A MEMORY OF TREES - 8"x16" Original Oil

200 Small Paintings No. 124 - A MEMORY OF TREES (Taos, New Mexico) - 8"x16" Original Oil on Canvas - Preview/Purchase.

LAS NUBES DE TRUCHAS - 12"x48" Original Oil, Framed

LAS NUBES DE TRUCHAS (Truchas, New Mexico) - 12"x48" Original Oil on Belgian Linen, framed in gold with linen liner.  Preview/purchase.

WINTER GIFTS.....

To Art Friends Everywhere!  Many of you have been with me a long time and know I love to send this greeting every year.  The original of this painting was "adopted" by some great friends and very prolific art collectors years ago and still resides in a lovely home in Taos.  The street in this painting is the main street in Truchas -- I walked to the post office from my little adobe house every day and still keep the memories of that special time and place very close.  The woman is the memory I've kept of my little Polish grandmother, Ella -- she carried a shopping bag with her everywhere -- those were her "gifts" her "surprises".  The words of Fra Giovanni never fail to inspire and uplift - especially at this time of the year.  From my heart I wish each and every one of you all the best of this holiday season -- Hug someone special today!  Sincere best wishes, Donna - Tesuque, New Mexico 2015


"There  is nothing I can give you which you have not;
But there is much, very much that while I cannot give it,
 you can take.

No heaven can come to us unless our hearts
find rest in today.  TAKE HEAVEN.
No peace lies in the future which is not hidden
in this present moment.  TAKE PEACE.

The gloom of the world is but a shadow.
Behind it, yet within reach is joy.
There is a radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see,
and to see we have only to look.  I BESEECH YOU TO LOOK.

Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by
their covering, cast them away as ugly, or heavy or hard.
Remove the covering, and you will find beneath it
a living splendor, woven of love, by wisdom with power.

Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the angel's hand that
brings it to you.  Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or
a duty, believe me that angel's hand is there; the gift is there,
and the wonder of an overshadowing presence.
Our joys, too, be not content with them as joys.
They, too, conceal diviner gifts.

And so, at this time, I greet you.
Not quite as the world sends greetings, but with
profound esteem and with the prayer that for you now and
forever, the day breaks, and the shadows flee away."

Fra Giovanni, 1513 AD

 

EL RITO DEL NORTE - 20"x16" Original Oil, framed

EL RITO DEL NORTE (Garcia Park, New Mexico) - 20"x16" Original Oil on Belgian Linen, framed in Gold with Linen Liner - Preview/Purchase.

PICURIS (Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico) - New 11"x14" Original Oil

Studio No. 2915 - PICURIS (Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico) - New 11"x14" Original Oil on Canvas, Framed.  Completed 12/17/15.  Preview/Purchase.

WINTER RIVER - New 14"x11" Original Oil, Framed

Studio No. 2815 - WINTER RIVER (From the High Road, Northern New Mexico) - New 14"x11" Original Oil on Canvas, framed.  Completed 12/15/15.  Preview/Purchase.

THE LITTLE RED FENCE ON PERALTA STREET - Prints, greeting cards, great gift items...

THE LITTLE RED FENCE ON PERALTA STREET (Taos, New Mexico) - Fine art prints, greeting cards and other great gift items now available at Fine Art America.

EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE - Fine art prints, greeting cards, great gift items....

EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE (Somewhere in northern New Mexico) - Fine art prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and great gift items now available at Fine Art America.

DON JUAN'S PARADISE - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards, Great Gift items....

DON JUAN'S PARADISE (Valdez, New Mexico) - Fine art prints, greeting cards and other great gift items now available at Fine Art America.

TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards, Gifts....

TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS (Taos, New Mexico) - Fine art prints, greeting cards, great gift items now available at FINE ART AMERICA.

GARCIA PARK - Fine art prints, greeting cards, gifts.....

GARCIA PARK (Taos, New Mexico) - Fine art prints, greeting cards, great gift items now available at FINE ART AMERICA.

MORNING POEM - Prints, Greeting Cards, Gifts....

MORNING POEM (Taos, New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other great gift items now available at FINE ART AMERICA.

WINTER DREAMS - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards, Gifts...

 

WINTER DREAMS (Truchas, New Mexico) and PUEBLO MORNING LIGHT (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)  - From an original Donna Clair oil painting - fine art prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards, and great gift items now available at FINE ART AMERICA.

CAMINITO DE TESUQUE - New 30"x24" Original Oil

Studio No. 1315 - CAMINITO DE TESUQUE - New 30"x24 Original Oil on Belgian Linen - completed 11/26/15 - now available - Preview/Purchase.

GIVING THANKS.....

11/24/15 -

Giving thanks today - tremendous gratitude for all the likes and wonderful comments from my Art Friends.....as some of you know, this has not been an easy year for me but as of this morning I am still here in my little studio in Tesuque, have just had a delicious cup of coffee and am getting ready to set up a new palette in preparation to sit down at the easel and paint for most of the day. Your kindness and support have made all the difference in my life these past eleven months. Wishing each and every one love and peace - thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

CAMINITO DE TESUQUE - 30"x24" Original Oil - Work in Progress

Studio No. 2715 - CAMINITO DE TESUQUE (Tesuque, N.M.) - 30"x24" Original Oil on Belgian Linen - Work in Progress - luminous late afternoon light after a snowstorm - about half way there!  Stay tuned!

HOME FIRES - 6"X8" Original Oil, Framed

HOME FIRES (Tesuque, N.M.) - 6"x8" Original Oil on Panel, Framed - Preview/Purchase.

LA SENDA DESCONOCIDO - New 22"x28" Original Oil

LA SENDA DESCONOCIDO (A Path Unknown, New Mexico) - New 22"x28" Original Oil on Belgian Linen - Completed 11/8/15.  Preview/Purchase.

LA SENDA DESCONOCIDO - 22"x28" Work in Progress

Studio No. 2615 - LA SENDA DESCONOCIDO - 22"x28" Work in Progress (Glazes).  Color notes: Glazes are the transparent or semi-transparent oil colors applied over the underpainting.  This step in my process adds depth to the final painting.  Sky: Cobalt Blue, Cerulean, Thalo.  Mountains: Darks - Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  Lighter areas: Chrome Oxide Green, Yellow Ochre.  Brush: Combinations of Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, some sky colore, Dioxazine Purple and Prussian Blue.  Road:  Holbein Rose Grey and Yellow Ochre.

HOMENAJE A LA VIDA....

Homenaje a la Vida - A very large painting I did years ago - Mexican women mourning - honoring the lives of loved ones now gone. I love the strength of these women - the power in their faces - the way they have come together. Lighting a candle today..... This painting was purchased by Jack and Bill, the founders of Artisan/Santa Fe when they first opened their store - and as far as I know was passed along and still resides in Santa Fe.