BEARERS OF LIGHT - Chichicastenango, Guatemala 1991

 BEARERS OF LIGHT (Original Painting by Donna Clair) - - Easter Sunday 1991 -The Cofradia - Santo Tomas Church Chichicastenango, Guatemala

CENTINELAS DE ORO - NEW! 30"x40" Original Oil - NFS

 Studio #1322 - CENTINELAS DE ORO (Rio Grande at Pilar, New Mexico) New! 30"x40" Original Oil - NFS

CENTINELAS DE ORO - 30"x40" WORK IN PROGRESS (Underpainting) - Color Notes

3/2/22 - ON MY EASEL TODAY! CENTINELAS DE ORO - 30"x40" Work in Progress - Underpainting:  Colors blocked in with MG Underpainting White and Winsor Newton English Distilled Turpentine.  Sky"Misty Blue, Kings Blue. Mountains: Prussian Blue, Diox. Purple, Rose Grey.  Treeees: Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Gold Ochre, Burnt Sienna. - Repeat for foreground.

 

WINTER WORK TABLE - 2/27/22

 WINTER WORK TABLE - 2/27/22 - LLANO QUEMADO, NEW MEXICO

AUTUMN LEAVES - NEW! 12"x9" Original Oil, Framed

Studio No. 1222 - AUTUMN LEAVES - NEW! 12"x9" Original Oil, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner - now available at Chimayo Trading Del Norte.

ALPENGLOW (Taos, New Mexico) - New! 24"x24" Original Oil - Sold

Studio #1122 - ALPENGLOW (Ranchitos Road - Taos, New Mexico) - NEW! 24"x24" Original Oil, Framed - now available at Chimayo Trading del Norte.  Sold

ON MY EASEL TODAY.....

                               ALPENGLOW - 20"x20" Work in Progress.

 

AUTUMN LEAVES - 12"x9 Work in Progress.

ALPENGLOW - NEW! 24"x24" (Work in ProgressII-Glaze)

ALPENGLOW - NEW! 24"x24" Original Oil - Work in Progress - Overglaze: Vermillion, Cadmium Yellow and Thalo Rose Red - thinned with Grumbacher Matte Medium.

ALPENGLOW - NEW 20"X20" ORIGINAL OIL (WORK IN PROGRESS - UNDERPAINTING)

ALPENGLOW - NEW 20"x20" Original Oil - Work in Progress (Underpainting) - Oil colors mixed with MG Underpainting White and thinned with English distilled Turpentine. Top Sky:Misty Blue,King's Blue - Permalba White.  Mid sky - the blue mixed with Thalo Rose Red - next Thalo Rose Red and Permalba White - Cadmium Yellow.   Mountains - Some of the above blue mixture - added Prussian Blue. Trees - Mars Orange - Burnt Sienna. Foreground Yellow ochre - Cadmium Yellow.

PRIVATE ROAD - NEW! 8"x10" Original Oil, framed

Studio #1022 - PRIVATE ROAD (Taos, New Mexico) - NEW! 8"x10" Original Oil on linen panel, framed - https://www.ebay.com/itm/393920496502

AFTERNOON MOON (PLACITA, NEW MEXICO) - NEW! 8"x10" Original Oil

AFTERNOON MOON (Placita, New Mexico) - NEW! 8"x10" Original Oil on linen panel, framed - https://www.ebay.com/itm/393914302827

OJO SARCO PASTORAL - NEW!! 8"x10" Original Oil, framed

OJO SARCO PASTORAL - NEW! 8"x10" Original Oil on Italian Linen Panel, framed - available https://www.ebay.com/itm/154822575174

NEW! GOOD FENCES - 10"x10" Original Oil, Framed

NEW! GOOD FENCES (Santistevan Lane - Taos, New Mexico) - 10"x10" Original Oil on Canvas, framed - now available at Chimayo Trading del Norte.

NEW! PLACITA - 8"x10" Original Oil

 

Studio # 622 - PLACITA (Placita, New Mexico) - NEW! 8"x10" Original Oil on Linen Panel, framed in gold with linen liner - available at Online Gallery.

NEW!! HEAVEN'S GATE - 8"x8" Original Oil, Framed

 Studio #322 - HEAVEN'S GATE - NEW! 8"X8" Original Oil on linen panel, framed now available - Online Gallery Store.

NEW!! THREE PUMPKINS AND A LITTLE BLUE WINDOW, 8"x8"Original Oil, Framed

Studio #222 - THREE PUMPKINS AND A LITTLE BLUE WINDOW (Tesuque, New Mexico) - New 8"x8" Original Oil, Framed - Online Gallery Store!
 

ON MY EASEL - 1/26/22

1/26/22 (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) ON MY EASEL TODAY - also five NEW small paintings now availabe from my Online Gallery/Store!!! ENJOY!!!
 

WORD PAINTINGS #113 - INTO THE DREAMTIME

WORD PAINTINGS #113 (How I Came to New Mexico and learned about Art & Life) - INTO THE DREAMTIME - https://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

WINTER GIFTS.....

 

20 December 2021 (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) Today my studio is fresh with some New Beginnings - planning to send newsletters right after the first of the year; in the meantime....

This painting is "Winter Gifts". The original of this work 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

"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

BLESSINGS....

Best wishes to all for a Happy Thanksgiving!!! "OUR DAILY BREAD" (Taos Pueblo - Taos, New Mexico) - Still grateful for this wonderful day with artist and friend Dan Bodelson. We bought that splendiferous loaf of bread straight from the oven. Best lunch ever!! Must have been over 50 years ago - so Grateful!!!!