Donna Clair

Southwest Contemporary Artist

Category: Art Journal

PERALTA ROAD, TAOS – NEW 12″x12″ Original Oil – Sold Studio No. 1512 – PERALTA ROAD, TAOS – NEW Original Oil Painting, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  Completed 5/24/12 – Sold

GARCIA PARK – New 30″x40″ Original Oil, Framed.   Studio No. 1212 – GARCIA PARK, 30″X40″ New Original Oil on Belgian Linen – Framed, Completed 5/22/12.  Available for purchase. Call (575)758-7454

30″x40″ Work in Progress – EARLY SNOW AT GARCIA PARK (Underpainting)…. COLOR NOTES:  Sky:  Ultramarine Blue, Payne’s Grey, Titanium White.  Trees:  Various combinations of Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Orange,  Burnt Sienna and Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Shadows under Trees and Dark Soil:  Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber and Burnt Sienna.  Grasses:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, […]

EARLY SNOW AT GARCIA PARK, New Work in Progress (Sketch) 30″x40″ Oil on Belgian Linen.  Initial sketch made on a Grisaille (toned ground – gesso and Payne’s Grey) and sketch done loosely with Burnt Sienna and some Prussian Blue.  Stay tuned for step by step process!  DC

MY NEW BOOK! TAKING THE HIGH ROAD TO TAOS – Donna Clair Paintings TAKING THE HIGH ROAD TO TAOS — A new book from my Taos Studio.  From the dust jacket: “In 1967 Donna Clair began a new, adventurous chapter in her life by leaving Chicago and moving across the country to Santa Fe,New Mexico. […]

AGUA NEGRA MISSION CHURCH – 16″x20 New Original Oil on Belgian Linen, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  (Completed 5/2/12) Available for purchase.  

NEW WORK IN PROGRESS – “Agua Negra Mission Church” – 16″x20″ Original Oil on Canvas.  Stay tuned!

Studio #1012 – SPRING SNOW AT TRUCHAS 22″x28″ New Original Oil Painting

HOW DO I LOVE PAINT?  LET ME COUNT THE WAYS!!!

STUDIO #1012 – WORK IN PROGRESS (UNDERPAINTING)  – SPRING SNOW AT TRUCHAS – 22″X28″ Original Oil on Linen.  This painting will take no more than five or six colors, not counting the white.  Underpainting is done with oil colors and MG Fast Drying Underpainting White mixed with turpentine.  Payne’s Grey, Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Chrome […]

NOCHECITA DE CHIMAYO Completed 4/21/12 New Original Oil on Linen – 22″x28″ – Available

RIO GRANDE AT PILAR – 40″x30″ WORK IN PROG. UNDERPAINTING

  3/5/12 – RIO GRANDE AT PILAR – 40″X30″ WORK IN PROGRESS – Original Oil on Belgian Linen – Color notes:  All colors mixed with MG underpainting white and turpentine and applied with a bristle brush.  Foreground:  Grasses – Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna.  Willows:  Burnt Sienna and Indian Red.  River:  Indanthrone Blue.  Hills to the […]

AUTUMN FIELDS AT SECO – 22″X28″ WORK IN PROGRESS (GLAZES)

  AUTUMN FIELDS AT ARROYO SECO – 28″X22″ ORIGINAL OIL ON BELGIAN LINEN, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.   Color Notes:  Pinon Trees:  Olive Green and Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Yellow Fields:  Italian Pink and Burnt Sienna.  Shadows:  Dioxazine Purple.  Autumn Trees:  Italian Pink, Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow.  Stay tuned!

AUTUMN FIELDS AT SECO – 28″X22″ WORK IN PROGRESS (UNDERPAINTING)

  2/6/12 – All colors mixed with Grumbacher MG Underpainting White.  Color Notes:  Greens:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque and Yellow Ochre.  Shadows:  Diox. Purple.  Trees:  Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Orange, CadmiumRed – Mars Red – Indian Red.  All in various combinations.

NOCHECITA DE CHIMAYO – 22″X28″ WORK IN PROGRESS (UNDERPAINTING)

  2/6/12 – Most colors mixed with Grumbacher MG Underpainting White and turpentine.  Sky: Thalo Rose Red, Indanthrone Blue, Payne’s Grey.  Trees: Combination of Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque and Yellow Ochre.  Earth:  Mars Orange, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Holbein Rose Grey.

NOCHECITA DE ABIQUIU – 24″x30″ WORK IN PROGRESS (GLAZES)

NOCHECITA DE ABIQUIU – 24″x30″ Work in Progress – The Glazes:  I’d be lying if I told you I knew how this painting will look when it’s completed – just finished the glazes; will let them dry for a couple of days and then take that empty-handed leap into the oil paints once again! Stay […]

NOCHECITA DE ABIQUIU – 24″X30″ WORK IN PROGRESS (UNDERPAINTING)

“NOCHECITA DE ABIQUIU” 24″x30″ Work in Progress – Underpainting 5 January 2012 – Basic colors mixed with Grumbacher MG Underpainting White.  Sky: Cobalt Blue with a touch of Thalo Rose Red.  Trees:  Ochre, Cadmium Red, Burnt Sienna, some Prussian Blue and Cobalt Blue.  Stay tuned! 

NOCHECITA DE ABIQUIU – 24″x30″ Work in Progress

  28 December 2011- New Work in Progress – 22″x28″ Original Oil on Belgian Linen.  Phase I – Initial Oil Sketch – primed canvas with “grisaille” ground – Gesso with Payne’s Grey.  Sketch in Prussian Blue oil thinned with turpentine.  Let dry for a couple of days before applying underpainting.  ©DonnaClair 2011/Taos.

DEEP RIVER DREAMING

DEEP RIVER DREAMING- 12″X12″ Original Oil on Canvas, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  $1300 plus shipping. Visa, Mastercard, Amer. Exp. available through my studio.  For price and availability, please visit www.DonnaClairArt.com STUDIO NEWZ:  The image for this painting was taken last fall on the Rio Chama.  Am thinking of doing a larger painting from […]

MORNING POEM

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd. Rumi ♥

WINTER GIFTS

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

LA VENTANA DE SANTA CRUZ – 36″x24″ – Completed Orig. Oil on Canvas

1 December – LA VENTANA DE SANTA CRUZ – New! 36″x24″ Original Oil on Canvas – Framed.  $2400 – You are invited to scroll down and follow the progress of this painting.  This last step was to glaze the inner part of the window with a combination of Ivory Black, Olive Green and Ultramarine Blue.  […]

EARLY SNOW CLOUDS AT PICURIS PUEBLO – Archival Giclee

GIVING THANKS TODAY! “The images of peace are ephemeral. The language of peace is subtle. The reasons for peace, the definitions of peace, the very idea of peace have to be invented, and invented again. Children, everybody, here’s what to do during war: In a time of destruction, create something. A poem. A parade. A […]

24″x96″ Original Oil – PEDERNAL (Work in Progress – Diptych)

 Studio #1611- “PEDERNAL” 24″x96″ Diptych (Work in Progress – the Glazes) — Thinning my oil colors with my painting medium (after letting the underpainting dry for at least a week to ten days), I cover the underpainting with glazes – transparent and semi-transparent colors.  Trees: Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna and some Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  […]

24″x96″ PEDERNAL – WORK IN PROGRESS (THE GLAZES)

8/23/11 – PEDERNAL – 24″x96″ Original Oil on Belgian Linen.  Work in Progress – The Glazes.  This is a diptych – the canvases are put together now so that I can have uniform colors in the glazes between the two canvases.  I previously said I would work on these canvases separately and discovered that is […]

24″x96″ PEDERNAL – Work in Progress

STUDIO #1411- PEDERNAL – 24″x96″ Work in Progress – Sky: Deep bright violet underpainting.  Blue:  Permalba White, Thalo Blue, some Indanthrone Blue with a touch of ochre.  Dry Brush!  Clouds: Permalba White – touch of Cadmium Yellow with tiny bit of Cadmium Red.

24″x96″ Oil Painting – “PEDERNAL” Work in Progress (Underpainting)

23 July 2011 – PEDERNAL – 24″X96″ Diptych – Work in Progress – The Underpainting.  Toned Ground:  Gesso mixed with Payne’s Grey.  Underpainting: All colors mixed with Grumbacher MG Fast Drying White — Sky:  Diox. Purple.  Distant Mountains:  Indanthrone Blue and Prussian Blue  Earth Colors:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow.  […]

HOW DO YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT?

18 July 2011 — HOW DO YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT?  ONE BITE AT A TIME!  My new exciting blank canvases for a 24″x96″ painting of Pedernal.  Stay tuned!  ENJOY!

“ON THE ROAD” – NEW 18″x18 Original Oil on Canvas

“ON THE ROAD” (SERVILLETA, N.M.) 18″x18″ Orig. Oil on Canvas Framed in gold with linen liner. For price and availability call  (575)758-7454 This image is now available as a 17″x22″ (sheet size)  Studio Edition Print – on Ultra-Premium Presentation Paper (Matte) – enclosed in polyvinyl envelope and mailed flat.  $100, plus $10 S&H.        “Forward […]

“ON THE ROAD” 18″X18″ WORK IN PROGRESS (THE GLAZES)

20 June 2011-Glazes (transparent and semi-transparent oil color mixed with painting medium) add richness and vibrancy to the final painting…..the colors come ALIVE!  Planning to complete this canvas by the end of this week.  Stay tuned!  DC

ON THE ROAD – 18″x18″ New Work in Progress (Underpainting)

13 June 2011 — “ON THE ROAD” – New Work in Progress 18″x18″ Original Oil on Canvas, framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  The road leading away from the small village of Servilleta, New Mexico.  This canvas is the beginning of a series of 30 new paintings from my 2010/2011 field trips.  Stay tuned!

DON GREGORIO’S WINTER FIELDS (TRUCHAS, N.M.) – WORK IN PROGRESS (UNDERPAINTING)

5/20/11- “DON GREGORIO’S WINTER FIELDS (TRUCHAS, NEW MEXICO) – 12″x24” Original Oil on Belgian Linen, to be framed in silver with Linen Liner.  Work in progress: The underpainting. All colors mixed with Grumbacher’s MG Fast Drying White and Winsor-Newton’s English Distilled Turpentine.  Trees:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque and some Prussian Blue.  Sky and snow shadows:  […]

ANNOUNCING “ON THE ROAD” (IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO) – A MOVEABLE FEAST!

  5/18/11 —  Have been traveling back roads here in northern New Mexico seeing places I’ve not seen (even after 44 years in a place one can be surprised!) – all new material for my paintings — a wonderful new beginning.  With the completion of “ABIQUIU DREAMING” (featured below) I have decided to begin a […]

THE OPEN ROAD! Field work for new paintings

14 April 2011 — Finished the Rio Chama painting late last month – varnished, framed it and sent it off to it’s new home in Cambria, California on Monday.  Spent the rest of Monday and most of Tuesday feeling “post-ARTum” blues.  Took off in search of orchards with apple blossoms — about a week too […]

LAS FLORES! HAPPY SPRINGTIME! – NEW ARCHIVAL GICLEE

3/20/11 – Good Morning Taos Sunshine! Last year members of the American Bar Association held a conference here in Taos.  Art Friend Karla Matthews from Virginia arranged a studio visit for the spouses of the participants holding the meeting.  We all laughed and had a fine old time – one huge coffee klatch!  The next […]

ON THE ROAD TO COMPLETION – 36″X48″ RIO CHAMA COMMISSION

18 March 2011 – Rio Chama, 36×48″ (sold) — On this early Friday afternoon am finally seeing how this painting can be completed.  Here are the glazes; some parts of the painting are already finished – the sky and parts of the foreground.  Made a pot of spaghetti sauce this morning, listening to Annie Proulx’s […]

“RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU” -18″x24″ Original Oil Study (Available)

STUDIO #511 – “RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU” – NEW 18″x24″ Original Oil on Belgian Linen, Framed in Gold.  $1800.00, +$100 Shipping and Handling.   Just completed this afternoon, this work is a study for a 36″x48″ commissioned canvas.  The colors are rich and vibrant and the brushstrokes fat and juicy!  If you have any questions or […]

RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU – 18″x24″ Work in Progress – the Glazes

2/14/11 – “RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU” – 18″x24″ Study – Work in Progress (Glazes) — This is a study for a larger commission piece (36″x48″)  The sky is completed and the mountains in the distance.  Sky:  Thalo Blue, Permalba White, Indanthrone Blue and a touch of Yellow Ochre.  Far mountains:  More intense sky color.  Same […]

RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU – 18″x24″ Work in Progress – Underpainting

  21 January 2011 – “RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU” – 18″X24″ New Work in Progress – The Underpainting.  Oil colors mixed with MG Fast Drying Underpainting White to Pastel Hues.  Sky:  Thalo Blue, Indanthrone Blue, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow.  Mountains:  Deeper Blue Hues than sky.  Adding Chrome Oxide Green to deeper blue mixture.  Dioxazine Purple […]

HOT OFF THE EASEL! “PEDERNAL” NEW 8″X28″ Original Oil SOLD

1/18/11 — “PEDERNAL” – 8″X28″ Original Oil, to be framed in gold with linen liner.  $1600.00.   SOLD Just put my brushes down about half an hour ago.  This canvas practically painted itself!…..the beginnings of the material I got this fall on  my trip to Abiquiu and Chama.  STUDIO NEWZ:  Waiting for the upgrade on […]

WINTER RIVER – 11″x14″ Work in Progress – Underpainting

STUDIO #411 – “WINTER RIVER” – 11″X14″ Original Oil on Canvas Work in Progress – the Underpainting.  All colors mixed with Fast Drying MG White.  Blues: Thalo, Indanthrone.  Greens:  Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Brush: Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red, Mars Orange, Burnt Sienna.

AN INVITATION TO VISIT MY “NEW” WEBSITE

  1/14/11 — For the past six months or so, my friend and fellow tech collaborator, Dan Kuehn and I have been working to simplify and upgrade my website at www.donnaclairart.com  — The new site is now available online.  On the Collector’s Guide page you can find a gallery of new paintings available through my […]

24″x24″ HONDO VALLEY DREAMING – Work in Progress – The Glazes

1/5/11 – From My Taos Studio –   HONDO VALLEY DREAMING – 24″x24″ Work in Progress, the sky is completed and the Glazes on the lower 2/3rds of the painting:  Sky: A combination of Permalba White, Indanthrone Blue, Thalo Blue and Thalo Green and Payne’s Grey.  The Grasses: Darkest Greens:  Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  […]

CORDOVA AFTERNOON – SOLD

 “CORDOVA AFTERNOON” – Sold 24″x30″ Orig. Oil on Belgian Linen Framed in Gold with Linen Liner

48″x48″ POPPY LOVE GRANDE! NEW Original Oil Painting

11/19/10 –  “POPPY LOVE GRANDE!” NEW 48″x48″ Original Oil on Belgian Linen –Just completed today, this painting will be featured as a full page ad in the 2011 Wingspread Collector’s Guide.   The glazed version of this painting is featured below — the background will give you a fair idea of the size of this piece.  […]

GRACIAS A LA VIDA!

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”  Thornton Wilder Happy Thanksgiving to all!  DC

24″x24″ “HONDO VALLEY” – Work in Progress, Orig. Oil Painting

11/15/2010 – 24″x24″ – “HONDO VALLEY” – Original Oil Painting on Belgian Linen, Work in Progress.  All colors mixed with MG White.  Sky: Dioxazine Purple, some Rose Red.  Mountains: Thalo Blue, Indanthrone Blue.  Middle Ground:  Chrome Oxide Green and Cadmium Yellow.  Foreground:  Same combination, leaning more to Chrome Oxide Green and adding some Prussian Blue. 

SUNDAY MORNING SURPRISE!!

  10/31/10 – 10AM – TAOS MOUNTAIN BALLOON RALLY!  Surprise drop in visitors in my neighbors yard — UP UP AND AWAAAY!  I LOVE SURPRISES!

30″x60″ PLACITA IN WINTER – STEP 2 – UNDERPAINTING

30″x60″ PLACITA IN WINTER (Work in Progress – Underpainting) — Color notes:  Most of the color mixtures are done using MG Fast Drying White.  Sky:  Payne’s Grey, Prussian Blue.  Mountains: Combinations of Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna as darkest colors; lighter shades with Chrome Oxide Green Opaque and Yellow Ochre.  Snow:  Lightest areas MG mixed […]