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
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
Now there's a really special place in Rome. I know, all places are special here, but chances are that unless you live here, you haven't made it to this one: Garbatella. Afternoon at the Fountain, Garbatella Oil on Linen Panel 10 x 12" Available What's so special about this place?
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",
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
These past few weeks I've been working away on a pair of paintings, commissions for some fun collectors who have just bought a home and wanted to remember their time in Rome with a pair of paintings.Working together every step of the way on the
Looking Through Ponte Cestio, Tiber Island6x8"Oil on Panel© Kelly Medford, 2012While out working on a commission, I decided to have a little walk and enjoy the afternoon sun. I walked down to the infamous Tiber Island, an island in the middle of Rome's Tiber river.