Kelley MacDonald's Paintings

At Pemaquid Point, I believe.  A devilishly hot day, with gorgeous blue water and slab-y rocks.  I know the rocks were gray but I could see ...

Blue, blue... my world was blue... sitting on the rocky coast painting the islands around New Harbor, ME last week.  Funny, when I was done ...

This painting is of one of the boathouses across from the dock of the farmhouse in Maine that I stayed at last week.  It was a wonderful,...

Five years ago we planted a few strawberry plants in the garden - now we have strawberries filling every bed they can reach!  Like sugar, m...

Some of you asked to see the painting that got 1st prize at South Shore Art Festival this weekend - no, it wasn't a jelly donut, it was...

SOLD So these jellies (from Dunkin Donuts) wanted to hang out in a cut glass dish... who am I to deny them?  That top donut was so full it...

Sat in my garden and painted these last night.  I didn't have any of my small panels or boards, so I used what I could find - a 9x12 can...

SOLD These sheep are favorites of mine, from a local farm.  I love to make the paint portray their wooliness.  I'm so grateful that I c...

SOLD This is a view down the Sakonnet River where I live, in Rhode Island.  The land on the left is a peninsula called Nanaquaket.  I love...

One of those days when I couldn't find inspiration, and did everything I could think of to put off painting!  As I was coming back to th...

My son made this pottery vase for me in kind of a 'swirl' pattern.  It's a creamy white and has spaces for about 5 rose stems to...

SOLD Sometimes a cup of tea is just what you need.  This spicy tea has inspirational quotes - this one says "God has two homes, one in...

SOLD *Special Announcement* I am thrilled to announce that I have been invited to join a NEW group of online Daily Painters, called the Dai...

Trying to get back in the groove of donuts, and feeling rusty!  I was listening to Leslie Saeta and Dreama  Tolle Perry on the radio show ...

So that's just it.  I LOVE them.  These are the most amazing flowers ever.  I found this great vase at a yard sale, and the lady tried t...

***Hooray, I made it to the top 10 of the Daily Painters' Contest!  Please go HERE and vote for me for this last round.  I'm asking...

SOLD This painting of the Photography Exhibit Barn at North River was the demo I worked on on Sunday afternoon.  It was a beautiful day - th...

This was a quick sketch done in oil of the sky and water across from my house.  I had to work really quickly, so it's very loose.  You g...

SOLD * note... I accidently priced my small paintings $25 less than  my last event - $50 each at Art In The Barn, North River Festival! th...

In a lighthearted mood... this little duck was given to me for my birthday, but I keep him around everyday because he makes me smile.  Remin...

My monthly Challenge Group meets next week, and the assignment this month was "Plein Air - Beach"!  So Paco and I headed over to ...

A couple of weeks ago my Challenge Group met at my studio in Warren, RI.  A couple of girls came down early and we hit the antiques stores (...

This 8x10 is one I left for my hostess at the beach house.  I loved the way the light hit the closed green shutters! I did it at early light...

This was the plein air piece that was my favorite from my Marshfield paint out!  At this point in the day a few other painting buddies had a...

Plein Air Perfect Day!  It was warm and sunny, very little breeze.  This is of the marshes in the back of Rexhame Beach - those buildings ru...

My Mom's favorite candies were chocolate lentils.  Last week for our Challege meet-up, my friend Jeanne MacFarland, a fabulous painter,...

This morning I was thrilled to get an email telling me that I was in the T O P 20 artists who are eligible to win a membership in the Dail...

SOLD With this painting I was just experimenting with surfaces.  I'd made the canvas very 'textured' with layers of paint and m...

Guys, I have tried to paint today but I'm just too excited!  A few rare things have happened to me this week.  First of all, on Monday I...

SOLD I'm finally rested after the huge push last week.  People (and there were quite a few of you) emailed me to remind me I'm not ...

A few years ago my friend Phyllis invited a bunch of artists to stay with her and paint at this little piece of heaven in Truro, MA, on the ...

Finished up my submissions big and small, and continue to wrestle with Photoshop (I really should quit painting for a week or two and just T...

This is from a couple of summers ago I went with a few artist friends to the Cape to paint.  Cape Cod is a world unto itself.  This was pain...

I literally 'stalked' this older couple (they're at LEAST ten years older than me, so, yeah, 'older').. walking behind t...

Well, I struggled and struggled (I may have spent more time on this 6x8 than any other) but I finally threw in the towel, and said 'enou...

The North River Arts Society   in Marshfield, MA, has a big Festival every Memorial Day weekend, and they ask artists to help with fundrais...

$125 & S&H via Paypal Not a 'Daily' painting here, but I've had it in my mind for a while to do this.. I just need to w...

ANOTHER floral painting! As I was packing up to leave the studio I looked at the tulips from yesterday, and 'saw' a new composition....

Big fan of tulips, here.  Any color, any kind.  A few years ago a few fellow painters and I made a trip to Holland to paint the tulip fiel...

Can't say exactly what one thing led to this paintings demise... but when I finished it I said "Yuk", and grabbed a towel and ...