Donna Clair

Southwest Contemporary Artist

Author: Donna Clair

11/13/16 – NEW TAOS STUDIO

Moved back “home” to Taos on the first of Nov.  Thirteen days later I am still unpacking boxes – books today.  Progress, not perfection……. yet!  Stay tuned. 

GERAINT SMITH FINE ART GALLERY, Arroyo Seco, N.M.

Announcing my new creative association with well-known photographer and good friend Geraint Smith.  His gallery is located in the lovely northern New Mexico village of Arroyo Seco – on the road to Taos Ski Valley – (505)501-5880.  Just in case you aren’t yet acquainted with Geraint’s amazing photography and his photo tours, take a tour […]

ASSEMBLA DE DIOS – 40″x40″ Original Oll, framed

ASSEMBLA DE DIOS (The old Assembly of God Church – Truchas, New Mexico – PS: I had my studio in the little house to the left of the church) – 40″x40″ Original Oil on Canvas, framed – Preview/Purchase.

CORAZON SAGRADO – Original Painting, Prints, Greeting Cards…..

NEW! CORAZON SAGRADO (Tesuque, New Mexico) – Fine Art Prints, posters, greeting cards and other great items now available at Fine Art America –  The original of this painting can be purchased from my Tesuque studio – 18″x18″ Original Oil on Belgian Linen (gallery-wrap) $600.00 – PM or call (505)983-8306.

RIO PUEBLO – New 24″x30″ Original Oil

Studio No. 716 – RIO PUEBLO – New 24″x30″ Original Oil on Belgian Linen.  Completed 4/15/16.  Sold (Process and color notes – underpainting and glazes –  have been posted to this Art Journal earlier.

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 […]

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 […]

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!

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 […]

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 […]

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

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.

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 […]

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

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

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.  […]

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.

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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, […]

TEJADOS DE CORDOVA – 22″x28″ Work in Progress (Underpainting)

Studio No. 116 – TEJADOS DE CORDOVA (The Rooftops of Cordova, New Mexico) – 22″x28″ Work in Progress (Underpainting).  Colors are mixed with Distilled Turpentine and Grumbacher MG Underpainting White.  Color notes:  Greens – Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Yellow Ochre, Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  Yellows:  Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow, some Burnt Sienna – yellow […]

WINTER GIFTS…..

To Art Friends Everywhere!  Many of you have been with me a long time and know I love to send this greeting every year.  The original of this painting was “adopted” by some great friends and very prolific art collectors years ago and still resides in a lovely home in Taos.  The street in this […]