Donna Clair

Southwest Contemporary Artist

TAOS SUMMER STORM – 24″x30″ Work in Progress (Underpainting)

Studio No. 417 – TAOS SUMMER STORM (Taos, New Mexico) – New 24″x30″ Work in Progress (Underpainting).  Colors are mixed with MG Underpainting White and Distilled Turpentine.  Color Notes:  Sky:  Prussian Blue and Paynes Grey.  Mountains:  Payne’s Grey and dirty brush.  Trees:  Cadmium Yellow, Mars Orange, Chrome Oxide Green Opaque.  Foreground:  Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre.  […]

ON BEING PEACE…..

“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 community. A school. […]

A BEGINNER’S MIND….

6 January 2017 –  This morning while still in bed with all my papers and magazines around me, propped up by several lovely pillows, I called my website tech/good friend and fellow dreamer, Dan Kuehn, to make an appointment for the middle of this month to overhaul the way I do my business. As we […]

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 […]

READY, AIM – PAINT!!!!

7 December 2016 – It was exciting to set up my first palette in my new Taos studio this morning!  Am not at all settled yet – most of the basics have been handled, but the “everything in its place thing” will take me until spring.  Have decided that I need to start painting – […]