Wendy Chidester
My latest collection explores iconic objects that carry memory, status, nostalgia, and identity. Each piece isolates a familiar form. Vintage typewriters, worn golf clubs, tricycles, pedal cars, and high-end designer luggage allows light, shadow, and surface to elevate the ordinary into portraiture. The luggage painting, layered with recognizable monograms and signs of travel, suggest both aspiration and personal history. I have used a single light source when setting up the still life, which unifies the collection, emphasizing craftsmanship, history and the quiet emotional weight these objects hold. These paintings invite the viewer to consider the stories attached to the objects we preserve, admire, and hold dear. – Wendy Chidester, June 2026
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Wendy Chidester, "En Route," 2026, oil on canvas, 38 x 45 inches, $12,700
Wendy Chidester, "En Route," 2026, oil on canvas, 38 x 45 inches, $12,700
Wendy Chidester, "Idle Time," 2026, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches, $7,000
Wendy Chidester, "Ready to Roll," 2026, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches, $7,000
Wendy Chidester, "Ready to Roll," 2026, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches, $7,000
Wendy Chidester, "Half Full," 2026, oil on canvas, 22 x 20 inches, $4,300
Wendy Chidester, "Remington No. 10," 2026, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches, $7,000
Wendy Chidester, "L.C. Smith No. 8," 2026, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches, $7,000
Wendy Chidester, "At Rest," 2026, oil on canvas, 45 x 38 inches, $12,300
Wendy Chidester, "Bel Air Orange," 2026, oil on canvas, 19 x 33 inches, $4,700
Wendy Chidester, "Corvette No. 23," 2026, oil on canvas, 19 x 33 inches, $4,700
Wendy Chidester, "Black Velvet Pencil (Boston Champion,)" 2026, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches, $7,000
Wendy Chidester, "Stretched,"
2026, oil on canvas, 45 x 18 inches, $6,000
Wendy Chidester, "Cut the Cord,"
2026, oil on canvas, 45 x 18 inches, $6,000
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Wendy Chidester, "Buckle Up Blue," 2026, oil on canvas, 26 x 24 inches, $6,200
Wendy Chidester, "Buckle Up Blue," 2026, oil on canvas, 26 x 24 inches, $6,200
Wendy Chidester, "Ski Tree," 2026, oil on canvas, 26 x 24 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Buckle Up," 2026, oil on canvas, 26 x 24 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Venus Red & Boston Champion," 2025, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Red Ribbon (L. C. Smith & Bros Typewriter,)" 2025, oil on canvas, 30 x 30" - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Rem-Blick on Red," 2024, oil on canvas, 45 x 45 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Rem-Blick on Red," 2024, oil on canvas, 45 x 45 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "The Empire," 2024, oil on canvas, 45 x 45 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "The Empire," 2024, oil on canvas, 45 x 45 inches - SOLD
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Wendy Chidester, "Boston Champion," 2024, oil on canvas, 24 x 26 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Bull's Eye," 2024, oil on canvas, 26 x 24 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Kodak Duaflex IV," 2024, oil on canvas, 26 x 24 inches - SOLD
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Wendy Chidester on view at Arden Gallery
Wendy Chidester, "Erika," 2024, oil on canvas, 35 x 35 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Blue 1 Cent," 2024, oil on canvas, 22 x 20 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Hammond," 2024, oil on canvas, 35 x 35 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester on view at Arden Gallery
Wendy Chidester on view at Arden Gallery
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Wendy Chidester, "Lenses & Cases," 2022, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Arrow Automatic," 2022, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches - SOLD
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Wendy Chidester, "Just a Phone Call Away," 2022, oil on canvas, 60 x 36 inches, $15,000
Wendy Chidester, "1905 Harley Davidson," 2022, oil on canvas, 36 x 60 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "AMF Double Step," 2022, oil on canvas, 27 x 27 inches - SOLD
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Wendy Chidester, "Pink Royal," 2022, oil on canvas, 27 x 27 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Busy B Electrical Fan," 2022, oil on canvas, 26 x 24 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Corvette Blue (Pedal Car,)" 2022, oil on canvas, 19 x 33 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Red Trike," 2018, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester - Vintage Perfume Bottles - 10 x 10 inches each
Wendy Chidester, "TABU,"
2022, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "ARPEGE,"
2022, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Midnight,"
2022, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Old Cottage Lavender,"
2022, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Remington Typewriter,"
2021, oil on canvas, 24 x 24 inches - SOLD
Wendy Chidester, "Underwood Standard,"
2022, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches - SOLD
“I’ve always found typewriters very interesting to paint because of the beauty of the object itself and the history behind it. I particularly like Remington Typewriter because of its open spaces. I was drawn into the mechanical workings of this machine. The negative spaces make this one of the more interesting paintings in the show.” - Wendy Chidester
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ARTIST STATEMENT
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"My work depicts a history of objects and machines that have been lost due to the advancement of technology and time. My still life paintings of obsolete machines, worn and outdated luggage, used books, and tried and true toys are filled with a reverence for the human ingenuity they represent...and for the inherent beauty of the objects themselves.
I paint my subjects as iconic relics. I’m constantly searching for items that excite me to the point of wanting to bring them back to life. I depict the wear of age by scratching into the surface, flicking paint, and applying multiple glazes, thus making the object appear to have endured on canvas what it has endured in real life. When viewed up close my work reads as expressionist-abstraction. But from a distance the painting is almost photorealistic." - Wendy Chidester