MORNING POEM - SOLD!

"MORNING POEM"
Completed 8/20/07
SOLD - 8/21/07

18"x18" Original Oil on Fine Artist's Canvas
Framed in Silver with Linen Liner

TAOS EVENING LIGHT -STUDIO EDITION PRINT

#1307 - "TAOS EVENING LIGHT" - STUDIO EDITION PRINT

It's monsoon season again -- a late afternoon storm is moving off into the Pecos Wilderness -- everything is fresh and cool after the rain -- and the scent of sage is in the high desert air and thunder can be heard in the distance..... Now available as a Studio Edition Print (17"x22" sheet size) - $100. All major credit cards accepted. Free shipping and handling within the Cont. U.S. -- Printed to order, call my Taos Studio at (505)758-7454.

HIGH ROAD AUTUMN -Orig. Oil - SOLD

"HIGH ROAD AUTUMN" - SOLD
Completed 8/9/07

11"X14" Original Oil on Cold-Pressed Italian Gessoboard
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.
For more information, please call my Taos Studio at (505) 758-7454.

HIGH ROAD AUTUMN - Underpainting

"HIGH ROAD AUTUMN"
(UNDERPAINTING)

11"x14" Original Oil on Cold-Pressed Italian Gessoboard
Primary palette colors (see right-hand column for my list of colors) mixed with MG White and Turpentine. Allow to dry completely before adding glazes.

DON EUSAVIO'S PARADISE - STUDIO EDITION

"DON EUSAVIO'S PARADISE"
New Studio Edition Print

A long time ago in Truchas, New Mexico -- My neighbor, Don Eusavio, bringing his wood supply in for the day -- quiet, peace, serenity, does life get any better than this?

Now available as a Studio Edition Print on archival fine art paper (17"x22" sheet size) - $100.00 To order larger prints, just visit my website at www.donnaclairart.com. Visa, Mastercard, Amer. Exp. and Discover accepted. To order, just call my Taos studio at (505758-7454.

"TRUCHAS TOWN" - Completed Orig. Oil

#3907 - "TRUCHAS TOWN"

14"x11" Orig. Oil on Cold-Pressed Italian Gessoboard
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
For price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at (505)758-7454.

"TRUCHAS TOWN" - UNDERPAINTING

#3907 - "TRUCHAS TOWN" - UNDERPAINTING
14"x11" Orig. Oil on Cold-Pressed Italian Gessoboard
For more information, just call (505)-758-7454

PICURIS PASTORAL - Original Oil-SOLD

"PICURIS PASTORAL" - SOLD

11"x14" Orig. Oil Painting on Cold-Pressed Italian Gessoboard.
To be framed in Gold with Linen Liner.
For price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at (505)758-7454.

PICURIS PASTORAL - UNDERPAINTING

"PICURIS PASTORAL" - UNDERPAINTING

Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico --At the onset of autumn every year, if this field has not been plowed under, the wild asters bloom, along with other fall wildflowers.

FULL MOON RISING - Completed Orig. Oil

#4107 - "FULL MOON RISING"

11"x14" Original Oil on Cold-Pressed Italian Gessoboard
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
For price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at (505 758-7454.

FULL MOON RISING - UNDERPAINTING

"FULL MOON RISING" - Underpainting

11"x14" Orig. Oil on Cold-Pressed Italian Gessoboard
To be Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
For price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at
(505)758-7454.

HIGH ROAD PASTORAL -Orig. Oil - SOLD

"HIGH ROAD PASTORAL" - SOLD

14"x11" Original Oil on Cold-Pressed Italian Gessoboard
To be framed in Gold with Linen Liner
For price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at (505)758-7454.

HIGH ROAD PASTORAL - UNDERPAINTING

"HIGH ROAD PASTORAL" - Underpainting
14"x11" Orig. Oil on Cold Pressed Italian Gessoboard
To be framed in gold with linen liner.

"AFTERNOON SUN" - SOLD

Studio No. 4307 - "AFTERNOON SUN" - SOLD
14"x11" Original Oil on Cold-pressed Italian Gessoboard
To be framed in Gold with Linen Liner

For price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at (505)758-7454.

"AFTERNOON SUN" - UNDERPAINTING

Studio No. 4307 - "AFTERNOON SUN" (Underpainting)
14"x11" Original Oil on Cold-pressed Italian Gessoboard
To be framed in Gold with Linen Liner

Here is a quick oil sketch -- MG White mixed with basic oil colors - Cadmium Yellows, Thalo Blue, Prussian Blue and a little Mars Black in the dish at the base of the flowers.

DIAS DE ORO -- GLAZES II

WORK IN PROGRESS - LOS DIAS DE ORO
(GLAZES II) - 36"x48" Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen

In my last post to this web log, I demonstrated the difference between the underpainting and the beginning of the glazing process -- laying in the dark, transparent colors. This week I covered the entire canvas with glazes -- even thinning opaque paints to a semi-transparent consistency.

The two autumn trees: I thinned Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow and Cadmium Red and brushed those colors over the shape of the trees to "tone" the ground. Then I began laying in the darker colors (Alizarin Crimson, Diox. Purple, C. Ox. Green Opaque) to create volume and shadows. I used Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna and Chrome Oxide Green Opaque in the pinon trees at the top of the painting. The pastureland in the foreground and middle ground is a combination of all these colors to varying degrees of light and dark. I will let these colors set up for a few days before working into them again, otherwise the turpentine in my painting medium will mix with the heavier, opaque paints and create "mud".

If you have any questions regarding this new painting, just give me a call at (505) 758-7454.

WORK IN PROGRESS - DIAS DE ORO (GLAZES)

WORK IN PROGRESS - DIAS DE ORO - THE GLAZES

Today I worked some glazes into the right side of the painting -- these transparent colors - Burnt sienna, alizarin crimson, and yellow ochre (thinned to a transparency with the painting medium) in the autumn trees. The pinons at the top of the canvas: Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna for the darkest values, with some chrome Oxide Green Opaque in the lighter areas.

I am adding this post today to focus on the contrast between the glazes on the right and the underpainting on the left side of the painting -- these dark colors not only help to emphasize the light of the final opaque colors, but they add a richness to all the colors. If you really look at Renaissance paintings -- those dark colors are glazes -- observe how they make the lights appear lighter!

If you have any questions or comments regarding this painting, please call me at (505)758-7454.

WORK IN PROGRESS - "LOS DIAS DE ORO" (DAYS OF GOLD)

WORK IN PROGRESS - "LOS DIAS DE ORO"

36"X48" - Original Oil on Fine Belgian Linen
To be framed in Gold with Linen Liner

My colors in this underpainting are laid in loosely and mixed with MG Underpainting White and Turpentine using a variety of bristle brushes. Colors in the trees: Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque. Shadows: Combination of Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Diox. Purple and Chrome Oxide Green Opaque. This underpainting will need to dry completely (about a week) before I can work into the colors again with the glazes (darks). In the meantime I will complete "POPPY LOVE" and "MORNING POEM".

If you have any questions, please e.mail or call my Taos Studio at (505) 758-7454.

WORK IN PROGRESS - MORNING POEM

WORK IN PROGRESS "MORNING POEM" - PHASE II
©DonnaClair2007 - All rights of reproduction reserved.

18x18"Original Oil on Fine Artist's Canvas

Here is my second sitting with this painting - a combination of glazes and opaque colors (See Palette Set-Up). First I put in a thin wash of Payne's Grey over the top half of the painting. Sky and Snow Colors: Paynes Grey, Cerulean Blue - a little ochre -- and the best kept secret color - Holbein's Rose Grey. This color will be dominant throughout the painting. Also mixed some of these colors with Permalba White for the lightest areas. The Trees: Mars Black, Burnt Sienna, Indian Red -- Chrome Oxide Green Opaque for the smaller pinon trees.

I want this canvas to have a dreamy, just-waking-up-morning effect -- So once all the colors were all laid down, I took a large, soft watercolor brush and "blended" the whole canvas lightly.

This phase of the painting is now complete and I will let it dry for three or four days. Stay tuned to see this completed canvas.

If you have any questions regarding price and availability, please call my Taos Studio at (505)758-7454.

WORK IN PROGRESS - MORNING POEM

WORK IN PROGRESS "MORNING POEM"
(Phase One: The Underpainting)
©DonnaClair2007 - All rights reserved under Federal Copyright Law.

18"x18" Original Oil on Fine Artist's Canvas
To be framed in silver with Linen Liner

A late spring snowstorm as seen from my backyard a few weeks ago.

Turpentine washes using MG White mixed with regular paletted colors. Sky: Payne's Grey, small amounts of Cerulean Blue, some litttle Thalo Red Rose and Diox. Purple.
Same combinations for the snow colors in the bottom half of the canvas. Trees and dried grasses: Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Umber for the darkest colors. Burnt Sienna and Alizarin Crimson for the lighter grasses -- also a little ochre.

For more price and availability, please call my Taos studio at (505)758-7454.