Judy Kennan Chumbler - Artist Series

Name: Judy Kennan Chumbler - Artist Series
Start: 2025-11-22T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-22T18:00:00-05:00
Location: 11 West Second Street, Maysville, KY

Schedule

Sat Nov 22 2025 at 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

11 West Second Street, Maysville, KY | Maysville, KY

Judith Kennan Chumbler will be featured at Kenton Stories with Spirit on Saturday, November 22nd, from 4pm to 6pm.
You have most definitely seen Judy’s art all over Maysville, and notably, Judy is best known at Kenton’s for her hand painted holiday egg ornaments and nativities.
Come meet the artist, enjoy great ambience, and welcome in this holiday spirit with a one of a kind gift.
A little about Judy…
Chumbler, most notable for her classical music skills as a soprano on opera and concert stages, put aside her voice to let a watercolor brush do her singing shortly after moving back home to Maysville with her husband Fred Chumbler.
“I’m very new to painting but it’s quickly become my new passion. When we were kids, my sister Jill was the artist, whereas for me it was singing. When it came time for college, Jill majored in art, I majored in music. I sang here in the US and in Europe for so many years…so it’s been incredibly surprising to me to find out that I can paint and love to do it too. I started with watercolors a bit before the Covid epidemic took hold. One day I was looking at a blank wall in our house and I couldn’t find what I wanted in the stores, so for some reason, and I can’t honestly say why I decided I’d try to paint something simple to fill the blank spot. One painting and I was hooked! Now, it’s hard some days to put the brush down long enough to do anything else.”
“With no formal training in art, I started by watching YouTube videos, online classes and reading art books. That was and still is my “schooling.” I began with watercolors not knowing that it is considered by many to be the most difficult medium. I’ve always loved the works of Monet, I mean who doesn’t love his water lilies, and I was fascinated by the way he uses the colors to mingle with each other and create beautiful results. Basically, I had no idea what I was doing, I just bought a small tray of watercolors, some paper and jumped in and did it. I think it was a good way to start because I really had no fear or preconceived notions. I just knew if I liked it or not and if not, it was only paper and I threw it away. Someday I may settle into one style of painting but for now, I’m having too much fun trying all different ways of using watercolors. I also love working with colored pencils and sketching with plain old No. 2 pencils and ballpoint pens. For me, when I sold my first piece of art, it was like getting a standing ovation in Carnegie Hall!”
“Several artists who are members of ORVAG and highly praised professionals in the field continue to give me hints, healthy and constructive criticism and lots of support and I’m grateful for every bit of it. I work diligently each day to create paintings I love. To me, that is what makes it all fun.”