Donna Clair

Southwest Contemporary Artist

SATURDAY AFTERNOON STROLL – Archival Giclee Print

SATURDAY AFTERNOON STROLL, Archival Giclee Print (13″x19″) Sheet Size – From my time in Truchas – view from in front of the Old Church, La Nuestra Senora del Rosario, toward the main road in town….. beginning to fill up my Online Gallery/store for the holidays — You are invited to take a peek! 

SNOW IN AUGUST! – Sold

  STUDIO NO. 1712 – WINTERMOON AT PICURIS – NEW 16″x16″ (Study) Original Oil Painting on Canvas unframed (painting continues on side panels). Completed 8/21/12 –Sold

HIGH COUNTRY AFTERNOON – 24″X30″ WORK IN PROGRESS

STUDIO NO. 1712 –HIGH COUNTRY AFTERNOON – NEW WORK IN PROGRESS (UNDERPAINTING) – 24″x30 Original Oil on Belgian Linen.  Color notes:  – Colors mixed with MG Fast Drying White and Turp.  Sky – Indanthrone Blue/Payne’s Grey.  Yellows:  Naples Yellow, Yellow Ochre.  Trees:  Chrome Oxide Gr. Opaque, Burnt Sienna, Prussian Blue.  Road:  Yellow Ochre, Holbein Rose […]

HOW I PAINT – TONED GROUND

HOW I PAINT – Primed, stretched Antwerp Belgian Linen – 36″x36″, with braces.  TONED GROUND:  Gesso thinned slightly and mixed with Payne’s Grey.  Two to three coats.  Wait until each coat is thoroughly dry before applying the next.  Let canvas sit for about a week before beginning.