WORK IN PROGRESS - #1223 - 40"x30" "CLOUD PEOPLE"

Studio #1223 - "CLOUD PEOPLE" 40"x30" Work in Progress - view from my front door!
 

NEW PALETTE FOR "CLOUD PEOPLE"

             Eva Cassidy and a new palette for "Cloud People" - life is good!

COFRADIA (Antigua, Guatemala) - Large Studio Edition Print

COFRADIA (Easter Sunday - Santo Tomas Church - Antigua, Guatemala) - Large Studio Edition Print from original oil painting by Donna Clair on matte premium presentation paper. Hand-signed by the artist. 17"x22" paper size. Enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394644070457

A NUESTRA SENORA DEL ROSARIO (Truchas, New Mexico) - Sold

LA NUESTRA SENORA DEL ROSARIO (Truchas, New Mexico) -Sold

CHAMISAL, NEW MEXICO - Large Studio Edition Print

CHAMISAL, NEW MEXICO - Large hand-signed Studio Edition print on premium matte presentation paper - enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat - https://www.ebay.com/itm/155561501447

EVENING PRAYER STICKS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print

 

EVENING PRAYER STICKS (Truchas, NewMexico. Large hand-signed Studio Edition print on premium matte presentation paper - enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat https://www.ebay.com/itm/394632313663
 

PUESTA DEL SOL (RANCHITOS ROAD) - Large Studio Edition Print

PUESTA DEL SOL (Ranchitos Road - Taos, N.M.) Large Studio Edition Print from Original Donna Clair painting. 17"x22" presentation matte paper, hand-signed, enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394623436997

CALLECITAS DE CORDOVA - Large Studio Edition Print

CALLECITAS DE CORDOVA (Cordova, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print from Original Donna Clair painting. 17"x22" presentation matte paper, hand-signed, enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394621348106

POPPY LOVE - Large Studio Edition Print

 

POPPY LOVE (Taos, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print from Original Donna Clair painting. 17"x22" presentation matte paper, hand-signed, enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394621309940

EL OTONO DE SANTA - Large Studio Edition Print - Sold

EL OTONO FE SANTA FE (Washington Ave) - Large Studio Edition Print from Original Donna Clair painting. - Sold

LAS TRAMPAS (New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print

LAS TRAMPAS (New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print from Original Donna clair painting. 17"x22" presentation matte paper, hand-signed, enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394619879841

WORD PAINTINGS #132 - ITS RAINING MEN!!

 

WORD PAINTINGS # 132 (How I came to New Mexico and learned about Art and Life) - ITS RAINING MEN!!

13 May 2023 - First thing Monday Morning Sheriff Montoya knocked on my door with some ominous-looking papers in his hand.  Whew - he wasn't looking for me! Wrong house and got back into his Sheriff's car and headed down the road. Noticed a VM on my phone - it was the Gas Company saying that my gas had been turned off - I needed to get a plumber and then make an appointment with the State Inspector in order to have things turned on again.  Panic. Large trailer showed up in front of my neighbor's house the night before - earth movers.  As the day went on - mysteries and synchronicity!  And more was revealed.

The earth movers made their way to the back yard, followed by a group of hefty men. The men began digging a new leach field - and they dug for two days! Leading them was my landlord's son. Then came the plumber. Consensus of opinion was that the huge trailer carrying the earthmoving equipment took out the gas meter. Four houses, this house included, had no gas service.  Thinking this project would last into next week, I began to scramble - electric coffee pot, hot plate from Wal-Mart, burrito from Mary Jane's.

Big Mystery - who was responsible for the damage???? Am certain there were many many phone calls between landlord, construction company, septic service, gas company, plumber, State Inspector.  The whole yard was being dug up - new gravel, new pipes!  Honestly it was an amazing show to watch. In a slightly twisted way, I enjoyed all the activity - there is a definite drama to heavy earth moving machines and the concentration it takes to make things happen - it was  a "man dance"!  Oh, the testosterone! Synchronicity! It looked as though it was choreographed!  Kudos to everyone involved - they performed a miracle.  What an exciting 2 days!!!

Gas company installed new meter.

State Inspector came in the middle of the night to check the new meter!!!! And on the second day....the gas came back on - plumber came in to turn on appliances. My landlord's son dealt with the gas company for me. Let there be GAS!!!!

The Sheriff did some sleuthing and found a car down the road with the imprint of the gas meter on the grill - the suspect confessed. Mystery solved. Landlord and workers breathed heavy sigh of relief that they had no responsibility in the outage - plumber, workers, landlord and me all smiles - life got back to normal.  No more drama!  One worker returned to pick up the construction trash - it was over. So quiet!  Watched the sun set over Tres Orejas....

A few weeks ago I did a study of a cloud painting called Summer Storm - and decided it should be larger - 40"x30".  Here is the Work in Progress - I began the sketch on Tues. when all the craziness began - some burps and stops since then - spring cleaning, framing new paintings - but here it is so far (see above) - I have great hope for this one.

Oh, and the coronation! Considering all the homeless, hungry people in the world, I felt that gold coat was a little over the top - all I can say is that the Windsors need to remember what happened to the Romanovs!!! Just saying  - 

This Sunday is definitely a day of well-earned rest!  A very late new beginning! DC

LLANO SAN JUAN (New Mexico) - Small Studio Edition Print

 

LLANO SAN JUAN (New Mexico) - Hand-signed small Studio Edition print on Premium Matte Presentation Paper. Mailed Flat -https://www.ebay.com/itm/394602337105
 

TAKING THE SUN - Small Studio Edition Print

 

TAKING THE SUN (Taos Pueblo, New Mexico) - Hand-signed small Studio Edition print on Premium Matte Presentation Paper. Mailed Flat -  https://www.ebay.com/itm/155532674820

WORD PAINTINGS #131 - UNCOMPETITIVE PURPOSEFULNESS!

 

        "NOCHECITA" (Trujillo Road - Llano Quemado, New Mexico) New! 8"x10" Original Oil

WORD PAINTINGS #131 (How I Came to New Mexico and learned about Art and Life!) - UNCOMPETITIVE PURPOSEFULNESS!!!

30 April 2023 - Saying Farewell to winter and "Hola" to Spring!  It is a quiet Sunday morning here on Llano Quemado.  Woke up with a long "to do" list running through my brain until I remembered that I have given myself a weekly reprieve for this "day of rest". 

It has been a month since writing about the dicey stay in the ER at Holy Cross last September.  Many days focusing on "mortality" and "retirement".  Finally decided that sometimes the difference between staying alive and brain death are small daily choices.  This isn't a fight I wanted to have at my age. From the time I was a young child, my only purpose was to raise my children and paint.  There it is - PURPOSE!!!  Rather than plop around in my own thoughts of perpetual darkness, I decided to take out this ad in the Taos Gallery Guide, believing that Centinelas de Oro was one of my best canvases to come off the easel!

 

About this time last year I decided to leave my gallery and just wing it again.    Having done this before, it was a little scary.  In this process I remembered all the other times I felt like a "cash cow" and walked away from the hype.  This has always been my way of maintaining artistic integrity and a healthy creative life . Turned down a sure sale because it was absolutely necessary for me to sit with this painting for a year before deciding to let it go. Hoped with all my heart this work could stay in Taos where it belonged!

Buying this ad renewed my self-confidence and PURPOSE!  Within a day of its publication the painting was "adopted" by a local family just down the road. The man had visited my studio on Santistevan Lane over 30 years ago, but waited for his perfect piece. He and his wife had decided that this was "the one" before they ever set foot in my studio! We three hugged and cried.  Told them it felt like a "divine appointment"!   My spark was lit one more time! 

Now what??? Later next month I will celebrate my 37th year of sobriety thanks to all my angels and helpers along the way.  My sponsors drummed into my head that life needs to be lived One Day at a Time!  Who can do that when a hundred images run through your head - empty canvases as far as my mind can see!  Well, here I am where time matters and I need to make creative choices on a daily basis.  It turns out that my choice to be on my own again was a solid decision because I no longer feel the need to
compete and am free to choose what to paint one day at a time.  This might be called a late in life New Beginning- a new adventure! Amazing Grace....DC

 

 

NOCHECITA - New! 8"x10" Original Oil

Studio #1123 - NOCHECITA (Trujilllo Road - Llano Quemado, New Mexico) - NEW! 8"x10" Original Oil on Italian Linen panel, custom framed in gold with linen liner. Free shippng. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394597001014

EARLY MOONRISE AT TRUCHAS - Large Studio Edition Print

 

EARLY MOONRISE AT TRUCHAS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Large hand-signed Studio Edition print on premium matte presentation paper - enclosed in clear polyurethane envelope and mailed flat - https://www.ebay.com/itm/394596694961
 

YELLOW MUMS - Hand-signed Studio Edition Print -SOLD

YELLOW MUMS -Hand-signed Large Studio Edition Print on matte premium presentation paper - 22"x17" sheet size - in clear polyurethane envelope, mailed flat - https://www.ebay.com/itm/394595137553 - SOLD
 

MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS - Prints, greeting cards, posters, etc.

MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS - Prints, greeting cards, posters (even coffee mugs) now available at Fine Art America! https://fineartamerica.com/.../my-taos-wildflowers-donna...
 

LILAS DE TAOS - Prints, greeting cards, posters....

LILAS DE TAOS (Years ago in front of the Old Taos News on Ranchitos - old fellow walked past there every day!) - Prints, greeting cards, posters and many other great items at Fine Art America - https://fineartamerica.com/.../lilas-de-taos-donna-clair...