Donna Clair

Southwest Contemporary Artist

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