 -SUMMER STORM (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) - New! 8"x6" Original Oil on linen panel, framed - free shipping. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394534853952

STUDIO #723 - OLD FENCES - NEW! 8"x8" Original Oil

Studio # 723 - OLD FENCES (Martinez Hacienda - Taos, New Mexico) - NEW 8"x8" Original Oil on Linen Panel, framed - free shipping....https://www.ebay.com/itm/155474633292
 

STUDIO #823 - IN HIDING - NEW! 6"x8" Original Oil

Studio #823- IN HIDING (Taos, New Mexico) - NEW! - 6"x8" Original Oil on Linen Panel, Framed - free shipping. https://www.ebay.com/itm/155474695936

WORD PAINTINGS #130 - "A CAUTIONARY TALE

WORD PAINTINGS # 130 (How I Came to New Mexico and learned about Art and Life) - A CAUTIONARY TALE!

Sometimes when we least expect it, Life Happens!!

Had a fall last September (I slid rather ungracefully to my bedroom floor) - was unable to raise myself up.  The EMTs arrived and were concerned that my oxygen levels were very low.  They put me in an ambulance and whisked me to the Emergency Room at Holy Cross Hospital. What happened next was Terrifying!!!!  The ER doctor asked what happened and I pointed to my right knee and said "I leg lifted 400 lbs....." - with that she left the room and didn't hear me add "25 years ago and my right knee gives way now and I fell this morning."  

She got on the phone with my son-in-law a retired brain surgeon. He and I hadn't had any contact for long time, so he didn't have a clue to my state of mind or physical condition. Together they, along with one of my helpers, decided that I needed to be transferred to the Psych Ward for evaluation.  The "brain" surgeon diagnosed me with delusions of grandeur!  Through some miracle, they reached my daughter Sarah in Germany - 3AM and she's in bed with Covid.  Finally she convinces the girl at the desk that she had seen me only ten days before and besides - she had my Power of Attorney!!! 

Why am I sharing this story?  Certainly not for entertainment! This is a cautionary tale to anyone of a certain age who hasn't done the work of making end of life choices. I know, I know - but if I had been sent for evaluation, my rise in blood pressure from the fear would have caused them to medicate me.  Once I was medicated I was just an 83 year old woman with delusions of grandeur.  I would have no more choices about anything. All my belongings - my easels, paints, brushes, precious things would be scattered to the winds. (Remember that scene in Zorba the Greek when the woman dies in the village her neighbors take all her things in minutes and empty her little house to the bones?) I would have been sent to some old people's orphanage and left there just staring at the gray walls just waiting for someone - anyone - to visit!!!  Do your homework!!! Don't wait for a medical crisis!!!

Thanks to Sarah, I had a stay of execution.  I had no injuries and was released from the hospital that evening....along with a new and very noisy companion in the form of a respirator and a very long hose that follows me all over the house 24/7.  It is an awkward ballet daily to avoid the loops and tangles, but am still able to get to the easel every day.  Still making plans for new work. As long as there is breath in my body I plan to keep moving - albeit just a little bit slower now!  (Read Amy B. Scher's amazing book This is How I Save My Life.)

Footnote: I finally realized that the smoke from the horrific Hermit's Peak Fire compromised my oxygen levels and it was hard for me to catch my breath.  Also experienced a "fogginess" - couldn't concentrate.  If you are of a certain age and lived th

Now I am going to have a cup of coffee and head back to my easel to paint another day! 

Best regards, Donna

PS - a few months before I fell, I purchased a Thrive Medical Alert system through Amazon. At first I hated wearing that medallion every day - but I was able to get the help I needed by just pressing  button!  When one gets to the ripe old age of 83 the word for the day is ADAPT!!! 

 

 

THE LITTLE RED FENCE ON PERALTA STREET - 14"x18" Original Oil

 

 

THE LITTLE RED FENCE ON PERALTA STREET (Taos, New Mexico) - 14"x18" Original Oil on Italian Gessoed Panel - framed in Gold with Linen Liner - https://www.ebay.com/itm/394511442243

 

PUESTA DEL SOL (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) - New! 8"x*' Original Oil

PUESTA DEL SOL (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) - NEW! 8"x8" Original Oil on canvas panel, framed - free shipping - https://www.ebay.com/itm/394504743233
 

WAITING FOR SPRING (Taos, New Mexico) - New! 11"x14" Original Oil

 

HOT OFF THE EASEL! WAITING FOR SPRING (Taos, New Mexico) - NEW 11"X14" Original Oil on Italian gessoed panel, custom framed - gold with linen liner - free shipping.https://www.ebay.com/itm/155446469542

 

Bought my old railroad station bench at a consignment shop for $90 - cast iron - takes two men to carry it. Sits proudly under the portal in front of the house on Llano Quemado. This location is the backyard on Victor Court about 5 years ago. Perfect for cloud watching!

ON THE ROAD - Prints, greeting cards......

ON THE ROAD (Another back road adventure in northern New Mexico) - Prints, greeting cards, posters and many other great items now available at Fine Art America - https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair

DREAMKEEPER - NEW! 30"X30" Original Oil

DREAMKEEPER - (Moonset over Tres Orejas from my bedroom window 11/11/22 - Llano Quemado, New Mexico) - 30"x30" Original Oil on Belgian Linen - framed in gold with linen liner- https://www.ebay.com/itm/394477023015

 

Bring me all of your dreams

You dreamer

Bring me all of your

Heart melodies

That I may wrap them

In a blue cloud cloth

away from the too rough fingers

Of the world

 

Langston Hughes

 

 

2/21/23 - ON MY EASEL TODAY!!!

 

TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS - Prints, greeting cards, posters....

TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS (From my kitchen window on Santistevan Lane - Taos) - Quality prints, greeting cards, posters and many other great items now available at Fine Art America - https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair...

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!

 S.W.A.K.

CELEBRATING 23 YEARS OF DONNA CLAIR ART.COM!!!

Celebrating 23 years of online sales from my website with a new look!!!! https://donnaclairart.com/ More than 25 years ago I read about a man who had a "computer" and was earning his living from a mountaintop in Colorado!!! I had to wait a while, but my first website was created in 2000! What an innovation! Couldn't have done it without the expert help of my technical guru, Dan Frank Kuehn owner of a digital design business in Questa, N.M.! Would love to hear your comments...

TWO COWS IN A WINTER FIELD ON CHRISTMAS MORNING (Taos, N.M.) - Prints, greeting cards, posters....

TWO COWS IN A WINTER FIELD ON CHRISTMAS MORNING (Taos, New Mexico) - High quality prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards, posters and many other great items now available at FINE ART AMERICA - https://fineartamerica.com/.../two-cows-in-a-winter-field...

EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE (Northern New Mexico) - Prints, Greeting cards....

 

  

EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE (New Mexico) - Prints, greeting cards and many other great items nowavailable at Fine Art America -https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair

STUDIO #123 - DREAMKEEPER STUDY - NEW 12"x12" Original Oil, custom framed

 

Studio #123 - DREAMKEEPER STUDY (Moonset 11/11/22 - Llano Quemado, N.M.) - 12"x12" Original Oil on Linen canvas, custom framed - free shipping - https://www.ebay.com/itm/155389993132

 

Bring me all of your dreams

You dreamer

Bring me all of your

Heart melodies

That I may wrap them

In a blue cloud cloth

away from the too rough fingers

Of the world

 

Langston Hughes

LLANO SAN JUAN - Prints, greeting cards.....

 

 LLANO SAN JUAN - Prints, greeting cards, posters and many great items now available at Fine Art America - https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair