ARTISTKit Colman

Kit Raymond Colman, a landscape oil painter, grew up in the hills of Woodside. She attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and received her BFA from California College of Arts and Crafts (now called CCA) in Oakland while working as a graphic designer and Illustrator. Later she attended Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth, studying sculpture and painting in their Graduate Art Department.

Colman returned to Woodside to paint the area she grew up in and loves. She finds her inspiration in the local landscape, trails and fog, the way they evoke searching/growth/what is to come/what is around the corner.

Colman has had numerous one-person exhibits throughout the Bay Area including Woodside, Palo Alto, San Mateo, Redwood City, San Francisco, Fresno, Half Moon Bay, and Healdsburg. Her work is displayed at the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital and in private and corporate collections throughout the US, France and China. Her paintings also appear in several books.

Colman is co-chair of the Woodside Arts and Culture Committee and a member of the Woodside Plein Air group. Since 2016, she has been one of the judges for Anna Eshoo’s annual Congressional Art Competition for Students, District 18. Colman was most recently the cover feature for the Mountain Home Magazine in August 2021.