MY PROCESS--DOCUMENTING "WORKS IN PROGRESS"- NEW PAINTINGS AND PRINTS. -- INCLUDES PALETTE AND COLOR NOTES.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
BLANK IS THE BEGINNING
BLANK IS THE END, AND BLANK IS THE BEGINNING - After completing the paintings for my Santa Fe exhibit, a lot of catch up work on the house, including a spring cleaning for the studio. I looked at that blank canvas on the easel today and thought it would be wonderful if I could start out everyday with a symbolically blank canvas in my head -- no complaints, no judgments -- perhaps that would qualify me for sainthood! New underpaintings with color descriptions to be posted here in the next couple of days. DC
Monday, April 06, 2009
Friday, April 03, 2009
"ANCIENT WALLS AT LA CUEVA" - Click here to visit The High Road Print Catalogue
"ANCIENT WALLS AT LA CUEVA" -- The old Salman Ranch. Every fall a visit to buy baskets and baskets of fresh raspberries to freeze for winter treats. A stop at the little restaurant for an incredible fresh raspberry sundae -- and then a leisurely drive home made for a perfect Sunday!
This image is available as a Studio Edition print -- you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE, just click the above link. ENJOY!
This image is available as a Studio Edition print -- you are invited to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE, just click the above link. ENJOY!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
"CAPILLA DE PLACITAS" Click here to visit The High Road Print Catalogue
"CAPILLA DE PLACITAS" -- One of my "touchstones" on the High Road to Truchas -- As I remember this day, I climbed a little way up the water tower across the street from this church in order to take this photograph -- ah, Youth! This image is now available as a Studio Edition Print in the High Road Catalogue -- click the above link for an armchair tour! DC
Monday, March 30, 2009
"INTO THE LIGHT" - Click here to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE
"INTO THE LIGHT" -- There are backroads; there are days where the wind blows strong, the clouds fly fast over the landscape -- one minute you are in deep shadows and soon you emerge into the light....just another day in the north country!
This image is now available as a Studio Edition Print -- click above link to visit The High Road Print Catalogue. ENJOY! DC
Saturday, March 28, 2009
EARLY MOONRISE AT TRUCHAS - Click here for High Road Print Catalogue
Friday, March 27, 2009
CASITAS DEL NORTE = Click here to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE
"CASITAS DEL NORTE" - A view of the main street in Truchas town from in front of the old church, La Nuestra Senora del Rosario......wonderful old adobes, another time..... Now available as a Studio Edition Print from The High Road Print Catalogue -- you are invited to visit my website through the above link.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
"NUESTRA SENORA" - Click here to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE
"LA NUESTRA SENORA DEL ROSARIO" - Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, Truchas, N.M. -- The foundations of this church are over 250 years old -- there is a new church down the road a bit where the priest says Sunday Mass -- but this old church is the heart of the village. Now available as a Studio Edition print - you are invited to click the link above to visit THE HIGH ROAD CATALOGUE. To order call (575)758-7454 or use Pay Pal shopping cart on website. ENJOY! DC
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
"MAYORDOMO" - Click here to visit The High Road Catalogue
"MAYORDOMO" - Now available as a Studio Edition Print.
(Visit the High Road Print Catalogue to order)
(Visit the High Road Print Catalogue to order)
A Mayordomo is the official elected to maintain the irrigation system known as the Acequia Madre -- centuries old "Mother Ditches" that bring water from the mountains to the villages here in northern New Mexico. He oversees the spring cleaning of the ditches (as seen in the painting) and manages control of the water to ranches and fields. The original painting "Mayordomo" was completed as an homage to my first Truchas friend, the local Mayordomo, Cosme Romero. I was living at the ranch on Llano Quemado on the outskirts of Truchas. One day Cosme brought his wife, Carmelita, and his daughter, Susie, to welcome me to the community. He was a kind and gracious man with a wonderful sense of humor.
Monday, March 23, 2009
AFTERNOON VISITORS - Click here to visit The High Road Print Catalogue
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
"DON EUSAVIO'S PARADISE" - Click here to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE
"DON EUSAVIO'S PARADISE" - My Truchas neighbor, Don Eusavio, bringing his wood in for the day -- every morning he would hammer away at some project in his barn, when the apricots were ripe he would don his orange baseball cap and he would climb the tree to fill his little green bucket. Spring ,summer, fall and winter - each season fell into the other; just observing Don Eusavio's quiet routines taught me a new way to live -- Now available as a Studio Edition Print - visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE at my website (click the above link). ENJOY!
Friday, March 20, 2009
UNA SENDA DESCONOCIDO - Click here to visit THE HIGH ROAD PRINT CATALOGUE!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
"SUNSET DREAMING" - NEW Original Oil Painting
This is the winter view from my kitchen window -- looking toward the Pecos Wilderness -- at sunset, after a snowstorm. This window never disappoints and never fails to surprise -- Ah, the wonders I have seen! Whooping Cranes, wild snowstorms, forest fires, raging thunderstorms, little grey rabbits, hordes of magpies and the other day a happy trio of wild geese. Have been looking through this window for almost 20 years while doing the dishes, and I don't think any photo or painting can ever do it justice -- it's just a place that one grows to love. With this canvas my May exhibit in Santa Fe is completed. Planning to get dressed in my best blue jeans and take a truck ride into the big city with all my new work on Wednesday. Wish me luck!
Best regards, Donna
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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