Savoring Fleeting Moments: Rome Winter Sunset

Rome has many magical moments and one of them is the sunset in this city. Almost every evening the sunset is a spectacle, so orange or pink, lighting the already colorful buildings and reflecting in the water along the Tiber river. The evening or very early

A Little Taste of California

California sure knows how to enchant painters and has been doing so for centuries. I was very lucky to be invited to paint with local painter Tim Horn in this town, population 96, one morning last month. There are so many views here, all too picturesque to

Remembering Forgotten Places

I love to paint places- buildings, streets, squares, houses and their surroundings. I also am enamored with the play of light and shadow and buildings are the perfect medium to lend themselves to exploring this infinite subject. The Old Train Depot, Santa Clara Oil on Linen Panel 11

Upcoming Plein Air Workshop in Big Sur, California

California is always an exciting place for a plein air painter and I am thrilled to be back and have the chance to paint there again this year. Together with Erin Gafill, wonderful artist and native to Big Sur, we are holding a 3 day plein

Rome Summer Storms + Studio Paintings Sale

Summer at the Aqueducts, Rome Oil on Arches Paper 9 x 12" $200 | Available Purchase Now This place, one that I return to over and over again, is one of Rome's magical places where time stands still. The light is different each time I visit and always offers something

New Gifts Available!

I am thrilled to finally be offering what people have been requesting for years: cards and a 2016 calendar. 2016 Italian Moments Calendar Each month is a different painting from Rome and around Italy Cost is $25 including international shipping Click here to order I worked together with a

Rome: Quiet Light

Maybe you think of my work as bright and bold- I am in love with the high contrast of Italian light and shadow after all. But since we've had a moody fall I took advantage of this quieter light to get out and paint. This industrial

Open Studio Brunch Sale

Please join me together with artist Sonia Cipollari for an open studio brunch sale We will be showing recent original watercolors and oil paintings. Light brunch style refreshments will be served Saturday, November 7 Noon- Five Studio Piano Creativo Circonvallazione Gianicolense, 420 Rome RSVP paintings@kellymedford.com +39 3349835677

Timeless Light in Rome’s Aqueducts

There is a place that I return to over and over again, that is Rome's aqueduct park or Parco degli Acquedotti. This is a theme and place that has been painted through the centuries and really it has not changed drastically over time. One can