Monday, April 18, 2016

ANCIENT WALLS AT LA CUEVA - Fine Art Prints, posters....

ANCIENT WALLS AT LA CUEVA (New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints, posters, greeting cards and other great items now available at Fine Art America.

Saturday, April 16, 2016

AFTERNOON STORM AT RIO LUCIO - Fine Art Prints, Posters....

AFTERNOON STORM AT RIO LUCIO (New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints, Posters, Greeting Cards and other great items now available at Fine Art America.

Thursday, April 14, 2016

LAS TRAMPAS - Fine art prints, greeting cards, posters.....

LAS TRAMPAS (Las Trampas, New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints, posters, greeting cards and other great items now available at Fine Art America.

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

RIO PUEBLO - 24"x30" Work in Progress (Glazes)

Studio No. 716 - RIO PUEBLO (Placita, New Mexico) - 24"X30 Work in Progress (Glazes)  Applied with oil color and Overnight Drying Painting Medium (recipe is on FB page - DonnaClairArt) - Color Notes:  Hills:  Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Trees:  Cadmium Red, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  River:  Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna, Indanthrone Blue, Cerulean Blue, Dioxazine Purple.

Sunday, April 10, 2016

CAPILLA DE PLACITA - Fine art prints, greeting cards.....

CAPILLA DE PLACITA (New Mexico) - Fine art prints (framed or unframed), posters, greeting cards and many other great items now available at Fine Art America.

Saturday, April 09, 2016

RIO PUEBLO - 23"x30" Work in Progress (Underpainting)

Studio No. 716 - RIO PUEBLO - New 24"x30" Work in Progress (Underpainting) - Oils mixed with distilled turpentine and MG Underpainting White - applied with a bristle brush.  Color Notes:  Cerulean Blue.  Mountain:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Yellow Ochre.  Trees:  Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna.  Brush:  Combinations of Yellow Ochre, Dioxazine Purple, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  River:  Same color as sky.  Reflections, same color as trees. 

Thursday, April 07, 2016

FROM THE OVERLOOK - New 20"x20" Original Oil, Framed

Studio No. 616 - FROM THE OVERLOOK (Truchas, New Mexico) - New 20"x20" Original Oil on Belgian Linen, Framed. Completed 4/7/16.  Preview/Purchase.

Monday, April 04, 2016

HIGH COUNTRY MONDAY MORNING - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards.....

HIGH COUNTRY MONDAY MORNING (Pecos, New Mexico) - Fine art prints, posters, greeting cards and many other great items now available at Fine Art America.

EARLY SNOW CLOUDS AT PICURIS - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards....

EARLY SNOW CLOUDS AT PICURIS (Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards, posters and many other great items now at Fine Art America.

Saturday, April 02, 2016

RIO CHIQUITO - Fine art prints, posters, greeting cards....

RIO CHIQUITO (Northern New Mexico) - Fine art prints, posters, greeting cards and other great items now available at Fine Art America.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON STROLL - Fine Art Prints, Greeting cards.....

SATURDAY AFTERNOON STROLL (Truchas, New Mexico) - Fine art prints, posters, greeting cards and many other great items now available at Fine Art America.

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

LAST LIGHT AT TRUCHAS - Fine Art Prints, Posters, Greeting Cards....

LAST LIGHT AT TRUCHAS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Fine art prints, posters, greeting cards and other great items now available at FINE ART AMERICA.

EARLY MOONRISE AT TRUCHAS - Fine Art Prints, Posters, Greeting Cards....

EARLY MOONRISE AT TRUCHAS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Now available on Page Three of my Fine Art America website - fine are prints, posters, greeting cards and other great gift items - FINE ART AMERICA.

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

DON GREGORIO'S MOST BEAUTIFUL FIELD - Fine Art Prints....

DON GREGORIO'S MOST BEAUTIFUL FIELD (Truchas, New Mexico) - Now available on Page Three of my Fine Art America website - Fine art prints, posters, greeting cards and other great gift items.

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

MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS (Taos, New Mexico) - Now available on Page Three of my Fine Art America website - prints, posters, greeting cards and many other great gift items.

Friday, March 25, 2016

BEARERS OF LIGHT - Chichicastenango, Guatemala

BEARERS OF LIGHT - Easter Santo Tomas Church, Chichicastenango, Guatemala - 1991

UNA SENDA DESCONOCIDO - Fine Art Prints, greeting cards, posters.....

UNA SENDA DESCONOCIDO - (A Path Unknown - northern New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints, greeting cards, posters and other great items now available at Fine Art America.

Thursday, March 24, 2016

EVENING PRAYER STICKS - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards, Posters.....

EVENING PRAYER STICKS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards, Posters and other great items now available at Fine Art America.

Monday, March 21, 2016

MAYORDOMO - Fine Art Prints, Greeting cards.....

MAYORDOMO (Spring cleaning of the Acequias - northern New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints (framed and unframed), greeting cards and other great gift items now available at Fine Art America.

Thursday, March 17, 2016

VALDEZ - New 30"x24 Original Oil

Studio No. 516 - VALDEZ (Valdez, New Mexico) - 30"x24" Original Oil on Belgian Linen now available for purchase - Preview/purchase.

Monday, March 14, 2016

LILAS DE TAOS - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards....

LILAS DE TAOS (Taos, New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards and other great items now availalbe at Fine Art America.

Sunday, March 13, 2016

VALDEZ - Almost finished!

Studio No. 516 - VALDEZ (Valdez, New Mexico) - 24"x30" Original Oil on Canvas - hope to have this painting completed by Tuesday!  Stay tuned!

Thursday, March 10, 2016

VALDEZ - 30"X24" Work in Progress (Glazes)

Studio No. 516 - VALDEZ (Valdez, New Mexico) - 30"x24" Work in Progress (Glazes) - It is my belief that this stage of the painting is essential - after the underpainting has dried thoroughly, I use my oil painting medium to thin the colors to a transparent or semi-transparent glaze.  This is where I establish the darks and develop a richness to the final painting.  Color Notes:  Earth tones - Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow, Burnt Sienna.  Shadows:  Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna and Dioxazine Purple.  Foliage - Darks:  Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  Lighter shades:  Yellow Ochre and Burnt Sienna (and sometimes a dirty brush with the greens still on it - modulates the color).

Wednesday, March 09, 2016

ADIOS WINTER! WINTER DREAMS - prints, greeting cards.....

WINTER DREAMS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints, greeting cards and other great items now available at Fine Art America.

Tuesday, March 08, 2016

MORNING POEM (Taos, New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards.....

MORNING POEM (Taos, New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards and other great gift items now available at Fine Art America.

Monday, March 07, 2016

OVERNIGHT FAST DRYING GLAZING MEDIUM

OVERNIGHT FAST DRYING GLAZING MEDIUM - Years ago a very well-known California painter, Robert Clark (egg tempera), took my Craft of Painting Workshop.  He was very generous in sharing his knowledge and I know I learned more from him than he ever learned from me.  Bob believed that this mixture was several hundred years old and had been used by Renaissance painters.   This is the recipe he gave me for a glazing medium - I have used it for over forty years to thin my oils as I am working:  Caution:  Mix in Glass Bottle or Jar! - Six ounces distilled turpentine (Winsor-Newton), one ounce dammar varnish, one ounce stand oil and one quarter teaspoon Cobalt Dryer.  (I usually double or triple the recipe)  Bob gave me a great gift - this medium adds life to the colors!  Enjoy!

WINTERSONG - Fine Art Prints, Greeting cards.....

WINTERSONG - From an original oil painting now available as fine art prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other great items at Fine Art America - http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair.html

Saturday, March 05, 2016

On the Easel Today - VALDEZ - 30"x24 Work in Progress (Underpainting)

VALDEZ (New Mexico) - 30"x24" Work in Progress (underpainting) - Colors are mixed with MGUnderpainting White and distilled turpentine. Trees:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna.  Rooftops:  Cobalt Blue or Cerulean Blue.  Earth Tones:  Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Yellow.  Shadows:  Dioxazine Purple and underpainting white.

Thursday, February 25, 2016

NEW WORK STATION!

24 February 2016 - My new work station!  Switched my easel to the north end of the large room in the studio next to a row of windows and under a great skylight. Had been working near a southern exposure - glare, reflected light - not good.  Now I don't have to adjust for the glares, my palette is well lit and I will be able to mix my colors more accurately!  Sometimes it takes me a while!  Am excited to see what happens next!  DC

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

SATURDAY AFTERNOON STROLL - Fine Art Prints, greeting cards.....

SATURDAY AFTERNOON STROLL (Truchas, New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other related items now available at Fine Art America.

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

AFTERNOON VISITORS - Fine Art Prints, greeting cards.....

AFTERNOON VISITORS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Fine Art Prints in a large selection of sizes (framed and unframed), greeting cards and other great items now available at Fine Art America - http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair.html

Monday, February 22, 2016

ESPIRITU BLANCO - Fine art prints, greeting cards...

ESPIRITU BLANCO (Truchas, New Mexico) - From an original oil painting - fine art prints in a large selection of sizes (framed or unframed, greeting cards and other great gift items now available at Fine Art America - http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-donna-clair.html

Saturday, February 20, 2016

TRUCHAS TOWN - New 24"x30" Original Oil Painting

TRUCHAS TOWN - New 24"x30" Original Oil on Belgian Linen now available - Preview/Purchase.

Monday, February 15, 2016

TRUCHAS TOWN - New 24"x30" Work in Progress (Underpainting Phase 2)

Studio No. 416 - TRUCHAS TOWN - New 24"x30" Work in Progress (Underpainting-Phase #2) - After the initial sketch has dried - using Grumbacher MG Underpainting white and distilled turpentine mixed with regular oil colors, lay in the general theme of light and color.  Sky:  Cobalt Blue - Clouds: Cobalt Blue with more underpainting white.  Sunset Color:  Cadmium Red and Cadmium Yellow.  Buildings: Earth tones of Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Paynes Grey.  Foreground:  Paynes Grey, some Cobalt Blue.

TRUCHAS TOWN - 24"X30" Work in Progress (Underpainting#1)

Studio No. 416 - TRUCHAS TOWN, 24"x30" Work in Progress (Phase 1) - Very basic - The canvas has been toned with Gesso and Payne's Grey (Grisaille) - the basic sketch has been laid in with Prussian Blue - some earth tones for the adobe buildings.

Wednesday, February 03, 2016

RIO PUEBLO - New 8"x10" Original Oil


RIO PUEBLO - New 8"x10" Original Oil on Linen, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner now available for purchase - Preview/Purchase.

Sunday, January 31, 2016

LAS NUBES DE TRUCHAS - 12"x48" Original Oil

LAS NUBES DE TRUCHAS (The Clouds of Truchas, New Mexico) - 12"x48" Original Oil on Belgian Linen - available.  Preview/Purchase.

Friday, January 29, 2016

LISTENING TO MOUNTAINS - Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards, Gifts.

LISTENING TO MOUNTAINS (Taos, New Mexico) - From an original painting - fine art prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards, great gifts now available at Fine Art America.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

NOCHECITA DE TRUCHAS - New 16"x20" Original Oil, framed


Studio No. 216 - NOCHECITA DE TRUCHAS - 16"x20" Original Oil on Belgian Linen, framed in gold with linen liner  - Sold.

Monday, January 25, 2016

NOCHECITA DE TRUCHAS - 16"X20" WORK IN PROGRESS (Underpainting/glazing)

Step #1 - Studio No. 216 - NOCHECITA DE TRUCHAS - 16"X20" Work in Progress.  Using MG Fast Drying Underpainting White mixed with basic colors and thinned with turpentine.  Color Notes:  Sky: Cerulean Blue.  Mountains:  Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna (mix these two colors together for an intense dark green) chrome oxide green opaque, Yellow Ochre.  Bottom half of painting:  various mixtures of the colors above.

Step #2 - For atmosphere - after the underpainting is thoroughly dry, I have used oil painting medium to mix Transparent Gold Ochre and Thalo Rose Red to a thin transparency - will let dry overnight before going in with more glazing.

Thursday, January 21, 2016

HEAVENLY SHADES OF NIGHT - New 8"x16" Original Oil - Sold

HEAVENLY SHADES OF NIGHT (Rio Grande at Pilar, New Mexico) - New 8"x16" Original Oil on Canvas-Sold

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

ACEQUIA - NEW 16"X8" Original Oil

ACEQUIA (Mother Ditch - Northern New Mexico - New 16"x8" Original Oil on Canvas - Preview/Purchase.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

FIRST SNOW (Hyde Park, Santa Fe, New Mexico) - New 6"x8" Original Oil - Sold

 FIRST SNOW (Hyde Park - Santa Fe, New Mexico) New 6"x8" Original Oil on Linen Panel - Sold

Friday, January 08, 2016

TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS - Prints, greeting cards, gift items

TAOS AFTERNOON SHADOWS - Fine art prints (framed and unframed), greeting cards and great gift items now available at Fine Art America.

Thursday, January 07, 2016

TEJADOS DE CORDOVA - New 22"x28" Original Oil

The First Painting of the New Year!!! TEJADOS DE CORDOVA (Rooftops of Cordova) - 22"x28" Original Oil on Belgian Line, unframed - $1500. Completed 1/7/16.  Preview/Purchase.

MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS - prints, greeting cards, gift items

Just something to brighten your day - MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS (Taos, New Mexico) - from an original Donna Clair oil painting - now available as prints in all sizes (framed and unframed), greeting cards and great gift items now available at Fine Art America.

Monday, January 04, 2016

AN EMPTY HANDED LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN.....

4 January 2016 - ANOTHER NEW BEGINNING - New palette -- and the first painting of the New Year to be completed sometime this week. Resolving to read and study this year - open my mind to new possibilities - new colors - even perhaps some new places! Many, many blank canvases - an empty-handed leap into the Great Unknown. www.DonnaClairArt.com

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

TEJADOS DE CORDOVA - 22"x28" Work in Progress (Glazes)

Studio No. 116 - TEJADOS DE CORDOVA (Rooftops of Cordova, New Mexico) - 22"x28" Work in Progress - The Glazes.  Glazes are the dark darks applied with painting medium over the underpainting,  Greens: Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Grasses:  Brown Pink, Italian Pink.  Trees: Mars Orange, Brown Pink, Italian Pink, Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre.  Rooftops:  Some Mars Orange (rusting), Cerulean Blue, Paynes Grey and some Cadmium Red.  Stay Tuned.