WORD PAINTINGS #103 & 104 - MAKING A PAINTING

Have been asked to describe how I make a painting...here is my initial source for First Snow. A "looking back" last minute photo on a stormy day in Truchas. You are welcome to follow this process thru subsequent posts at WORD PAINTINGS Nos. 103 & 104 (How I Came to New Mexico and Learned about Art and Life) - https://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

FIRST SNOW (Truchas, New Mexico) - New 40"x40" Original Oil

FIRST SNOW (Truchas, New Mexico) - NEW 40"X40" Original Oil - all framed up and on the way to its new home in Virginia!!!! Photo Credit: Doug Yeager

LAZY RIVER DREAMING (Rio Grande at Pilar) - New 30"x24 Work in Progress - Glazes

LAZY RIVER DREAMING (Rio Grande at Pilar, New Mexico) - New 30"x24 Work in Progress - Glazes & Middle Tones. Glazes are usually the dark colors on your palette thinned to a transparency with painting medium.  Middle tones are a mixture of opaque colors and glazes. Color Notes:  Sky: Permalba wite, Cerulean Blue.  Hills: Holbein Portland warm greys, Dioxazine Purple, Paynes Grey. Foliage; Yellow Ochre, Gold Ochre, Burnt Sienna.  Holbein Green grey, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque. Water: Permalba White, Cerulean Blue, Paynes Grey, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque - some Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna for darkest Glazes.  

LAZY RIVER DREAMING (Pilar, New Mexico) - NEW 30"x24" Work in Progress

 LAZY RIVER DREAMING (Pilar, New Mexico) - 30"x24" Work in Progress - Underpainting.  On Blue Gray toned ground.Most Colors mixed with Grumbacher MG Underpainting White & Winsor Newton Distilled Turpentine. Hills: Burnt Sienna, Ochre, Payne's Grey.  River: Prussian Blue, Permalba White.  Foliage: Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.

FIRST SNOW (Truchas, New Mexico) - New 40"x40" Original Oil

 FIRST SNOW (Truchas, New Mexico) - 40"x40" Original Oil - Completed 10/8/20 - SOLD

RIO CHIQUITO - LARGE & SMALL STUDIO EDITION PRINTS

RIO CHIQUITO - Large and small Studio Editon Prints now available at my Online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art...

WORD PAINTINGS #102 - MAKING SPACE TO CREATE

WORD PAINTINGS #102 (How I Came to New Mexico and Learned about Art and Life) - MAKING SPACE TO CREATE - https://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

8/31/20 - MY MORNING STUDIO

8/31/20 - Llano Quemado, NM - My morning Studio today. Hunter's Moon on the big easel will be varnished today and will be framed to ship to a new client in Massachusetts. First Snow (on the floor) - hope to have it completed by the end of the week - then shipped to long time collector in Virginia. A good start....

WORD PAINTINGS #100 - TODAY IS ALL WE HAVE

WORD PAINTINGS #100 (How I Came to New Mexico and Learned about Art and Life) - TODAY IS ALL WE HAVE

SANCTUARY OF PADRE MARTINEZ (Martinez Hacienda - Taos New Mexico) - 60"x50" Original Oil

SANCTUARY OF PADRE MARTINEZ (Martinez Hacienda - Taos, New Mexico) 60"x50" Original Oil on Belgian Linen w/gallery wrap - https://www.ebay.com/itm/DonnaClairArt- PREVIEW

HIGH ROAD SUMMER STORM - NEW 6"x8" Original Oil - sold

Studio #2820 - HIGH ROAD SUMMER STORM (Near Truchas, New Mexico) - NEW 6"x8" Original Oil, framed - Sold

FORTY ACRES (Carson, New Mexico) - NEW 9"x6" Original Oil - sold

Studio #2220 - FORTY ACRES (Carson, New Mexico) - NEW 9"x6" Original Oil - SOLD

SUMMER STORM AT ALCALDE - NEW. 6"x8" Original Oil -Sold

Studio No. 2120 - SUMMER STORM AT ALCALDE (Alcalde, New Mexico) - New 6"x8" Original Oil on Italian Linen Panel, unframed  - SOLD

MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE - NEW 6"x9" Original Oil

Studio #2420 - MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE - NEW 6"x9" Original Oil on Italian Linen Panel, unframed - Preview/Purchase

THE OLD HOUSE ON RANCHITOS ROAD - NEW 6"x9" Original Oil

Studio #2320 - THE OLD HOUSE ON RANCHITOS ROAD (Taos, New Mexico) - NEW 6"x9" Oritinal Oil on Italian Linen Panel, unframed - PREVIEW

LAS CASAS DE PLACITAS (Placitas. N.M.) - NEW 6"x9" Original Oil

Stdio #2720 - LAS CASAS DE PLACITAS (Placitas, N.M.) - NEW 6"x9" Original Oil on Italian Linen Panel - unframed. PREVIEW

HIGH ROAD AFTERNOON (Placitas, N.M.) - New 5"x9" Original Oil - SOLD

Studio #2320 - HIGH ROAD AFTERNOON (Placitas, N.M) - New 6"x9" Original Oil - SOLD

MONSOON (Taos, N.M.) - New 6"x8" Original Oil, framed

MONSOON (Taos, New Mexico) - NEW 6"x8" Original Oil on Italian Linen Panel, custom framed - Preview/Purchase

LLANO QUEMADO SUNSET 7/6/20

LLANO QUEMADO SUNSET - 7/6/20
Photo from the back portal.

AGUA FRIA (Truchas, New Mexico) - Large Archival Print

AGUA FRIA (Truchas, New Mexico) Large Archival Print (22"x17" Sheet Size) now available at my Online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/itm/153939206093