RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU - 18"x24" Work in Progress - Underpainting

 

21 January 2011 - "RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU" - 18"X24" New Work in Progress - The Underpainting.  Oil colors mixed with MG Fast Drying Underpainting White to Pastel Hues.  Sky:  Thalo Blue, Indanthrone Blue, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow.  Mountains:  Deeper Blue Hues than sky.  Adding Chrome Oxide Green to deeper blue mixture.  Dioxazine Purple with Blue and Green Mixtures.  River:  Lighter hues than sky but same mixture of blues and greens to reflect sky color.  Trees/Land:  Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Orange, Mars Orange, Cadmium Yellow. 

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HOT OFF THE EASEL! "PEDERNAL" NEW 8"X28" Original Oil SOLD

1/18/11 -- "PEDERNAL" - 8"X28" Original Oil, to be framed in gold with linen liner.  $1600.00.   SOLD Just put my brushes down about half an hour ago.  This canvas practically painted itself!.....the beginnings of the material I got this fall on  my trip to Abiquiu and Chama. 

STUDIO NEWZ:  Waiting for the upgrade on Dreamweaver software and then will make an appointment to be tutored in how to change my new website by myself.  Until then I will send e.mails a little more frequently.  After that most work in progress will be posted to my Art Journal at http://donnaclair.blogspot.com  Thanks for all the great comments about my redesign at DonnaClairArt.com -- warms my old heart to hear from so many with such good cheer!  The Art Gods have taken up residency in my studio again now that most of the changes to the website are made.  Some new larger canvases have already been painted in my head -- that's the hard part, the Dreamtime!  Now all I have to do is stay at the easel until they are finished......Stay tuned!  Hug an Artist today!

Feliz Ano Nuevo a Todos! Donna

WINTER RIVER - 11"x14" Work in Progress - Underpainting

STUDIO #411 - "WINTER RIVER" - 11"X14" Original Oil on Canvas Work in Progress - the Underpainting.  All colors mixed with Fast Drying MG White.  Blues: Thalo, Indanthrone.  Greens:  Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Brush: Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red, Mars Orange, Burnt Sienna.

"PEDERNAL AT ABIQUIU, N.M." - 8"x28" Oil - WORK IN PROGRESS - Underpainting

STUDIO #311 - "PEDERNAL AT ABIQUIU, N.M." - 8"x28" Work in Progress, Original Oil on Belgian Linen.  Sky: Thalo Blue, Ochre, MG Underpainting White.  Mountains: Indanthrone Blue, sky mixture, and MG White.  Trees: Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, MG.  Land: Yellow Ochre, Mars Orange, Diox. Purple, MG.

AN INVITATION TO VISIT MY "NEW" WEBSITE

 

1/14/11 -- For the past six months or so, my friend and fellow tech collaborator, Dan Kuehn and I have been working to simplify and upgrade my website at www.donnaclairart.com  -- The new site is now available online.  On the Collector's Guide page you can find a gallery of new paintings available through my studio.   I also  invite you to visit The High Road Print Catalog page which represents the journey I have taken in northern New Mexico over the past forty-four years.  This year I plan to add to all the categories represented on the home page -- an expanded journey!   Your comments are appreciated.  Click to the Contact Page and leave your e.address to receive my Studio Newsletter with updates of new paintings and prints.  Your comments are appreciated.  Stay tuned!  DC  

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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