From the category archives:

Inspiration

Going Back…

by C.Kidder on April 24, 2012

I have a plan…I’m going back to Monhegan Island in June. I confirmed my reservation today and I’m already feeling the peace of the island. If  I close my eyes and take a deep breath I can smell the ocean and hear the fog horn lulling me to sleep at night….it is a place that [...]

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Blossoming…

by C.Kidder on April 18, 2012

“LET YOUR GARDEN OFFER YOU, MANY TIMES TO BE HAPPILY ALONE…”
~from a Garden Blessing by Welleran Poltarness
Bleeding hearts are opening. It’s happening!  One single white tulip with porcelain like skin  was looking up at the sun this morning  and it brought a big smile to my face . Spring is filling  me with inspiration to paint .  I’m bursting [...]

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Luck of the Irish…

by C.Kidder on March 17, 2012

View of The Killarney Lakes…oil painting Colleen Kidder

“MAY THE BLESSINGS OF LIGHT BE UPON YOU  …LIGHT WITHOUT AND LIGHT WITHIN.
AND ALL YOUR COMINGS AND GOINGS,  MAY YOU EVER HAVE A KINDLY GREETING FROM THEM YOU MEET ALONG THE ROAD…”
“WHEREVER YOU GO AND WHATEVER YOU DO…
MAY THE LUCK OF THE IRISH BE THERE WITH YOU”
Happy St. [...]

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A Simply Sublime Birthday…

by C.Kidder on February 22, 2012

I have been celebrating my Birthday this past weekend.  It began with a long lunch with my good friend Heather Atwood at a favorite local restaurants Tom Shea’s. When I arrived I was presented with a beautiful bouquet of flowers.
We toasted the day with a glass of wine… actually two glasses of wine… and then [...]

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Heart Light..Let it Shine

by C.Kidder on February 14, 2012

“There is a light that shines beyond all things on Earth, beyond us all, beyond the highest, the very highest of heavens.  This is the light that shines in our hearts.”
                                                                                    ~Chandogya Upanishad 
                                 ~~~H A P P Y   V A L E N T I N E ‘ S  D A Y  to all !! ~~~

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White out…Going Inside

by C.Kidder on January 21, 2012

“There once was an owl who sat in an oak, …the more it heard, …the less it    spoke,..the more it heard“  ~GentleHawk
The winter months make me want to be still.  When it snows and the ground freezes quiet can be heard…and I try to listen.  Watching the birds outside my window at the snow covered [...]

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Letting go…

by C.Kidder on December 14, 2011

In the Autumn of 2002 I traveled with artist Caleb Stone to Tuscany to paint it’s olive groves and  many  vistas . The shades of green  were so unlike the warm and golden hues found in  New England.  We stayed at a former Romanesque monastary called Pieve Di Caminino and went out early each morning mixing paints on [...]

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Shoe Business…

by C.Kidder on November 9, 2011

Recently I was asked to decorate a shoe for an upcoming Fashion Show and Silent Auction that will help the Class of 2012 of Ipswich High School raise some funds.   I agreed but wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do to make this shoe stand out at an auction!  It’s pointed toe and spiked heel looked architectural sitting on [...]

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