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
Morning Nap, Villa Glori8x10"Oil on Panel© Kelly Medford, 2011Recently the Italian coffee company Lavazza wrote to me and asked me to share some of my Rome paintings along with a story about my painting and life experience here in Rome for their ongoing project called
I am absolutely thrilled to share this with you. Below is a video interview given by Moshe Mikanovsky asking me about what I do, why and how. Not easy to answer, but a lot of fun and a great opportunity.After giving the interview, I was thinking
Madonna in the Garden, San Marcellino a TorpignattaraOil on Linen mounted on Panel6x8"© Kelly Medford, 2011SOLDThis was an unlikely painting as far as I'm concerned. In all my time in Italy (more than 6 years now!) I've never attempted to paint anything religious. In fact
I would never normally post paintings that I consider duds or unworthy of showing, but I've done quite a few lately, and thought why not? In thinking about it, it might be fun to show a few dead end paintings. It's all part of the
Sunset, San Fedele8x10"Oil on Paper© Kelly Medford, 2011 I just love painting skies, what landscape painter doesn't? Don't you have a favorite big sky painting by your favorite artist? They're fleeting, gorgeous and we just have to jump out of our cars sometimes, prepared to "jot" something
Porta Maggiore, sketch. Oil on panel, 8x10"This place, Porta Maggiore, is hugely impressive when you come upon it, usually in the midst of congested traffic. Once a Roman gate, it is now a busy intersection where buses, trains, trams, cars, pedestrians and mopeds all cross
An interview with yours truly by Cindy Michaud about my escapades city-scaping in Rome.This is republished from her blog Cindy Michaud ArtPlenty of Plein Air Kelly Medford on Plein Air painting….. Today’s guest is Kelly Medford, a new friend and a “plein air” painter who currently
Today is my 34th birthday,yeah!!I'm going to take a friend's advice and do exactly what I want today so that when I next do what I have to I'll really love it. Good advice, to be taken more than once a year.I'll think I'll