I Love Bradford's Work

Back in Maine Bradford had been been painting before her divorce and renting out a studio space in town.
If you wanted to make a real mark in the world the big city was the place to be. She was about 40 at the time when she packed up her kids to move to New York City. By most accounts it was a pretty bold claim to call herself an artist but that’s what she did.
Her kids were in the fourth grade. The aPartment was paying for a by the child support she received. She commuted upstate several times a week to pursue an MFA at SUNY purchase, teaching English as a second language as a community college at night.
Her kids would wonder why her mother was so different from the other parents. They were embarrassed to bring friends home because of the secondhand furniture. The kids felt that they were poor but they later realized they were not. As her mother eventually rose to be an inspiration and a massively accomplished artist. Bradford shows at museums and prominent galleries in New York City and beyond. Bradford is my hero!!!#bradfordpainting #Bradford

https://www.portlandmuseum.org/ is where some major artists such as Bradford shows. They have amazing modern art work.

When I was eight, our school went to a field trip to Strawbery Banke. I fell in love with it then, the gardens, the crowded turn of the century houses. It was such a beautiful escape. Now I live close by and I paint such an amazing part of Portsmouth.Strawbery Banke is the oldest neighborhood in New Hampshire to be settled by Europeans, and the earliest neighborhood remaining in the present-day city of Portsmouth. It features more than 37 restored buildings built between the 17th and 19th centuries in the Colonial, Georgian and Federal style architectures. The darkest colored house is the oldest house in the group. I have a group of historical areas that I am painting, or known as historical paintings. Look out for more!

#historicalpaintings