WORK IN PROGRESS - EL RITO DEL NORTE (GLAZES)

"EL RITO DEL NORTE" (PHASE II - GLAZES)

Here is the second phase of this painting-- the dark, transparent colors over the underpainting (see the previous post).....the glazes. If there is any one point in a painting where I want to quit, this is it.....from experience, however, I know that it is these dark colors that add the richness and vibrance to the final opaques that go on top of the canvas after this part of the painting is completed. Light is refracted through to the toned ground and then out again -- giving greater luminesence to the final painting.

My mixtures include Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna for the water. Transparent gold ochre for the trees and shrubs -- I have even used some green and ochres (opaque colors) and thinned them down with my medium to a semi-transparency.

Stay tuned to see the finished canvas!! For price and availability, just call my Taos studio at (505) 758-7454.

WORK IN PROGRESS - "EL RITO DEL NORTE"

WORK IN PROGRESS - "EL RITO DEL NORTE"
(Underpainting)

30"x40" Original Oil Painting on Portrait Quality Belgian Linen. The underpainting is essentially a color sketch over a "toned ground" (gesso mixed with Payne's Grey). This phase of the painting gives me a guide to the light an color of the final piece -- it also gives me the information I need regarding composition -- if a painting doesn't "click" at this point, usually it won't work at all. I've mixed all the basic colors (ochre, chrome oxide green opaque, cadmium yellow) with MGWhite and applied them to the canvas with turpentine. Now I will let the canvas dry for several days before applying the glazes (dark transparent colors) To follow the progress of "El Rito del Norte", stay tuned to this web log!

Be first in line to receive a photo of this completed painting -- just send an e.mail to dclair@donnaclairart.com and join my list of Art Friends. For price and availability, please call my studio at (505) 758-7454.

LLANO SAN JUAN DE NEPOMUSENO" 0RIG. OIL

"LLANO SAN JUAN DE NEPOMUSENO"

30"x40" Original Oil on fine Belgian Linen.
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.
For price and availability, please call my studio at (505)758-7454.
©DonnaClair2006 -- All rights reserved under Federal Copyright Law.

"LLANO LARGO" - Original Oil Painting

"LLANO LARGO"

24"x30" Original Oil Painting on Fine Belgian Linen.
Custom-framed in Gold with Linen Liner.
For price and availability, please call my studio at (505)758-7454.
©DonnaClair2005 -- All rights reserved under Federal Copyright Law.

"LOS CAMPOS DE TRUCHAS" - SOLD

"LOS CAMPOS DE TRUCHAS" - SOLD!

30"x30" Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
©DonnaClair2005 - All rights reserved under Federal Copyright Law.

"THE WAY WE WERE" - ORIGINAL OIL

"THE WAY WE WERE"

Studio #2207 - 11"x14" Orig. Oil/Fine Artist's Canvas

Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.

NEW STUDIO LARGER SIZE 2007 EDITION PRINT OF THIS IMAGE
Printed on brilliant white archival stock - 17"x22" sheet size
$75.00 - includes shipping and handling.
To order please call my Taos Studio at
(505) 758-7454.
©DonnaClair2007 - All rights reserved under Federal Copyright Law.

"VILLANUEVA AFTERNOON" - SOLD

"VILLANUEVA AFTERNOON" - SOLD!

11"X14" Original Oil Painting on Fine Artist's Canvas.
Custom-framed in Gold with Linen Liner.

NEW LARGER SIZE 2007 STUDIO EDITION PRINT -- available on brilliant white
heavy paper stock - 17"x22"Sheet size - $75.00 - includes shipping and handling
Call my studio to order. (505)758-7454)

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"CIELO AZUL" - PECOS, N.M. - SOLD

"CIELO AZUL" - PECOS, N.M. - SOLD!

11"x14" Original Oil Painting on Fine Artist's Canvas.
Completed 2/7/07 - Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.

NEW STUDIO LARGER 2007 STUDIO EDITION PRINT OF THIS IMAGE!
On brilliant white archival stock (17"x22" sheet size)
$75.00 includes shipping and handling
To order, please call (505)758-7454.
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"HIGH ROAD AFTERNOON" - SOLD

HIGH ROAD AFTERNOON - SOLD

Studio #1807 - 20"x20" Original Oil Painting on Fine Artist's Canvas
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

For more information regarding price and availability of this painting, please contact my studio at (505) 758-7454

"MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS" - Click for Studio Print

"MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS"

"If winter comes can spring be far behind?" - Shakespeare

"TAOS EVENING LIGHT" - STUDIO EDITION PRINT

"TAOS EVENING LIGHT"

High drama on the high desert -- Late afternoon summer rainstorm moving off into the Pecos Wilderness; thunder can still be heard in the distance -- late sunlight moving in low to illuminate the landscape -- Taos, New Mexico ENJOY!

NEW LARGER SIZE! 2007 STUDIO EDITION ARCHIVAL PRINT -- On brilliant white somerset heavy watercolor paper (17"x22" sheet size) - hand-titled and hand-signed....$75.00 (includes shipping and handling). Purchase any combination of three ($75.00) prints and get a fourth one free. To order, please call (505) 758-7454.

The original of this painting (20"x40" canvas size) is available for purchase -- for price and availability call (505) 758-7454.

"NOCHECITA DE TRUCHAS" - STUDIO EDITION PRINT

"NOCHECITA DE TRUCHAS"

NEW LARGER SIZE! Now available as 2007 STUDIO EDITION ARCHIVAL GICLEE PRINT.
Printed on heavy Somerset watercolor paper (17"x22" sheet size) - brilliant white.
Hand-signed and hand-titled - $75.00 includes shipping and handling. To order, please call my Taos studio at (505)758-7454.

©DonnaClair2007 - All rights reserved under Federal Copyright Law.

"SANTUARIO DE CHIMAYO" - STUDIO EDITION PRINT

"SANTUARIO DE CHIMAYO"

NEW LARGER SIZE! 2007 STUDIO EDITION ARCHIVAL GICLEE PRINT!
On 17"x22" (sheet size) Somerset heavy watercolor paper
Hand-titled and hand-signed by the artist...$100.00
Price includes shipping and handling.
To order, please call my studio at (505) 758-7454.
©DonnaClair2007 - All rights reserved under Federal Copyright Law.

"TOMATES DE SOLOLA" - SOLD!

"TOMATES DE SOLOLA, GUATEMALA"
SOLD!
20"x16" Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen.
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.
©DonnaClair2007 - All rights reserved under Federal Copyright Law.

"WINTER DREAMS" - Click Here to Visit My Website

"WINTER DREAMS"

The road to the horse ranch, "Puesta del Sol", where I once lived in Truchas, New Mexico.

This image and many others now available as archival giclee print on Somerset heavy paper stock and fine artist's canvas -- visit the HIGH ROAD CATALOGUE on my website. All images in the catalogue are also available in new STUDIO EDITION format - 13"x19" sheet size archival print - $65.00 - buy three and get one free. For more information, just call my Taos studio at (505) 758-7454.

COMING SOON: New original oil paintings! Stay tuned.

MADRECITA DE SOLOLA - CLICK TO VISIT MY WEBSITE

"MADRECITA DE SOLOLA"

You are invited to visit my website -- the above image and many others, including New Mexico landscapes, are available in a wonderful selection of sizes on both archival printing paper and fine artist's canvas.

New STUDIO EDITION PRINTS, printed on 13"x19" sheet size - $65.00 per hand-signed image - order three studio editions and get one free! All major credit cards accepted. Free shipping and handling within Cont. U.S. if ordered through my studio. Colorful, affordable, collectible!

To order call my Taos studio at (505) 758-7454.

"TAOS EVENING LIGHT" - ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING

"TAOS EVENING LIGHT" - Original Oil Painting

20"x40" Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen
(Measures 28"x48" Framed)
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
For price and availability, please call my studio at (505)758-7454.
©DonnaClair2007 - All rights reserved under Federal Copyright Law.

"ODE TO A WINTER MORNING"

FELICIDADES!

AM JUST SETTLING DOWN FOR A LONG WINTER'S NAP.....
WILL RESUME POSTS TO THIS BLOG JANUARY 2, 2007

Wishing everyone a joy-filled holiday season....
Donna Clair

EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE - Click to visit EBAY STORE

"EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE"
(VALLEY WITHOUT A NAME)

NEW STUDIO EDITION ARCHIVAL GICLEE - $65.00
Printed on Somerset Fine Art Paper - 19"x13" Sheet Size
BUY THREE (any combination) AND GET ONE FREE!
To see more images you are welcome to visit my new EBAY STORE!
©DonnaClair2006 - All rights reserved under Federal Copyright Law.

WORK IN PROGRESS - "TAOS EVENING LIGHT"

"TAOS EVENING LIGHT"
(©DonnaClair2006 - All rights reserved under Fed. Copyright Law.)
20"x40" Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen.
To be custom framed in Gold with Linen Liner.

This is the second phase of this painting -- to view the Underpainting, go to my blog entry of November 30th. Here I have combined both opaque and transparent colors -- as bright and as brilliant (and also as dark) as I possibly could. The dark mountains are a combination of Prussian Blue and Mars Black. The foreground darks are Prussian Blue, Dioxazine Purple - Chrome Oxide Green Opaque. The cloudy sky Prussian Blue, Mars Black and Permalba White.

Oh yes, I "threw" in some Cadmium Red in the trees (Cadmium Yellow and Yellow Ochre) just for the heck of it!

If you have any questions regarding price and availability, just call my studio at (505) 758-7454. Stay tuned to see the finished painting.

(©DonnaClair2006 - All rights reserved under Fed. Copyright Law.)