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LILIAS DE TAOS – Fine Art Prints, plus

LILIAS DE TAOS (In front of the old Taos News building many years ago) – Fine art prints and many other great items now available at Fine Art America.

DON JUAN’S PARADISE – FINE ART PRINTS, PLUS….

DON JUAN’S PARADISE (Valdez, New Mexico) – Fine Art prints and many other great items now available at Fine Art America.

ESTACA IN BLOOM – FINE ART PRINTS, PLUS…..

ESTACA IN BLOOM (Estaca, New Mexico) – Fine art prints and many other great items now available at Fine Art America.

MAYORDOMO – Fine Art Prints

MAYORDOMO (Truchas, New Mexico) – Fine art prints and many other great items now available at Fine Art America.

ON THE EASEL – TAOS, NEW MEXICO

ON THE EASEL JANUARY 2019 – All the small paintings above the tree painting have been completed and are now available at my online gallery/store…https://www.ebay.com/str/Donna-Clair-Art…. Tackling the painting of the tree today (Rain of Gold – Ranchitos Road, Taos, N.M.) – will begin to post color notes of work in progress to my Art Journal

CHIMAYO TRADING DEL NORTE (Ranchos de Taos Plaza, Taos, N.M.)

Thanks to Gabe and Alicia Abrums at Chimayo Trading Del Norte (Ranchos de Taos Plaza, Taos, New Mexico)… a wonderful display of my paintings – you are invited to stop in and say “hello”. (Photo credit: Doug Yeager)

WORD PAINTINGS #62 – TAOS, Monday 3/11/19

A cold and rainy Monday morning. Want to stay in the cozy warmth of my little bed. Have a huge mental list of things I need to accomplish today. There is always a to do list, isn’t there? How would my life have purpose and meaning without it? Fixed a good strong cup of coffee, […]

WORD PAINTINGS #61 – BABES IN THE WOODS

We were innocents – much like an isolated Amazonian tribe that had never seen an airplane. We had no clue that Santa Fe would eventually rank second only to New York in art sales! All we wanted to do was make our art and then maybe we could show our work at jean Seth’s […]

ROVIN’ RIVER – NEW 8″x6″ Original Oil

ROVIN’ RIVER (Ojo Sarco, New Mexico) – New 8″x6″ Original Oil on Linen Panel, Framed – Preview/Purchase.

LOS NUBES DEL NORTE – NEW 8″X6″ ORIGINAL OIL

LOS NUBES DEL NORTE – NEW 8″x6″ Original Oil on Linen Panel, framed – available – Preview/Purchase.

CHRISTMAS DAY (Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) – NEW 6″x8″ Original Oil

CHRISTMAS DAY ( Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) New 6″x8″ Original Oil on Linen Panel, framed – Preview/Purchase.

ST. ANTHONY’S (Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) – New 10″x8″ Orig. Oil

ST. ANTHONY’S (Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) – New 10″x8″ Original Oil on Italian Gessoed Panel – Preview/Purchase.

WORD PAINTINGS # 60 – MAKING ART

75 Years Ago – Chicago, Ill. Taos 2/2019 – It is a long, long journey from wanting to be an artist to actually earning a living in that chosen field. The general impression is a dreamy person in clothes covered with paint picking up a brush every now and then and somehow a beautiful […]

WORD PAINTINGS #59 – 1969/72 REAL LESSONS IN ART & LIFE

The course of the rest of my life was set in these three important years. My children and I lived by ourselves on Kiva Road in Santa Fe. Ernie was a frequent visitor and somehow he began to complete the picture of family life for us. The children had visits to the “ranch” out on […]

WORD PAINTNGS #58 – AN ENDING AND NEW BEGINNINGS

Una Senda Desconocido – A Path Unknown Taos, 2/2019 – Last night I had a death dream. I was with a group of people who knew they didn’t have long to live. One girl stood out and we ended up having a short conversation. She asked only one question. “Are you afraid to die?” My […]

ACEQUIA IN WINTER – NEW 10″x10″ Original Oil on Canvas

Studio No. 819 – ACEQUIA IN WINTER (Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) New 10″x10″ Original Oil on Canvas, Framed – Preview/Purchase.

CAPILLA DEL NORTE – NEW 8″X10″ ORIGINAL OIL, FRAMED

Studio No. 619 – CAPILLA DEL NORTE – New 8″x10″ Original Oil on Italian gessoed Panel, framed – Preview/Purchase.

WORD PAINTINGS #57 (Kiva Rd. Santa Fe l969/72) – THE FUN HOUSE

So many, many years later I now realize that trying to raise children in a toxic marital environment can be considered abuse. In retrospect all the misgivings I had about divorce were still alive and well as we prepared to leave that pretty little, terribly unhappy house on Sombrio Drive. We moved to a small […]

RIVER ROAD – NEW 6″X8″ Original Oil, Framed

Studio #619 – RIVER ROAD (New Mexico) – NEW 6″x8″ Original Oil, framed – Preview/Purchase.

WORD PAINTINGS #56 (Taos – 1/26/19) – CEREMONY

Before I dive into more memories of the past, just one more post in the present tense. Once the decision was made to focus more on my art life, I discovered a whole new perspective – clarity. This is certainly a surprising adventure! At the beginning of each New Year I begin my daily practice […]

LAS SOMBRAS DE SECO – NEW 10″x8″ Original Oil (available)

Studio No. 519 – LAS SOMBRAS DE SECO (Arroyo Seco, New Mexico) – New 10″x8″ Original Oil on Italian Gessoed Panel – Preview/Purchase.

AUTUMN FIELDS AT RANCHITOS – NEW 60″X36″ Original Oil Painting

Studio No. 119 – AUTUMN FIELDS AT RANCHITOS (Taos, New Mexico) – New 60″x36″ Original Oil on Belgian Linen, Framed – Preview/Purchase

WORD PAINTINGS #55 – Taos 1/22/19 – HIBERNATING

Wakened to another snow storm this morning….wind blowing, hints of a blizzard. Made a great cup of coffee and crawled back into bed. Yesterday my friend Doug and I went to Orlando’s my favorite New Mexican restaurant – enchiladas with red and green chile! Perfection! Back at the studio Doug took the above photo – […]

PILAR – NEW 8″x6″ Original Oil, Framed (available)

Studio No. 419 – PILAR (New Mexico) – NEW 8″x6″ Original Oil Painting on Linen Panel, framed – Preview/Purchase.

SANCTUARY OF PADRE MARTINEZ – 60″X50″ ORIGINAL OIL

SANCTUARY OF PADRE MARTINEZ (Martinez Hacienda, Taos, New Mexico) – 60″x50″ Original Oil on Belgian Linen, Gallery wrap – free shipping – Preview/Purchase.

PLACITAS (NEW MEXICO – NEW 8″X10″ ORIGINAL OIL

STUDIO NO. 319 – PLACITAS (New Mexico) – New 8″x10″ Original Oil on Italian Gessoed Panel – Preview/Purchase.

LAZY RIVER DREAMING – New 8″x10″ Original Oil

Studio No. 219 – LAZY RIVER DREAMING – NEW 10″x8″ Original Oil on Italian Gessoed Panel, framed – Preview/Purchase.

FROM MY TAOS STUDIO – ON THE EASEL TODAY – 1/13/19

1/13/19 – FROM MY TAOS STUDIO – ON THE EASEL TODAY STAY TUNED!

WORD PAINTINGS #54 – Taos, 1/10/19 – “MORNING WORDS”

Up early. The sun rose through a bright yellow band of clouds over the mountains towards Pecos. Joyous! Worked all day yesterday to prepare the house for some rather serious hours at the easel. Coming out of the longest period of “creative work block” I can remember in all the years I have been […]

WORD PAINTINGS #53 – TAOS, 1/7/19 – TAKING STOCK

“No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of the night. We know that every moment is a moment of Grace, every hour an offering” – Jakob Shekaneder Life without drama is a gift from a chaotic universe. It doesn’t happen every day, but when it does, […]

WORD PAINTINGS #52 – Jan. l, 2019 – Taos, New Mexico

Taos, New Mexico – 1 January 2019 – Snowflakes the size of nickels this morning! They float silently; I am floating with them. Thinking of last year at this time – no snow at all! Talk of drought, forest fires….collective panic. Not this year!! These little puffs of clouds are landing on what was another […]

WORD PAINTINGS #51 – KIVA ROAD 1969-72

Once I faced the financial disaster it looked as though bankruptcy was the only answer. My friends urged me to clear it all out and start over. This didn’t feel right to me. It was impossible to know what the future held in store, but it was a no-brainer for me to decide to pay […]

WORD PAINTINGS #50 – 1968 – JUST THE FOUR OF US!

Do you ever ask yourself “what if?” – What if my husband had been faithful and true and we never had to escape to New Mexico? What if my father was open to helping me when my husband threatened the four of us and I had packed up my babies and moved back to Chicago? […]

WORD PAINTINGS #49 – 12/12/18 – FROM MY TAOS COUCH!

Taos, N.M. 12/12/18 – Just read somewhere that it is incumbent upon women of a certain age to tell their stories. Wonder why? After posting the notes from my recent “Sentimental Journey” starting at Pilar and traveling all the way to the horse ranch on Llano Quemado near Truchas town, I stopped writing for a […]

WORD PAINTINGS #48 – A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Part VI – A DOLL’S HOUSE

Our last stop on my trip to Truchas late last month – the huge horse ranch at the end of the road. That first day so long ago I remember standing in the middle of the enormous wooden horse barn thinking “Where am I? Who am I and what am I doing here?” The reality […]

WORD PAINTINGS #47 – A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY PART IV – MAYORDOMO OF TRUCHAS

Drove through Truchas two weeks ago and it brought back so many memories of the first time I moved to the horse ranch on Llano Quemado next to the Land Grant from the King of Spain. I have alway referred to it as “suburban Truchas”! We drove up from Santa Fe on September 17th, 1982. […]

WORD PAINTINGS #46 – A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY PART III – Soul Food

SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY PART III – SOUL FOOD – For the past two years I have been living in a very comfortable and “workable” little house in Taos. Only one problem – I am visually starved! This house is closed in – no views! I need to see mountains, clouds, sunsets – distance, space….soul food! On […]

HOMENAJE A LA VIDA

HOMENAJE A LA VIDA “To Life” – Dia de los Muertos — Women celebrating the lives of loved ones who have died. this canvas was painted many years ago and purchased by Bill and Jack, the original owners of Artisan/Santa Fe. Believe it is still at home somewhere in Santa Fe. DC

WORD PAINTINGS #45 – MY SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY PART II

10/29/18 – Taos, New Mexico – Many, many memories from my trip through Truchas last Monday…. MY SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Part II – Don Eusavio’s Paradise Moving back to Truchas for the second time, I wasn’t looking for a Zen master, but that is exactly who I found. His name was Don Eusavio. He was […]

WORD PAINTINGS #44 – Taos10/26/18 – A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY PART I

It is an autumn ritual for me to do some “backroading”, taking photos to use as source material for my winter work. Since I no longer drive, I called my friend Geraint Smith (geraintsmithphotography.com) and booked an afternoon tour to Truchas. We started out near the river at Pilar. The trees were magnificent. I was […]

FRIDAY AFTERNOON STUDIO – 10/19/18

NEW WORK IN PROGRESS! – RANCHITOS ROAD – 30″x40″ Original Oil

Studio No. 1518 – Work in Progress – RANCHITOS ROAD – NEW 30″x40″ – Working into the glazes – preparing to bring painting to completion – Stay tuned!

WORD PAINTINGS #43 – STARTING OVER

Am overwhelmed as I write down this part of my life….in less than four years I gave birth to three babies, caught my husband cheating, moved to New Mexico, took a painting workshop in Cloudcroft, exhibited my work in public for the first time – and decided I could provide a better life for […]

WORD PAINTINGS #42 – “HOW DO YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT?”

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time! WHAT WAS I THINKING? Truth is I wasn’t thinking – I was blinded by rage! You clueless sonofabitch! How could you threaten your own babies? I was more than terrified that one day he might lose it and act on his threats! My theory […]

WORD PAINTINGS #41 – IF WISHES WERE FISHES

(My First Albuquerque Arts & Crafts Fair, Summr 1969) If wishes were fishes, we’d all have a Feast! Honestly I don’t have the courage to describe all of my childhood, except to say that my brother and I had some truly terrible experiences. Although the rest of the family knew the reality of what our […]

WORD PAINTINGS #40 – KINDRED SPIRITS!

The time arrived to frame up my paintings and get them ready to exhibit. The Albuquerque Arts and Crafts show had been held at the State Fair Grounds every summer for about five years. As of this writing, it is now 54 years old. Ernie had been showing his welded sculptures there for a few […]

WORD PAINTINGS #39 – GHOST TOWNS AND WIDE OPEN SPACES

The light in northern New Mexico is absolutely brilliant. It was a challenge to adjust my vision. A sunny day in Chicago is like looking through a gauzy window curtain. There is no comparison to daylight in the high desert. It took some time for me to realize the difference. I thought light was […]

WORD PAINTINGS #38 – BECOMING AN ARTIST!

(Note: “Toby, A Time of Flowers” – One of my earliest paintings after moving to New Mexico.) SANTA FE WINTER 1969 – After the move from Alegre Street and the Jan Herring Workshop, life became quiet and very enjoyable. The babies were really babies no more. When they were awake there was constant movement and […]

WORD PAINTINGS #37 – 10/6/2018 – Taos, New Mexico

10/6/2018 Taos, New Mexico – Have been up most of the night. My Thursday post was amended in an attempt to be more honest. And then yesterday happened. Judge Kavanaugh is to be confirmed to the Supreme Court today, when in reality he needs a good 12 Step Treatment Program. I can’t forget the picture […]

WORD PAINTINGS #36 – GOODFELLAS…..

All my fears became reality on one sunny August morning. I stood in the doorway of the bathroom where my husband was shaving and told him what I had just dreamed – our babysitter confronted me and said “I’m pregnant and your husband is the father of my child!” – I asked her how she […]

WORD PAINTINGS #35 – BONNIE AND FRANK

Eventually all that snow from the Great Chicago Blizzard melted and winter gave way to a beautiful spring. Some of my high school friends got together and gifted me with a twin stroller for the girls. The three of us had a few outdoor adventures to see the birdies. By the time I got the […]

WORD PAINTINGS #34 – GREAT CHICAGO BLIZZARD 1967

January 26 1967 – It was an ordinary afternoon John had his supper and I gave the twins their bottles.Expected my husband home around six. Only a few bottles of formula left; he planned to pick up a case of Similac on the way home. The wind started howling around five and then it started […]

WORD PAINTINGS #33 – CONFUSION AND CHAOS!

Oh, how I loved my baby boy!!! He gave me so much joy and I was determined to make his life absolutely perfect! I always was a dreamer! We lived in a three room apartment above a garage on Holbrook Road in Homewood. The place was too small for the three of us and we […]

WORD PAINTINGS #32 – A GOOD CATHOLIC GIRL….

Not long after the glass-throwing incident I was walking out of the bathroom – it was semi-dark. He was waiting for me. He slammed my whole body against the fridge with stunning force. Without a word he walked into the living room. I stood in place and reverted to my childhood coping skill of numbing […]

WORD PAINTINGS #31 – HIDDEN AGENDAS

It has taken many years for me to realize that I wasn’t the only person in my marriage to have a hidden agenda. My husband and his mother were determined to keep him out of the Viet Nam War. The solution they came up with was marriage – and a Hail Mary pregnancy should do […]

WORD PAINTINGS #30 – A VERY BRIEF FAMILY HISTORY

Note: In the photo above my beautiful grandmother Clara holds my father. Beside her is her daughter. A third child was born after my father. A fourth pregnancy followed his birth – she died giving birth to twins. The wake was held in the living room of the house on Fletcher Street. Clara was waked […]

WORD PAINTINGS #29 – READY, SET…..GO!!!

Fall 1968/Winter 1969 – After the workshop at Cloudcroft, I settled in to take care of the babies and painted every spare moment. Very surprised that the alla prima method came easy for me. I was basically experimenting with the paint – every painting was a surprise. Ernie exhibited his sculptures at the Albuquerque Arts […]

TAOS 9/21/18 – WORD PAINTINGS #28 – SANCTUARY

TAOS 9/21/18 – This has been an upsetting week for any woman who has experienced any kind of abuse – friend, partner, stranger. Chuck Grassley and Orrin Hatch have risen again like ghosts from the Grave of History Past! It honestly makes me ill to see them on TV and my mute button is getting […]

WORD PAINTINGS #27 – CULTURE SHOCK

JAN HERRING WORKSHOP, CLOUDCROFT, N.M. – 1968 As mentioned in a previous post, I celebrated my 79th birthday three weeks ago; life was very different for women back in the day! Culture shock for me really wasn’t because of the move from my mid-western roots to mostly Hispanic and Native American city of Santa Fe. […]

WORD PAINTINGS #26 – THE JAMISON GALLERY

What a Gal! Margaret married well known art collector C. Bland Jamison in the Taos home of Leon Gaspard. Gaspard’s wedding gift to the bride and groom was a wonderful Russian snow scene with a large group of men and women in colorful peasant dress crossing a bridge. (This was one of my favorite paintings […]

WORD PAINTINGS #25 – NEW BEGINNINGS

Once we settled into a daily routine, life calmed down. Mornings, diaper changes, breakfast, laundry – now it was time for me to set up my own schedule to paint. It was easy to spread out a comforter and all their toys on the floor of the family room. Cheerios were everywhere. John had his […]

WORD PAINTINGS #24 – LOST AND FOUND

SOMBRIO DRIVE, CASA SOLANA – We began to settle into the house – adjusting to a new kind of normal – family life. Of course we had to have furniture. Tom Broome was Chief of the Voluntary Fire Department. When he wasn’t battling blazes, he managed his family’s furniture store. We took out some credit […]

#23 – THE ONLY CONSTANT IS CHANGE!!!

Looking back on all my years at the easel, I have only met two or three artists as generous as Jan Herring. She poured information into us – new words, new methods, technique. No question went unanswered. Our class came together as strangers and when Friday came around we had shared some very precious hours […]

#22 – Taos 9/15/18 -REFLECTION

Twelve days ago I celebrated my 79th birthday! A little bittersweet…. Do I miss those long ago days when I had great legs, a nice smile and lived life with strong certainty that I could accomplish anything? – Hell, Yes!!! Now I move ever more slowly and my word of the day, every day, is […]

#21 – EUREKA!!! MAMA LEARNS TO PAINT!

Jan Herring had taken a workshop led by Frederic Taubes, a well-known Polish painter and author. Apparently she excelled and he invited her to be his assistant the following year. Taubes had studied the methods of the Flemish masters and developed a line of copal painting mediums, which when applied to a board or canvas […]

#20 – JAN’S MAGIC BRUSHES!

Jan Herring was a dynamo. Quite simply, she loved people and she loved to teach! Married to a Texas farmer named Henry they raised their family in Clint, Texas. She began painting in 1952 and it was my understanding that she had studied with well-known artist and writer, Frederic Taubes. Over the span of her […]

#19-MAMA TAKES SOME BABY STEPS

Need to start this post with a huge confession. Although my resume states that I studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, my night school studies there lasted only one half of the first semester. Started out with high expectations of learning the basics. Although I won prizes all through my grade and high school, […]

#18 – CLOUDCROFT/THE LODGE

Late on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, my Greyhound Bus arrived in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Alamagordo’s elevation was 8600 feet. A car from the hotel was waiting to take me to 9,000 ft! Our trip to the Lodge was an uphill climb all the way…. heavy forests on either side of the road with only a […]

ARROYO SECO AUTUMN – NEW 8″x10″ Original Oil

Studio No. 1418 – ARROYO SECO AUTUMN – New 8″x10″ Original Oil on Italian Panel, framed – Preview Painting

ON THE ROAD….1968

The New Year celebrations were very quiet on Alegre Street that year. It was a time of adjustment, settling into routines. The babies were growing fast and developing their own personalities. I loved watching them; every day there was something new. They were funny little people and I enjoyed being their mother. Although I was […]

HISTORY LESSONS

Stories – I love stories!!! Being a newcomer, everyone wanted to tell me their own family history in New Mexico. I listened and asked questions. Most often I was given the gift of generations; stories passed down through families – oral histories that never found their way into print. It became a habit to listen […]

BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED!

Santa Fe 1967 – A very smart self-help guru once said “If you don’t know what to do, do nothing”. The trip through the mountains on the back of that Harley was what I needed to settle down and stop moping around. It is not healthy to stay sad forever! I needed to take stock […]

BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED!

INTO THE LIGHT….

Santa Fe 1967 – Altitude sickness overcame me our first month in Santa Fe – sleepy, very tired. The days were spent changing diapers, feeding babies, unpacking boxes and trying to adjust to all the changes. The girls were beginning to crawl and had to be watched every minute. They had these little stroller seats […]

SANTA FE – 1967

Santa Fe was another country to me. Would like to say that I readily adapted, but it took a long time for me to adjust, it didn’t happen right away. In Chicago all the art was in museums – in this new town of mine art was being made all around me – the town […]

ANDREW WYETH – SPIRIT OF PLACE

I dream a lot. I do more painting when I’m not painting. It’s in the subconscious. One’s art goes as far and as deep as one’s love goes. It’s all in how you arrange the thing… the careful balance of the design is the motion. -Andrew Wyeth- Chicago 1967 – The Chicago Art Institute mounted […]

WAY BACK THEN IN CHICAGO……

Chicago – Life was very different for women fifty years ago. My mother never learned how to drive, she had no money of her own and when my father died, she had no idea how to write a check. My life at twenty was not much different – I only knew what I observed and […]

LONESOME DAVE’S FUNDRAISER

Santa Fe 1967 – Dave Cargo was inaugurated as New Mexico’s twenty-second Governor in January 1967. One afternoon early in September our friend, Ernie, walked across the street to our house and said we were invited to the Governor’s Mansion for a big party! Wow! Exciting! A chance to take the ever present diapers off […]

THE WAYSHOWER

After what I felt was my disastrous debut into the Santa Fe social circle, I went home and decided that everything would be just fine if I worked hard enough. There were baby bottles to wash and many, many diapers to change. It was my job to try to create some normalcy out of what […]

A FOURTH FOR BRIDGE

Before we moved from Homewood, I was being taught to play bridge from my landlady who was training to earn her Master Points. She was one tough teacher! I never gained any confidence that I could be any good at the game. In fact, I came away from her house certain that I was not […]

DANCING IN THE STREET

The summer of 1967 was also a time of some monumental change in northern New Mexico. Four weeks into the season on 27 July Santa Fe Opera house caught fire – plans to rebuild started immediately and today’s outdoor theater is built on those foundations from 1967. In a battle to reclaim the land granted […]

ALEGRE STREET 1967

How did I get here? It felt as though I had been transported to an alien planet! It all started with a phone call from the mother of one of my husband’s students which gave us no choice but to move far, far away from our little house in Homewood. He taught at a small […]

MY OLD ARTIST

Staying with my theme of “meetings”…. Shortly before my eighth birthday I sat on the cement stoop of my step-grandmother’s house on Fletcher Street in Chicago. She was very pious and loved the saints. To please her I was drawing a picture of the Blessed Virgin with colored pencils. When I looked up from […]

Taos – 8/7/18

Really strange dream this morning – Decided to write a Letter to the Editor Taos News and struggled with how to start. Finally my beginning sentence was about how, as women, we were Mothers of the Moon! The body of the letter was the call to unite women to scold their sons, fathers, brothers, husbands […]

August 1967 – Finding Home

It is said that every journey has a beginning, a middle and an end, followed by a new beginning….51 years ago this month, the moving van left our house on Riegel Rd. in Homewood, Ill. My son was two and my twin girls were six months old. It was a long trip – I felt […]

WORD PAINTINGS #3 – August 1967 – Finding Home

AN IMMENSE JOURNEY….

Taos – 8/3/18 Forward and backward I have gone and for me it has been an immense journey…..Perhaps there is no meaning in it at all, the thought went on inside of me,save that of the journey itself, so far as men can see. It has altered with the chances of life, and the chances […]

WORD PAINTINGS #2 – AN IMMENSE JOURNEY….

Forward and backward I have gone and for me it has been an immense journey…..Perhaps there is no meaning in it at all, the thought went on inside of me,save that of the journey itself, so far as men can see. It has altered with the chances of life, and the chances brought us here; […]

WORD PAINTINGS #1 – Taos, New Mexico – 2 August 2018

Taos, New Mexico – 2 August 2018 – I love words and have kept a daily journal for the last forty years – all of which I have thrown away (for the sake those in my life still living). My life has become quiet – and it is time for me to write – just […]

AUTUMN FIELDS AT RANCHITOS – 60″x36″ Work in Progress/Mid Tones

Studio No. 1318 – AUTUMN FIELDS AT RANCHITOS (New Mexico) New 60″x36″ Work in Progress (Middle Tones) – using painting medium with oil color now. Middle Tones are the transitional colors that set up the light in the painting from the final opaque colors. Color Notes: Sky: Prussian Blue, Paynes Grey, Mars Black, Permalba White. […]

AUTUMN FIELDS AT RANCHITOS – 60″x36″ Original Oil Work in Progress (Underpainting)

Studio No. 1318 – AUTUMN FIELDS AT RANCHITOS (New Mexico) – 60″x36″ Work in Progress (Underpainting) – Oils applied loosely with distilled turpentine and MG Underpainting White on gray toned ground. Color Notes: Clouds: Cobalt blue sketch. Mountains: Prussian Blue, Mars Black. Trees: Combination of Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Naples Yellow. Fields: Yellows same as […]

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Author: Donna Clair