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
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
As in all relationships, sometimes things get a little complicated.I'm just being silly, sort of, but what I mean to say is that today, well, I really didn't feel like painting. I felt tired and like taking it easy or hanging out with friends, or
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
Ok, so Chianti is known as "Chiantishire" only because, well, you can guess by the name. It is beautiful and picture perfect and today even more so, as the clear blue sky provided only the occassionaly puffy cloud floating by.House on the Hill, Greve in
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
Now, I know I've written about Garbatella before and what a special place it is. So much so that I just had to go back there and paint some more. Afternoon in the Courtyard, Garbatella 19x23 cm Oil on Panel SOLD What I love about this place is the light and