24"x24" HONDO VALLEY DREAMING - Completed 1/6/11

"HONDO VALLEY DREAMING"

NEW 24"x24" Orig. Oil on Linen

Framed in Gold w/ Linen Liner

Call my Taos Studio (575)758-7454

24"x24" HONDO VALLEY DREAMING - Work in Progress - The Glazes

1/5/11 - From My Taos Studio -   HONDO VALLEY DREAMING - 24"x24" Work in Progress, the sky is completed and the Glazes on the lower 2/3rds of the painting:  Sky: A combination of Permalba White, Indanthrone Blue, Thalo Blue and Thalo Green and Payne's Grey.  The Grasses: Darkest Greens:  Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  Adding Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Cadmium Orange and Cadmium Yellow for the lighter areas.  Stay Tuned!

"EL LLANO" - 22"x28 Original Oil - SOLD

"EL LLANO" - Sold

22"x28' Original Oil, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

CORDOVA AFTERNOON - SOLD

 "CORDOVA AFTERNOON" - Sold

24"x30" Orig. Oil on Belgian Linen

Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

30"x40" ABOVE THE VALLEY OIL PAINTING - SOLD

 

"ABOVE THE VALLEY" (LLANO SAN JUAN DE NEPOMUSENO) 30"x40" Original Oil  - SOLD

48"x48" POPPY LOVE GRANDE! NEW Original Oil Painting

11/19/10 -  "POPPY LOVE GRANDE!" NEW 48"x48" Original Oil on Belgian Linen --Just completed today, this painting will be featured as a full page ad in the 2011 Wingspread Collector's Guide.   The glazed version of this painting is featured below -- the background will give you a fair idea of the size of this piece.  In my very modest opinion, it is a knockout!  Puts a big smile on everyone who sees it!  Now available for purchase through my studio - all major credit cards accepted.  Call at (575)758-7454 or e.mail dclair@donnaclairart.com for price and availability.

 

Preparing for winter.  Feel as though I am over the jitters of "what to paint next" -- the new material is amazing and the amount of new photos and sketches from my trips this summer and fall makes my old heart race with anticipation.  A couple days to chase dust bunnies and I will be all ready to start again!  New paintings, new auctions and some really special surprises!  Stay tuned!  DC

GRACIAS A LA VIDA!

"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."  Thornton Wilder
Happy Thanksgiving to all!  DC

PLACITA IN WINTER 30"x60" Varnished and Framed (S0LD)

"PLACITA IN WINTER" - SOLD

30"x60" Orig. Oil on Belgian Linen

Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

38"x68" Framed Size 

24"x24" "HONDO VALLEY" - Work in Progress, Orig. Oil Painting

11/15/2010 - 24"x24" - "HONDO VALLEY" - Original Oil Painting on Belgian Linen, Work in Progress.  All colors mixed with MG White.  Sky: Dioxazine Purple, some Rose Red.  Mountains: Thalo Blue, Indanthrone Blue.  Middle Ground:  Chrome Oxide Green and Cadmium Yellow.  Foreground:  Same combination, leaning more to Chrome Oxide Green and adding some Prussian Blue. 

30"x60" "PLACITA IN WINTER" - Original Oil

"PLACITA IN WINTER" 

30"x60" Original Oil on Belgian Linen

Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

SUNDAY MORNING SURPRISE!!

 

10/31/10 - 10AM - TAOS MOUNTAIN BALLOON RALLY!  Surprise drop in visitors in my neighbors yard -- UP UP AND AWAAAY!  I LOVE SURPRISES!

30"x60" PLACITA IN WINTER - STEP 2 - UNDERPAINTING

30"x60" PLACITA IN WINTER (Work in Progress - Underpainting) -- Color notes:  Most of the color mixtures are done using MG Fast Drying White.  Sky:  Payne's Grey, Prussian Blue.  Mountains: Combinations of Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna as darkest colors; lighter shades with Chrome Oxide Green Opaque and Yellow Ochre.  Snow:  Lightest areas MG mixed with a little Cad. Red and Cad. Yellow.  Shadows:  Payne's Grey -- Some Dioxazine Purple.  Light Trees:  Mud mixture with some Holbein Rose Grey.  MUD:  At the end of the day bring all the color mixtures together in one pile with your palette knife -- create "mud" -- use as a transitional color in the painting.  ENJOY!  DC

30"x60" PLACITA IN WINTER - STEP 1 - OIL SKETCH

Step #2 - Using study and photos as guides, oil sketch with Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  Let
dry to the touch.  The next step is the underpainting - MG Fast Drying White with basic pastel colors.

30"x60" PLACITA IN WINTER, WORK IN PROGRESS

Portrait quality canvas, custom stretched.  Three coats of gesso tinted with Payne's Grey; let dry
for about ten days before painting.  Light sketch okay.

24 SEPTEMBER 2010 - STUDIO NEWZ

STUDIO NEWZ:   For the past four years the major share of my painting sales large and small have been made via the internet - through my website at www.DonnaClairArt.com     As the result of this online success, I am no longer affiliated with McLarry Gallery in Santa Fe.  All New Mexico sales will go through my Taos Studio at least for the next six to eight months.  Am re-designing my website and the "COLLECTOR'S GALLERY" of new paintings will be online in early November.  Am also working on two book projects which I hope to have completed by next spring.  In the meantime, my studio will be open by appointment -- please call a day or two in advance of your visit.  My sincere thanks to Art Friends near and far for your continued interest in my work!  Donna

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"PLACITA IN WINTER (FINISHED STUDY) 18"X36" OIL ON CANVAS - SOLD

 "PLACITA IN WINTER" (STUDY) - Sold

18"x 36" Original Oil on Canvas unframed.

This is a study for a 30"x60" canvas.

This painting is available for purchase thru my studio.

Call (575) 758-7454 or e.mail. 

PLACITA IN WINTER (STUDY) - 18"X36" UNDERPAINTING

 

9/15/10 --The second phase of this painting is what I call the "underpainting" - most of the colors have been mixed with MG Fast Drying White.  Although it might look finished now as it is, I will work the top layers of oil colors into it as soon as these paints dry....five or six days.  The dark greens are a combination of Burnt Sienna and Prussian Blue.  The top sky colors are Cobalt Blue, Payne's Grey and MG White.  The snow:  MG White, Cadmium Yellow and a touch of Cadmium Red.  The shadows on the snow: same combination as the sky colors.  This painting should be completed in about ten days.

"PLACITA IN WINTER" (STUDY) 18"x36 Sketch

Hello from Taos!  Here are the beginnings of what I expect will be two paintings -- the first is an 18"x36" Study for Placita in Winter.  I love this composition and the colors and am planning to order a 30"x60" stretched canvas tomorrow to make a larger version of this painting.  First of all, here is the original sketch.  The canvas was prepped with gesso mixed with Payne's Grey.  The sketch is a combination of Burnt Sienna and Prussian Blue.

VALDEZ AUTUMN - 30"X30" ORIG. OIL - SOLD

"VALDEZ AUTUMN" - SOLD

30"x30" Orig Oil/Linen, Framed in Gold

"SOMBREROS DE SOLOLA" - 14"X11" ORIG OIL (Click here to preview/purchase)

"SOMBREROS DE SOLOLA" (Guatemala)

14"x11" Orig. Oil, Fr. in Gold w/ Linen Liner

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