by C.Kidder on March 15, 2010
It wasn’t the best day to take a drive to Newburyport but it was worth the trip. I had an appointment with the owner of Valeries Gallery to show her some of my paintings . It was pouring when I got there and I “literally blew in the door” holding my portfolio tightly so it wouldn’t get [...]
by C.Kidder on March 13, 2010
I love to paint the sky on cloudy days. The mood changes minute by minute and it is always a challenge to capture the feeling.
The past couple of days the cloud formations have been especially interesting. At one point as I was driving early in the morning they looked like huge waves on the horizon. I [...]
by C.Kidder on February 21, 2010
This painting that I was working on before the snow started falling and the seasons changed is still sitting on my easel in the studio waiting to be completed. I’m hoping that sometime soon I’ll be able to get back to it!
by C.Kidder on February 14, 2010
I’ve been thinking alot the past few days about Monhegan Island in Maine where I go to paint at least a couple of times a year.
Today I flipped through the pages of weeks and months on my calendar until I came to May. I know that’s when I need to go back to the [...]
by C.Kidder on February 8, 2010
I did this oil pastel sketch last Spring and when I look at it I feel so anxious for warmer weather and the chance to be surrounded by budding trees . There is nothing like being outdoors with my palette of paints. It’s just not the same working inside my Studio even though I [...]
by C.Kidder on January 31, 2010
Colorful original oil pastel that captures the day after a snowstorm when the sunlight casts violet shadows onto the freshly fallen snow.
The size is 8×10 and it is framed in a simple gold frame that is 3 inches wide. Signed Colleen Kidder