Monday, April 17, 2023
LOS PINONES (Chimayo, New Mexico) - New 6"x8" Original Oil
Saturday, April 08, 2023
BEARERS OF LIGHT - Chichicastenango, Guatemala
Saturday, April 01, 2023
CENTINELAS DE ORO (Pilar, New Mexico - 30"x40" Original Oil - SOLD
CENTINELAS DE ORO (Rio Grande at Pilar, New Mexico) - 30"x40" Original Oil
- SOLD
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
SUMMER STORM (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) - New! 8"x6" Original Oil
Studio #623 -SUMMER STORM (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) - New! 8"x6" Original Oil on linen panel, framed - free shipping. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394534853952
Monday, March 27, 2023
STUDIO #723 - OLD FENCES - NEW! 8"x8" Original Oil
STUDIO #823 - IN HIDING - NEW! 6"x8" Original Oil
Studio #823- IN HIDING (Taos, New Mexico) - NEW! - 6"x8" Original Oil on Linen Panel, Framed - free shipping. https://www.ebay.com/itm/155474695936
Saturday, March 25, 2023
WORD PAINTINGS #130 - "A CAUTIONARY TALE
WORD PAINTINGS # 130 (How I Came to New Mexico and learned about Art and Life) - A CAUTIONARY TALE!
Sometimes when we least expect it, Life Happens!!
Had a fall last September (I slid rather ungracefully to my bedroom floor) - was unable to raise myself up. The EMTs arrived and were concerned that my oxygen levels were very low. They put me in an ambulance and whisked me to the Emergency Room at Holy Cross Hospital. What happened next was Terrifying!!!! The ER doctor asked what happened and I pointed to my right knee and said "I leg lifted 400 lbs....." - with that she left the room and didn't hear me add "25 years ago and my right knee gives way now and I fell this morning."
She got on the phone with my son-in-law a retired brain surgeon. He and I hadn't had any contact for long time, so he didn't have a clue to my state of mind or physical condition. Together they, along with one of my helpers, decided that I needed to be transferred to the Psych Ward for evaluation. The "brain" surgeon diagnosed me with delusions of grandeur! Through some miracle, they reached my daughter Sarah in Germany - 3AM and she's in bed with Covid. Finally she convinces the girl at the desk that she had seen me only ten days before and besides - she had my Power of Attorney!!!
Why
am I sharing this story? Certainly not for entertainment! This is a
cautionary tale to anyone of a certain age who hasn't done the work of
making end of life choices. I know, I know - but if I had been sent for
evaluation, my rise in blood pressure from the fear would have caused
them to medicate me. Once I was medicated I was just an 83 year old
woman with delusions of grandeur. I would have no more choices about
anything. All my belongings - my easels, paints, brushes, precious
things would be scattered to the winds. (Remember that scene in Zorba the
Greek when the woman dies in the village her neighbors take all her
things in minutes and empty her little house to the bones?) I would have been sent
to some old people's orphanage and left there just staring at the gray
walls just waiting for someone - anyone - to visit!!! Do your
homework!!! Don't wait for a medical crisis!!!
Thanks
to Sarah, I had a stay of execution. I had no injuries and was
released from the hospital that evening....along with a new and very
noisy companion in the form of a respirator and a very long hose that
follows me all over the house 24/7. It is an awkward ballet daily to
avoid the loops and tangles, but am still able to get to the easel every
day. Still making plans for new work. As long as there is
breath in my body I plan to keep moving - albeit just a little bit
slower now! (Read Amy B. Scher's amazing book This is How I Save My Life.)
Now I am going to have a cup of coffee and head back to my easel to paint another day!
Best regards, Donna
PS
- a few months before I fell, I purchased a Thrive Medical Alert system
through Amazon. At first I hated wearing that medallion every day - but
I was able to get the help I needed by just pressing button! When one
gets to the ripe old age of 83 the word for the day is ADAPT!!!
Monday, March 13, 2023
THE LITTLE RED FENCE ON PERALTA STREET - 14"x18" Original Oil
THE
LITTLE RED FENCE ON PERALTA STREET (Taos, New Mexico) - 14"x18"
Original Oil on Italian Gessoed Panel - framed in Gold with Linen Liner -
https://www.ebay.com/itm/394511442243
Thursday, March 09, 2023
PUESTA DEL SOL (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) - New! 8"x*' Original Oil
WAITING FOR SPRING (Taos, New Mexico) - New! 11"x14" Original Oil
HOT OFF THE EASEL! WAITING FOR SPRING (Taos, New Mexico) - NEW 11"X14" Original Oil on Italian gessoed panel, custom framed - gold with linen liner - free shipping.https://www.ebay.com/itm/155446469542
Bought my old railroad station bench at a consignment shop for $90 - cast iron - takes two men to carry it. Sits proudly under the portal in front of the house on Llano Quemado. This location is the backyard on Victor Court about 5 years ago. Perfect for cloud watching!
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
ON THE ROAD - Prints, greeting cards......
ON THE ROAD (Another back road adventure in northern New Mexico) - Prints, greeting cards, posters and many other great items now available at Fine Art America - https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair
Thursday, February 23, 2023
DREAMKEEPER - NEW! 30"X30" Original Oil
DREAMKEEPER
- (Moonset over Tres Orejas from my bedroom window 11/11/22 - Llano Quemado, New Mexico)
- 30"x30" Original Oil on Belgian Linen - framed in gold with linen
liner- https://www.ebay.com/itm/394477023015Bring me all of your dreams
You dreamer
Bring me all of your
Heart melodies
That I may wrap them
In a blue cloud cloth
away from the too rough fingers
Of the world
Langston Hughes
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Sunday, February 19, 2023
TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS - Prints, greeting cards, posters....
TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS (From my kitchen window on Santistevan Lane - Taos) - Quality prints, greeting cards, posters and many other great items now available at Fine Art America - https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Monday, February 13, 2023
CELEBRATING 23 YEARS OF DONNA CLAIR ART.COM!!!
Celebrating 23 years of online sales from my website with a new look!!!! https://donnaclairart.com/ More than 25 years ago I read about a man who had a "computer" and was earning his living from a mountaintop in Colorado!!! I had to wait a while, but my first website was created in 2000! What an innovation! Couldn't have done it without the expert help of my technical guru, Dan Frank Kuehn owner of a digital design business in Questa, N.M.! Would love to hear your comments...
Saturday, February 11, 2023
TWO COWS IN A WINTER FIELD ON CHRISTMAS MORNING (Taos, N.M.) - Prints, greeting cards, posters....
TWO COWS IN A WINTER FIELD ON CHRISTMAS MORNING (Taos, New Mexico) - High quality prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards, posters and many other great items now available at FINE ART AMERICA - https://fineartamerica.com/.../two-cows-in-a-winter-field...
Sunday, February 05, 2023
EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE (Northern New Mexico) - Prints, Greeting cards....
EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE (New Mexico) - Prints, greeting cards and many other great items nowavailable at Fine Art America -https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair
Thursday, February 02, 2023
STUDIO #123 - DREAMKEEPER STUDY - NEW 12"x12" Original Oil, custom framed
Studio #123 - DREAMKEEPER STUDY (Moonset 11/11/22 - Llano Quemado, N.M.) - 12"x12" Original Oil on Linen canvas, custom framed - free shipping - https://www.ebay.com/itm/155389993132
Bring me all of your dreams
You dreamer
Bring me all of your
That I may wrap them
In a blue cloud cloth
away from the too rough fingers
Of the world
Langston Hughes
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
LLANO SAN JUAN - Prints, greeting cards.....
LLANO SAN JUAN - Prints, greeting cards, posters and many great items now available at Fine Art America - https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair
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