I'm not sure that there is a way to paint this with the grandeur it really deserves. The "grand" effect seems to be lost anyway with the metal fence surrounding this once important monument. Tuth be told Helena's Mausoleum seems a bit forgotten.Helena's Mausoleum, Villa
You would never know that the entire city was blocked with traffic and people were sweating trudging the old streets of Rome from this spot, one of the best views of the city.View Towards Monte Mario, Pincio6x8"Oil on Panel© Kelly Medford, 2012In fact, here in
These old sheds are somehow familiar to me. They remind me of the southern U.S., of Florida more specifically. I was happy to see a familiar face out there painting today.Old Sheds, Villa Gordiani6x8"Oil on Panel© Kelly Medford, 2012Those these are familiar aesthetically, there were
Happy 4th of July!!I hope you're having fun and relaxing wherever you are- and most importantly- eating lots of good home cooked food.Here's today's story and painting
I love this place, a relief if wide open green space in the middle of the city. Today there was even a cool breeze blowing through.July Afternoon, La Caffarella6x8"Oil on Panel© Kelly Medford, 2012When I pulled up on my bike, I was super excited to
I won't bore you today with stories of the heat or sweating today.Today's relief was found in the shadows.Garden Shadows6x8"Oil on Panel© Kelly Medford, 2012I have an entire mental file folder full of particular things, light effects and places that I want to paint and
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
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
I'm entitling this blog post this way to give myself the opportunity to talk about something in my work (and I imagine in many other painters as well), that really nags at me sometimes: the level of finish in a painting.I seem to have this "problem",