Friday, May 25, 2012

LILIAS DE TAOS - NEW 10"X10" Original Oil


Studio No. 1312 - LILIAS DE TAOS - 10"x10" New Original Oil, framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  (Available) This lilac bush resides in front of my house. The root stock goes back five generations to Mora, N.M.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

PERALTA ROAD, TAOS - NEW 12"x12" Original Oil - Sold



Studio No. 1512 - PERALTA ROAD, TAOS - NEW Original Oil Painting, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  Completed 5/24/12 - Sold

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

GARCIA PARK - New 30"x40" Original Oil, Framed. 

 Studio No. 1212 - GARCIA PARK, 30"X40" New Original Oil on Belgian Linen - Framed, Completed 5/22/12.  Available for purchase. Call (575)758-7454

Thursday, May 10, 2012

30"x40" Work in Progress - EARLY SNOW AT GARCIA PARK (Underpainting)....


COLOR NOTES:  Sky:  Ultramarine Blue, Payne's Grey, Titanium White.  Trees:  Various combinations of Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Orange,  Burnt Sienna and Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Shadows under Trees and Dark Soil:  Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber and Burnt Sienna.  Grasses:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Orange.  Snow:  Same as sky.  Water:  Sky colors and Cerulean Blue.  DC
EARLY SNOW AT GARCIA PARK, New Work in Progress (Sketch) 30"x40" Oil on Belgian Linen.  Initial sketch made on a Grisaille (toned ground - gesso and Payne's Grey) and sketch done loosely with Burnt Sienna and some Prussian Blue.  Stay tuned for step by step process!  DC


Friday, May 04, 2012

MY NEW BOOK! TAKING THE HIGH ROAD TO TAOS - Donna Clair Paintings


TAKING THE HIGH ROAD TO TAOS -- A new book from my Taos Studio.  From the dust jacket: "In 1967 Donna Clair began a new, adventurous chapter in her life by leaving Chicago and moving across the country to Santa Fe,New Mexico. Taking out her easel,  paints and brushes, she established herself as a well-recognized southwestern contemporary painter. Leaving the Santa Fe social scene in 1982, she moved to a 20 acre horse ranch on Llano Quemado - a "suburb" of the small Hispanic village of Truchas, New Mexico. These images chronicle her journey."

It has taken 45 years of living in New Mexico and a whole bunch of new technology for me to put this new project together!   This book measures 9"x11" and has 62 pages of text and illustrations of paintings.  What is so amazing to me is the fact that the colors of the reproductions are absolutely true to the original work! The book is hand-signed and can be personalized.  $100.00, plus $12.00 shipping. Please allow ten days for delivery.  To order call (575)758-7454 - Mastercard, Visa, American Express through my studio.  ENJOY! DC

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

AGUA NEGRA MISSION CHURCH - 16"x20 New Original Oil on Belgian Linen, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  (Completed 5/2/12) Available for purchase.


 

Friday, April 27, 2012


NEW WORK IN PROGRESS - "Agua Negra Mission Church" - 16"x20" Original Oil on Canvas.  Stay tuned!

Studio #1012 - SPRING SNOW AT TRUCHAS
22"x28" New Original Oil Painting

HOW DO I LOVE PAINT?  LET ME COUNT THE WAYS!!!

Sunday, April 22, 2012


STUDIO #1012 - WORK IN PROGRESS (UNDERPAINTING)  - SPRING SNOW AT TRUCHAS - 22"X28" Original Oil on Linen.  This painting will take no more than five or six colors, not counting the white.  Underpainting is done with oil colors and MG Fast Drying Underpainting White mixed with turpentine.  Payne's Grey, Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Stay tuned!

Saturday, April 21, 2012


NOCHECITA DE CHIMAYO
Completed 4/21/12
New Original Oil on Linen - 22"x28" - Available

Saturday, March 24, 2012

RIO GRANDE AT PILAR - NEW 40"x30" Original Oil


"RIO GRANDE AT PILAR"
40"x30" Original Oil on Belgian Linen
Framed in Gold with Linen Liner
Available.  Call (575)758-7454

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

"WHITE MAGNOLIA" 6"x8" Orig. Oil, Framed - SOLD


SPRING HAS SPRUNG!!!  "WHITE MAGNOLIA" 6"X8" Original Oil on Panel, framed in Gold with Linen Liner. SOLD

Saturday, March 17, 2012

#45 - AGUA NEGRA MISSION CHURCH - 6"X8" ORIG. OIL - Sold



100 Small Paintings #45 - "AGUA NEGRA MISSION CHURCH" - 6"x8" Original Oil on Italian Panel, Framed - Sold.

Monday, March 05, 2012

RIO GRANDE AT PILAR - 40"x30" WORK IN PROG. UNDERPAINTING


3/5/12 - RIO GRANDE AT PILAR - 40"X30" WORK IN PROGRESS - Original Oil on Belgian Linen - Color notes:  All colors mixed with MG underpainting white and turpentine and applied with a bristle brush.  Foreground:  Grasses - Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna.  Willows:  Burnt Sienna and Indian Red.  River:  Indanthrone Blue.  Hills to the right:  Yellow Ochre and Holbein Rose Grey.  Sky: Indanthrone Blue and Payne's Grey.  Stay tuned!

Thursday, March 01, 2012

AUTUMN FIELDS AT ARROYO SECO - NEW 28"X22" ORIGINAL OIL


"AUTUMN FIELDS AT ARROYO SECO" - NEW 28"X22"ORIGINAL OIL ON BELGIAN LINEN - Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  Completed 3/1/12.  Available.  Call (575)758-7454 or e.mail.  Enjoy!

Thursday, February 09, 2012

AUTUMN FIELDS AT SECO - 22"X28" WORK IN PROGRESS (GLAZES)


AUTUMN FIELDS AT ARROYO SECO - 28"X22" ORIGINAL OIL ON BELGIAN LINEN, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.   Color Notes:  Pinon Trees:  Olive Green and Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Yellow Fields:  Italian Pink and Burnt Sienna.  Shadows:  Dioxazine Purple.  Autumn Trees:  Italian Pink, Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow.  Stay tuned!

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

A LITTLE MORE POPPY LOVE - 6"x6" Orig. Oil on Canvas Panel-Sold



"A LITTLE MORE POPPY LOVE" - 6"X6" Orig. Oil on Canvas Panel, Framed  - Sold

Sunday, February 05, 2012

AUTUMN FIELDS AT SECO - 28"X22" WORK IN PROGRESS (UNDERPAINTING)


2/6/12 - All colors mixed with Grumbacher MG Underpainting White.  Color Notes:  Greens:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque and Yellow Ochre.  Shadows:  Diox. Purple.  Trees:  Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Orange, CadmiumRed - Mars Red - Indian Red.  All in various combinations.