Kelley MacDonald's Paintings

When you're stressed, you can't hide it. I've been avoiding Daily Painting lately because I knew they wouldn't be good. I...

This was waiting for me from Tim after a long day at my Open Studio on Saturday. Sometimes the best gifts are the simplest. These flowers w...

Bounty from the garden - the cherry tomatoes look huge and motherly compared to the tiny currant tomatoes! Soon the yellow cherry tomatoes w...

Last night my husband brought home deliciously ripe cactus pears from the Fruit Center Marketplace in Milton. They're hard to find wher...

SOLD Maybe it's a good thing if we all 'do as the Romas do' here and lean on each other when we need to! I seem to require a lo...

These are those little salt & pepper shakers I love. They do seem happy, and it was fun to paint them on a yellow-y cloth. Very windy d...

I'm putting this up just to share that I've been doing Daily Paintings... but this one is BAD! So it's NOT for sale, and it...

Tim picked this rose for our daughter and I loved the subtle colors together. Roses are so hardy, and prolific... such a great plant when th...

Taking my cue from Mary Sheehan Winn's Blog (see link to the right) where she talks about travelling far and wide for subject matter, wh...

Since it was so sticky today, I decided to paint a SNOW painting. Went to the studio (where they have demolished the two studios on my righ...

If not a whole BOWL of cherries, then at least a few choice ones! These were the start of my foray back in to Dailies....

Well, we had a very nice night at the Opening for our show, which runs through Sept. 10. Denise and I (below) were sweltering, as the a/c di...

I may or may not get to post today, but I wanted you guys to know our Westport Rivers Show is hung and ready to go! Here's the link for ...

I've probably been going on and on about how preoccupied I am with my upcoming show, and eviction from our studio building... I feel it...

A 1 a.m. painting... both these and the Dutch shoes look better in real life. Sorry for the 'double' post today, all you who get it...

SOLD While these ARE loosely painted, I think the photo is a bit blurry. Well, I painted them at midnight last night (one 'plus' fo...

These macaroon cookies are from Laduree in Paris.. I brought back ELEVEN ( onze ) boxes to give out as gifts, but some people I just never ...

These little chick salt & pepper shakers were at a little shop in Boston's North End, just waiting for me. When Tim looked at me, o...

These trees in Holland were so perfect and all in a row... the foggy morning we arrived I took some shots of them and have been meaning to p...

Like everyone else, I guess, we grow Cosmos. I never really thought that much of them till I started seeing people do Daily Paintings of th...

These roosters were hanging out at Westport Point last fall and I've been thinking about painting them ever since. I liked their inter...

Last Summer I tasted Currant Tomatoes for the first time - they are just miniscule! So we are growing them this year. Compared to cherries...

***This is NOT a Daily Painting, but I'm including it to show I actually have been working!*** The Cats had escaped, and Harry was among...

When is a rose NOT just a rose? When you've been cultivating them for 3 years, through plagues of bugs, black rot and mildew! These bab...

Just to show that I haven't been a complete slacker, here's some of the quick sketches from my trip. I didn't bring my paints (...

First, I apologise for going 'dark' on my blog, but as a 30th anniversary gift, Tim took me to France :)))). First, however, he ha...

Tim planted these gorgeous black irises (which I didn't want but now I LOVE) and I'm working on a 16x20 plein air painting (see bott...

These were the flowers I brought to sit on the table at the Beacon Hill Artwalk. I haven't killed them yet, so I thought last night I...

SOLD A little bit of glare, as you can see, but this was a particularly tasty watermelon and I had to paint it! Seedless, and I find often t...

SOLD Today was gray and threatening, but I went to Horseneck Beach anyway to buy a beach pass, so I could paint there whenever and not have...

I figured it was time to paint flowers other than tulips! I find flowers a real challenge, and so tend to avoid them. These roses were a gif...