Art on the Farm Weekly...8 Days to our Annual Group Showat Pt. Reyes Vineyard Inn & Winery!

A week from tomorrow!  OCT 24, SUNDAY.... We want you to come.  We want you to love the gorgeous vineyard, the delicious wine, oysters, the art by our local artists created on Marin Organic Farms or inspired by visits to these farms... We want you to hear Dianne Zellers singing Jazz, and jazz guitar, rolling over the hills and down to Tomales Bay, where the cows graze in the hazy light, misted by the fog rolling in from the coast.  We want you to come for this once a year event, where paintings are hung on hay bales, and ranch fences. Where all the artists come for the day, and enjoy being together.  Here is a Google map... Put it in your cell phone now, and don't miss this once a year event to raise money for the Marin Organic Farmer's Loan Fund.  Thank you, and see you on the Farm!

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View our photos from last year's event here.

Art on the Farm Weekly... Marin Coffee Roasters; San Anselmo Preview Show

Sept. 18, 2010 - TBA 2010

Marin Coffee Roasters 

546 San Anselmo Ave , San Anselmo, CA 94960

"Preview" show at Marin Coffee Roasters, San Anselmo. Photo: K. Kingson

We have a preview show up in San Anselmo!  This is to promote our upcoming fundraiser show, October 24th, at Pt. Reyes Winery; a benefit for Marin Organic Interest Free Loan Fund to Farmers.  A very small sampling of the 100 or so, Bay Area artists that participate in "Art on the Farm".  This show includes a dozen paintings, flanked by our October show posters.  Poster art this year is by Laura Williams (blue pond), and Larry Bryson (red bull).  Graphic design for posters, by artist/volunteer, Micaela Mardsen.  The Marin Coffee Roasters is located at 546 San Anselmo Ave.

***Recent press about this event in Ross Valley Patch, online news: click here to read the article.

Artists hanging in this preview show at the Roasters are:

Top Row, in order of appearance:
• Kanna Aoki     (2 large landscapes: "Black Cows", and "Farm")
• Colleen Proppé ("Sheep", Red Hill Farms; "Farm Bike", Gospel Flat Farm)
Bottom row, in order of appearance:
• Sharon Skolnik-Bagnoli (First row, corner wall: "Orchid Farm")
• Carol Smith Myer ("Canadian Geese")
• Donna Solin (cow portrait)
• Kathy Kingston (Red Hill Farms)
• Kate Peper (Lemons at Fairfax Fresh, Meyer Lemon Farm)
• Dena Cornett ("The Mighty Oak")
• Kate Merriman ("Fog Lifted" at Historic L Ranch Beach)

Art on the Farm Weekly... "Historic L Ranch" Paint-out

Kate Merriman's Study along Tomale's Bay.  Click for more photos by Kate

Our group had the pleasure of visiting private shoreline on Tomales Bay for a paint-out this past Sunday.  We were invited there by the Doughty family, owners of Pt. Reyes Winery and Organic Dairy Farm.  It was a perfect day, with bright sunshine and low tides at the start of the day.  Several of the painters ventured out in the morning, having to cross waters with their easels later in the day.  The paint-out was well attended by at least 10 local artists, including Artist Organizer, Larry Bryson, Kate Merriman (painting, above), Chris Adessa, David Miller, Kathy Kingston, Marilyn Greenblat (below), Deborah Cushman, John Deckert, and Colleen Proppé.   Click here to view a small photo album of some of the views of the day. For a personal account of the day by one of the artists, who gave an impromptu oil painting lesson to two toddlers, click here.

Marilyn Greenblat painting with "Art on the Farm", originally uploaded by cproppe.

Art on the Farm Weekly... Preview of October 24, Group Show

We are hoping to add more images to this slide show as they come in, but click on the image, below to link to a short slide show of new paintings coming to the October 24th, 2010 group show at Pt. Reyes Vineyards and Winery. For more info, read the previous post as well.

Art on the Farm Weekly... October 24th: Annual Show at Pt. Reyes Winery

Please mark your calendars for our amazing, Annual Group Show at the Pt. Reyes Winery in Pt. Reyes Station, on Route #1, overlooking Tomales Bay.  It is a benefit for Marin Organic, in which 50% of the sale price of the art goes to the Marin Organic Farmer's Interest-Free Loan Fund.  Poster design is in progress by our volunteer artist, Micaela Marsden, and PR is being dilligently handled by volunteer artist, Kathy Kingston.

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View our photos from last year's event here.

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