Donna Clair

Southwest Contemporary Artist

Category: Art Journal

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 […]

WINTER DREAMS – Fine Art Prints, Greeting Cards, Gifts…

  WINTER DREAMS (Truchas, New Mexico) and PUEBLO MORNING LIGHT (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)  – From an original Donna Clair oil painting – fine art prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards, and great gift items now available at FINE ART AMERICA.

GIVING THANKS…..

11/24/15 – Giving thanks today – tremendous gratitude for all the likes and wonderful comments from my Art Friends…..as some of you know, this has not been an easy year for me but as of this morning I am still here in my little studio in Tesuque, have just had a delicious cup of coffee […]

LA SENDA DESCONOCIDO – 22″x28″ Work in Progress

Studio No. 2615 – LA SENDA DESCONOCIDO – 22″x28″ Work in Progress (Glazes).  Color notes: Glazes are the transparent or semi-transparent oil colors applied over the underpainting.  This step in my process adds depth to the final painting.  Sky: Cobalt Blue, Cerulean, Thalo.  Mountains: Darks – Prussian Blue and Burnt Sienna.  Lighter areas: Chrome Oxide […]

HOMENAJE A LA VIDA….

Homenaje a la Vida – A very large painting I did years ago – Mexican women mourning – honoring the lives of loved ones now gone. I love the strength of these women – the power in their faces – the way they have come together. Lighting a candle today….. This painting was purchased by […]

WINTER GIFTS – Prints, greetings cards, great gift items….

WINTER GIFTS (Memory of my grandmother, Ella, who went everywhere with her bag full of goodies – I placed her on the main road in Truchas – my favorite grandma in my favorite place!) Now available as prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other great gift items. Take the armchair tour of my Fine […]

WINTER DREAMS – Prints, greeting cards, gift items….

WINTER DREAMS (Road home to the horse ranch on Llano Quemado – Truchas, N.M.) Now available as prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other great gift items. Take the armchair tour of my Fine Art America website – enjoy!

ON THE EASEL NOW – WORK IN PROGRESS – 22″x28″ A PATH UNKNOWN

Studio No. 2616 – A PATH UNKNOWN (Una Senda Desconocido) – Work in Progress (underpainting) – 22″x28″ Original Oil on Linen.  Color Notes:  Colors are mixed with MG Underpainting White and distilled turpentine and applied with a bristle brush.  Sky: Cerulean Blue, a touch of yellow ochre.  Mountains:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, Yellow Ochre (light […]

A FEAST OF COLOR!! 100 Images now available as prints, greeting cards…

Happy Monday morning from Tesuque Village! – At the urging of a new friend on Facebook, I began building a new website about four months ago.  Went through years and years of archival photography and chose what I believe to be 100 of my best images to be included in my FINE ART AMERICA page […]

HIGH COUNTRY AUTUMN – Prints, greeting cards…..

HIGH COUNTRY AUTUMN (near Mora, New Mexico) – From an original oil painting – new extensive portfolio of images now available as prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other related items now available from FINE ART AMERICA.

SUENOS DEL RIO – Prints, Greeting cards….

SUENOS DEL RIO (Rio Grande at Pilar, New Mexico) – From an original oil painting – new extensive portfolio of images now available as prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other related items now available from FINE ART AMERICA.

CALLECITA DE TESUQUE – Prints, Greeting Cards

CALLECITA DE TESUQUE  (Tesuque Village, New Mexico) – From an original oil painting – new extensive portfolio of images now available as prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other related items now available from FINE ART AMERICA.

PUESTA DEL SOL – Prints, Greeting Cards…

PUESTA DEL SOL (Taos, New Mexico) – From an original oil painting – new extensive portfolio of images now available as prints (framed or unframed), greeting cards and other related items now available from Fine Art America. 

NIGHTSKY WANDERERS – New 40″x40″ Work in Progress (Glazes)

Studio No. 2315 – NIGHTSKY WANDERERS – New 40″x40″ Work in Progress (Glazes) – Color Notes:  Working glazes over the thoroughly dry underpainting.  Glazes are oils (usually the darker colors) thinned  to a medium transparency with painting medium (not turpentine).  Foreground:  Darkest darks are Prussian Blue, Burnt Sienna, Olive Green, some Italian Pink.  Middle ground:  […]

HARVEST MOON (Near Chupadero, New Mexico) – from an original oil painting – new prints, greeting cards and other related items are now available from my new portfolio of images at Fine Art America.

SUMMER LOVE – New 8″x10″ Original Oil

Studio No. 2015 – SUMMER LOVE (Taos, New Mexico) – New 8″x10″ Original Oil on Gessoed Panel, Framed in Gold with Linen Liner.  Completed 8/25/15.  Preview/Purchase.

LA CASA VIEJA, New 10″x8″ Original Oil

Studio No. 2115 – LA CASA VIEJA (Taos, New Mexico) – New 10″x8″ Original Oil on Gessoed Panel, Framed in Silver with Linen Liner.  Completed 8/25/15.  Preview/Purchase.

RIO CHAMA – Prints, greeting cards….

RIO CHAMA – From an original oil painting – this image is now available for purchase as prints, greeting cards and other related items – you are invited to visit my new website at Fine Art America.

PUESTA DEL SOL – 40″x40″ Work in Progress (Underpainting)

Studio No. 1915 – PUESTA DEL SOL – 40″x40″ Work in Progress (Underpainting) – Color Notes:  All colors blocked in mixing oils with Grumbacher MG Underpainting White and Distilled Turpentine.  Foreground:  Yellow Ochre and Cobalt Blue.  Trees:  Chrome Oxide Green Opaque, some Burnt Sienna and Cobalt Blue.  Darker Sky:  Dioxazine Purple, Cobalt Blue, some Cadmium […]

PUESTA DEL SOL – 40″40″ WORK IN PROGRESS (Sketch)

Studio No. 1915 – PUESTA DEL SOL – Work in Progress – Sketch (cartoon) blocked in on a “toned ground” – Gesso mixed with Payne’s Grey.  Sketched in trees with Burnt Sienna mixed with Distilled Turpentine.