CALLECITA DE TESUQUE - 36"X36" Work in Progress - Orig. Oil (Glazes)

Studio No. 514 - CALLECITA DE TESUQUE - 36"X36" Work in Progress (Glazes) Orig. Oil on Linen - The glazes are the dark, transparent and semi-transparent colors that add depth to the final painting.  I thin my colors with painting medium and lay them over the underpainting after it is thoroughly dried. To add strength to the "cartoon" (drawing) -  of the painting by reinforcing the composition with Prussian Blue.  Color Notes:  Foreground Shadows-Combination of Dioxazine Purple, Italian Pink and Burnt Sienna.  Darkest Foliage - Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  

WINTERLIGHT-TESUQUE - NEW 48"x36" Original Oil

Studio No. 214 - WINTERLIGHT-TESUQUE, New 48"x36" Original Oil  - Completed 10 February 2014.  Framed in Silver with Linen Liner.  Now available for preview/purchase at my Online Studio Gallery.

WINTERLIGHT/TESUQUE - 48"x36" Work in Progress

WINTERLIGHT/TESUQUE - 48"x36" Work in progress - Original Oil on Belgian Linen.  Eureka! I found a New Color in my stash of oil paints today!  Like discovering gold!  It is Grumbacher Perylene Maroon!  Working on the dark foreground today - the dirt:  Burnt Umber, Ultramarine Blue, the new Maroon color, some ochre - Snow on the left - tinted cool greys.  Cold and kinda snowy today - great time to just be quiet and paint, paint, paint! 

CORAZON SAGRADO, New 20"x20" Original Oil

 

Studio No. 414 - CORAZON SAGRADO (Sacred Heart - Tesuque, New Mexico) - New 20"x20" Original Oil on Canvas - wrap-around painting.  Completed 2/3/14.  Now available at my Online Studio Gallery.

WINTERLIGHT - TESUQUE, 48"x36" Work in Progress (Opaques)

Studio No. 214 - WINTERLIGHT/TESUQUE - 48"x36" Original Oil - Work in Progress (Opaque Paints) -- There is a very good reason why I block in several paintings at a time - Corazon Sagrado is too wet to work on - needs a couple of days to dry. 

CORAZON SAGRADO - 20"x20" Work in Progress (Glazes)

Studio No. 314 - CORAZON SAGRADO - 20"x20" Original Oil - Work in Progress (Glazes).  Color Notes:  Sky:  Permalba White, Payne's Grey, Cerulean Blue.  Building:  Yellow Ochre, Italian Pink, Burnt Sienna - with Dioxazine Purple in the shadows.  Foreground:  Burnt Sienna, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Burnt Sienna and Prussian Blue.  Snow:  I found a wonderful new combination!  Permalba White tinted with Naples Yellow Light.

TAOS SUNRISE, 36"x36" Original Oil - Sold

 "TAOS SUNRISE" 36"x36" Original Oil on Belgian Linen (wrap-around painting) -  One last look through my Taos kitchen window..SOLD.

CORAZON SAGRADO, 20"x20" Work in Progress (Underpainting)

STUDIO NO. 314 - CORAZON SAGRADO - 20"x20" Original Oil on Canvas -  Work in Progress (Underpainting)

UNA SENDA DESCONOCIDO TESUQUE- NEW 12"x24" Original Oil - Sold

Studio No. 114 - UNA SENDA DESCONOCIDO TESUQUE (A Path Unknown) -- New 12"x24" Original Oil, wrap-around canvas - completed 1/22/14.  SOLD

CALLECITA DE TESUQUE - 40"x40" Work in Progress (Underpainting)

CALLECITA DE TESUQUE - 40"x40" Work in Progress - more work on the underpainting.  Glazes foreground with Dioxazine Purple and some Holbein Rose Grey.  Reinforced "cartoon" with Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna and some Mars Black.  Let dry for a couple of days.

LAST LIGHT AT TRUCHAS - Exhibition-quality archival fine art print

LAST LIGHT AT TRUCHAS - Exhibition-quality archival  art  - Now available at the High Road Fine Art Print Catalog.

FIELD WORK/TESUQUE - 2014

 

January 2014 - Field work:  Looking around.  Becoming acquainted with my new neighborhood.  Nothing replaces a good friend with whom to "roam" the roads, a good camera, a good eye -- and perhaps a willing spirit.

LA TIERRA DE PADRE MARTINEZ - Exhibition-quality fine art print.

No. 159 - LA TIERRA DE PADRE MARTINEZ (From the bridge at Martinez Hacienda, Taos, N.M.) - Exhibition-quality archival print now available at the High Road Fine Art Print Catalogue.

WINTER FIELDS AT LAS TRAMPAS - Exhibition-quality archival print

 

WINTER FIELDS AT LAS TRAMPAS - Exhibition-quality archival print now available at The High Road Print Catalogue.

UNA SENDA DESCONOCIDO - 12"X24" Work in Progress (Underpainting) - Color Notes

Studio No. 114 - UNA SENDA DESCONOCIDO (A Path Unknown) - 12"x24" Work in Progress (Underpainting)  - Original Oil on Canvas -- Sky:  MG Underpainting White and Yellow Ochre Light.  Trees:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Yellow Ochre, Prussian Blue.  Snow:  Payne's Grey and Underpainting White.  Road:  Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna.

ESPIRITU BLANCO - Exhibition-quality fine art print

ESPIRITU BLANCO (homage to my Truchas neighbor, Don Eusavio - 1982)  Exhibition-quality fine art print now available at the High Road Fine Art Catalogue  

CALLECITA DE TESUQUE, 40"x40" Work in Progress (Underpainting) - Color Notes

 

Studio No. 314 - CALLECITA DE TESUQUE, 40"x40" Work in Progress (Underpainting) - Colors are mixed with MG Underpainting White and applied with turpentine.  Sky:  Paynes Grey.  Road: Yellow Ochre/Dioxazine Purple in the Shadows.  Outline/Trees: Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  Brush:  Indian Red.  When I make an underpainting, I try to see the colors underneath the final application of opaque paints.

LA TIENDITA DE ANTIGUA GUATEMALA - Orig. Oil Painting - Special Offer

LA TIENDITA DE ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA - 51"x 39"Donna Clair Original Oil completed in 2001 - Framed with Linen Liner.

My friend Joan Norris, midwife, sent me an e.mail asking if I would help sell this painting to benefit the Northern New Mexico Birth Center.  This painting has been hanging in the Birth Center all these years after I donated it for one of their auctions.  They loved it so much, as did the many, many mothers they have helped through the years, that it has had pride of place at the center.  Times have changed and now with some reluctance, they need to sell this original painting.

If you are interested -- Contact ED, Sandy Campbell, here at the Birth Center: 575-758-1216 or by email: sandy.campbell@gmail.com
Price: $9500 (starting price) it is framed with a linen liner.

Happy 2014!  
Best regards, Donna 

ON A QUIET TRUCHAS SUNDAY LONG AGO......

LA NUESTRA SENORA DEL ROSARIO

CALLECITA DE TESUQUE - 40"x40" Work in Progress (Sketch)

Studio No. 214 - CALLECITA DE TESUQUE, 40"x40" Work in Progress - Sketch in Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  It is my habit to have six or seven paintings blocked in at a time -- each morning I work on the one that calls "Paint ME!"