Art Journal - Donna Clair Art

ABIQUIU DREAMING – 30″X40″ WORK IN PROGRESS – UNDERPAINTING

STUDIO #711 – “ABIQUIU DREAMING” – 30″X40″ WORK IN PROGRESS (UNDERPAINTING) – To be framed in Gold with Linen Liner. $4700, free shipping. This painting is available for pre-purchase. Call (575)758-7454

ABIQUIU DREAMING – 30″X40″ WORK IN PROGRESS – SKETCH

27 April 2011 — “ABIQUIU DREAMING” – NEW 30″X40″ OIL – Sketch on Belgian Linen canvas with a toned ground (gesso with Payne’s Grey). Loose sketch with Prussian Blue, some Burnt Sienna and turpentine. Stay tuned!

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 […]

RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU – 36″X48″ ORIG. OIL COMPLETED

“RIO CHAMA AT ABIQUIU” – Sold 36″X48″ ORIG. OIL

“SANTO DOMINGO” – Sold

“SANTO DOMINGO” Cundiyo, N.M. – Sold 11″x14″ Original Oil, Fr. in Gold w/ Linen Liner

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 […]