by C.Kidder on November 28, 2011
I am so filled with appreciation ! The 3rd Annual Studio Show was a huge success!! Seeing friends from long ago and welcoming first time visitors to my Studio was truly enjoyable..
The weather was unseasonably warm and the mood as people shopped and shared conversation while sipping sangria was like being at a fun party!
Melynn [...]
by C.Kidder on September 26, 2011
“I sing the song of life…With the smile of the sun and the dance of the twilight. I float in the sky in rhythm with free spirit and joyous heart.” ~ Swami Paramananda
Years ago I found a small leather bound ”Book of Daily Thoughts and Prayers” by Swami Paramanda. It was in a pile of books at [...]
by C.Kidder on August 14, 2011
“How does one become a butterfly,…You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.” ~Trina Paulus
My studio has been a safe and comfortable cocoon for me this summer. A place where I can spend hours getting lost in my landscapes…dreaming… drawing…putting colors on canvas and paper.
But now [...]
by C.Kidder on June 29, 2011
Two days in Vermont just made me want more. Motoring through the mountains and watching the cotton candy clouds drip across the tips of the hills in the early morning made me want to pull over and set up my easel!
A few years ago I spent an entire week exploring Southern Vermont with my brushes…no [...]
by C.Kidder on June 5, 2011
This is one of three paintings that I’ll be dropping off for the “Art in the Barn ” Exhibit in Essex,Ma. this coming week…always a fun and diverse show.
by C.Kidder on May 29, 2011
Staying at the Camelback Inn Resort in Scottsdale Arizona was like visiting another planet. A planet called Paradise. Maybe some people would disagree but living in an unreal world can be very healthy…especially when you’re coming from a place called New England where the Spring that you longed for all winter was nothing more than a [...]
by C.Kidder on May 14, 2011
“EVERY FLOWER AND EVERY TREE AND EVERY ROOT ARE ANNUAL PROPHETS SENT TO AFFIRM THE FUTURE AND CHEER THE WAY.” ~Henry Ward Beecher
There have been alot of gray and green days this May… but even when the sun isn’t shining the light of plush pink flowering trees lifts my spirits.
I’ve actually decided that the blossoms are [...]
by C.Kidder on May 3, 2011
“KEEP YOUR LOVE OF NATURE, FOR THAT IS THE TRUE WAY TO UNDERSTAND ART BETTER.”
~VINCENT VAN GOGH