Wednesday, February 17, 2021

LAS CASAS DE PLACITAS - 6"X8" ORIGINAL OIL, FRAMED

 

 LAS CASAS DE PLACITAS - (Placitas, New Mexico) - 6"x8" Original Oil on Panel, framed....now available at my Onine Gallery Store ...https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art...

Sunday, February 14, 2021

WORD PAINTINGS #105 - FINDING SANCTUARY

 

WORD PAINTINGS #105 (How I Came to New Mexico and learned about Art and Life) - FINDING SANCTUARY -https://donnaclairwordpaintings.blogspot.com/

Saturday, February 06, 2021

ON MY EASEL TODAY - CIELO AZUL - 40"X40" Work in Progress -


ON MY EASEL TODAY - Studio No. 621 - CIELO AZUL -  Work in Progress - 40"x40" Original oil on Belgian Linen - Underpainting - Stay Tuned!

Saturday, January 30, 2021

LAZY RIVER DREAMING - NEW 30"x24" Original Oil, framed - Sold


STUDIO #121 - LAZY RIVER DREAMING - NEW 30"X24" Original Oil on Belgian Linen - SOLD

Friday, January 29, 2021

LA PUERTA (RANCHITOS ROAD - TAOS, NEW MEXICO) - NEW 8"x8" Original Oil, framed


Studio #321 - LA PUERTA (Ranchitos Road - Taos, New Mexico) - NEW 8"x8" Original Oil on Linen panel, custom framed in gold with linen liner now available at my online Gallery/Store - Preview/Purchase

Thursday, January 28, 2021

LAS NUBES DEL LLANO - NEW 8"x8" Original Oil, framed


 Studio #221 - LAS NUBES DEL LLANO (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) - NEW 8"x8" Original Oil on Linen Panel, custom framed in gold with Linen Liner now available at Chimayo Trading del Norte (Ranchos de Taos Plaza).

Tuesday, January 19, 2021


 

Have been saving this Langston Hughes poem "The Dreamkeeper" for many years - time to share these beautiful words....
 
Bring me all of your dreams you dreamer
Bring me all of your heart melodies
That I may write them down
In a blue-cloud cloth
Away from the too tough fingers
of the world.

Monday, January 11, 2021

LAST LIGHT ON SANTISTEVAN LANE - 36"x24" Work in Progress


Studio #321 - LAST LIGHT ON SANTISTEVAN LANE (Taos, New Mexico) - 36"x24" Work in Progress - Middle tones. Stay Tuned.


Monday, January 04, 2021

SAGEBRUSH DREAMING - 60"X36" WORK IN PROGRESS - Underpainting


 Studio # 221 - SAGEBRUSH DREAMING (Carson, New Mexico) - 60"x36" Original Oil Painting, Belgian Linen(Work in Progress - Underpainting)



Saturday, January 02, 2021

12/31/20 - FIREWORKS AND A FULL MOON

 12/31/20 - FIREWORKS AND  A FULL MOON - Llano Quemado, N.M.

 

 

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE (Carson, New Mexico) New 10"x8" Original Oil

  THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE (Carson, New Mexico) - New 10"x8" Original Oil on Linen panel, framed - now available at my online Gallery/Store -Preview/Purchase

 

 

Saturday, December 12, 2020

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

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. 

Sunday, November 22, 2020

OUR DAILY BREAD - Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

 GRACIAS A LA VIDA!-( OUR DAILY BREAD, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico)

Saturday, November 14, 2020

ALMOST HOME - Studio Edition Print

ALMOST HOME (RIO CHIQUITO, NEW MEXICO) - Studio Edition Print - (17"x22" paper size) now available at my online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

DON JUAN'S PARADISE - Studio Edition Print

DON JUAN'S PARADISE (Valdez, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition print (17"x22" sheet size) now available at my online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

Thursday, November 12, 2020

PUEBLO MORNING LIGHT - Studio Edition Print - sold


PUEBLO MORNING LIGHT (Taos Pueblo, New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print  - sold

Friday, November 06, 2020

SUMMER STORM AT ALCALDE - 6"x8" Original Oil Painting - sold


SUMMER STORM AT ALCALDE (Alcalde, New Mexico) - 6"x8" Original Oil Painting, framed  - sold

Thursday, November 05, 2020

EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE - Studio Edition Print


EL VALLE SIN NOMBRE (Valley Without a Name - Northern New Mexico) - Studio Edition Print (17"x22" sheet size" now available at my Online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art...

Tuesday, November 03, 2020

MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS - Large Studio Edition Print


MY TAOS WILDFLOWERS - Studio Edition Print (17"x22" sheet size) - now available at Online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art...

Monday, November 02, 2020

MORNING POEM - Large Studio Edition Print


MORNING POEM (Santistevan Lane-Taos, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print (17"x22" Sheet Size) - now available at my Online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art...

ANCIENT WALLS AT LA CUEVA - Large Studio Edition Print


ANCIENT WALLS AT LA CUEVA (La Cueva, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print (17"x22" Sheet Size) - now available at my Online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art...

Sunday, November 01, 2020

CANTO HONDO (Deep Song - Llano San Juan, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print - 17"x22" sheet size. Now available at Online Gallery/Store - Preview/Purchase

ASSEMBLA DE DIOS - Studio Edition Print


ASSEMBLA DE DIOS (Truchas, New Mexico) - Large Studio Edition Print - 17"x22" sheet size. Now available at my Online Gallery/Store -Preview/Purchase

Thursday, October 29, 2020

28 October 2020....


 With love from Llano Quemado, New Mexico.....

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

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/

Saturday, October 17, 2020

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

Monday, October 12, 2020

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.  

Friday, October 09, 2020

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.

Thursday, October 08, 2020

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


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

Thursday, October 01, 2020

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...

Sunday, September 27, 2020

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/

Monday, August 31, 2020

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....

Sunday, August 23, 2020

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

Saturday, August 01, 2020

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

Friday, July 10, 2020

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

Thursday, July 09, 2020

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

Tuesday, July 07, 2020

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.

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

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

NIGHTSKY WANDERER (Truchas, New Mexico) - Large Archival Print

NIGHTSKY WANDERER (Truchas, New Mexico) Large Archival Print (22"x17" Sheet Size) now available at my Online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/itm/392805491265

Monday, May 18, 2020

EL RITO DE. RANCHITOS (Taos, New Mexico) - Large Archival Print

EL RITO DE RANCHITOS (Taos, New Mexico) Large Archival Giclee Print (17"x22" Sheet Size) - Now available at my Online/Gallery Store - https://www.ebay.com/itm/392804275528

CALYPSO (Taos Studio) Large Archival Print

CALYPSO (Taos Studio) - Large Archival Print (17"x22" Sheet Size) Now available at my Online Gallery/Store - https://www.ebay.com/itm/153796526293

EL CORAZON DEL NORTE (Valdez, New Mexico) - Large Archival Print

EL CORAZON DEL NORTE (Valdez, New Mexico) - Large Archival print (17"x22" sheet size) now available at my Online/Gallery Store - https://www.ebay.com/itm/392505134880

Sunday, May 17, 2020

ANCIENT WALLS AT LA CUEVA (La Cueva, New Mexico) - Large Archival Print - Sold

ANCIENT WALLS AT LA CUEVA (La Cueva, New Mexico) - Sold

LAS CASITAS DEL NORTE (Truchas, New Mexico) - Large Archival Print

LAS CASITAS DEL NORTE (Truchas, New Mexico) - Large Archival Print now available at my Online Gallery Store - https://www.ebay.com/itm/153936544115