This will be my last painting from Tuscany for a bit and I'm feeling a little nostalgic about it.It's been almost 2 years since I moved to Rome and switched palette and landscape, so to go back was to see these old familiar places through
Now I can't keep cool, even the shade is getting hot here in Florence. That's why we got up early and didn't go far to paint, just the garden here at the house where we are staying.Hot Morning Sun in the Garden, Florence6x8"Oil on PanelOur
Arezzo is a fabulous town, you know the town where they filmed Life is Beautiful with Roberto Benigni? Well, in person life IS beautiful here.While I was tempted to paint in the main square or on a side street, the sun was boiling this morning and
Today I'm painting in Tuscany with a friend and great painter Lisa Egeli. It's great to be back on my old turf, painting here after having been in Rome for the last year and a half. The light is unique here, it has a bluish
Have you ever taken a stroll down the restored ancient road just outside of Rome called the Appia Antica? It's enchanting. Now that summer is here, the light is bright and clear just as a painter would have it. The towering pines and cypress trees
Well, I made it back to Rome and wouldn't you know it, it's been pretty rainy. Luckily this gives me time to sit down and share a little bit with you about my whirlwind week spent painting on St. Simon's Island, Georgia a few weeks
I'm headed back to Rome in the morning, but I just wanted to share my exciting news from last week's paintout in St. Simons Island in Georgia.The Old Harrington Schoolhouse, St. Simon's11x14"Oil on Linen Panel(c) Kelly Medford, 2012This painting done of the only original black
Winter Silo, Long Island6x8"Oil on Panel©Kelly Medford, 2012I'm not sure if this painting tells you just how cold I was while painting it, not to mention negiotiating the howling wind. I forgot about real plein air painting, the kind where you really have to earn
Late Afternoon, The Roman Forum25x30 cmOil on Linen© Kelly Medford, 2012What a complete joy it was creating these 2 paintings on commission! It's taken me much longer than I had anticipated to finish them and I realized that I could have gone on indefinitely, always