Artists visit Warnecke Ranch, Healdsburg

Today some of the Art on the Farm artists joined the North Bay Plein Air Meetup group and painted at Warnecke Ranch in Healdsburg. Click here to learn more about Warnecke Ranch and their artist residency program.

Micaela Marsden and + Maeve Croghan at Warnecke Ranch (Kristen Russel photo)

Maeve Croghan and Micaela Marsden are pictured here today as photographed by artist and photographer Kristen Russel, of Rhonert Park. Please visit the North Bay Plein Air Meetup and Blog to learn more about their group outings.

Maeve Croghan getting started at Warnecke Ranch (Kristen Russel photo)

Micaela Marsden at Warnecke Ranch (photo by Kristen Russel)

"Cows at Cerini Ranch" by Micaela Marsden

Painting and Words by Guest Blogger + Art on the Farm artist: Micaela Marsden.

Cows at Cerini Ranch, by Micaela Marsden

Cerini Ranch in Tomales, California is owned by the Doughty family, proprietors of the Pt. Reyes Vineyards and Winery on Rt. 1 overlooking Tomales Bay.  This ranch is just North of Hog Island Oysters, and neighbors the Strauss Family Dairy.

This is a wonderful place to paint, with many acres of rolling hills, clumps of gorgeous trees, and of course, many cows. I had the privilege of painting there a few years ago with Art on the Farm. You may view additional photos of Cerini during our artist visit here, on the photo blog of Photographer, Ann Brooks.

New Artist Visits.... Coming soon!

Hello SPRING!  Yes, we are still here.  We were waiting for the rains to come and bring green to the farms and the hills.  We are discussing the next steps for this group, and we have talked about creating a "Meetup" for Art on the Farm, like the North Bay Plein Air painters group uses.  It seems easy for others to upload their photos and stay better connected, ride share, etc....  For example, they have 79 people RSVP'd to attend a paint-out in Healdsburg on Sunday, March 30th! We collaborated with them once before for our visit to Gospel Flat Farms this past summer.  They posted our farm visit on their site, and more people showed up.  Hoping they may let us do that again this year!

Please check back soon for new dates and places to visit.  This year, due to the drought, we may have some restrictions on bathrooms and water use, so I would highly suggest people think about bringing their own water and using local public restrooms for their needs.  Check back soon!

In the meantime, feel free to visit THE NEW WEBSITE at MarinOrganic.org and the individual producer websites, such as StempleCreek.com and cowtrackranch.com .  We are still posting interesting news weekly on Twitter, so you may also wish to follow us there.

Thank you!

Marin Organic Auction a Success

Happy New Year!

We want to take this opportunity to thank Marin Organic and Liana Orlandi, who organized and ran the recent online auction through Bidding for Good.  As a first time effort, we feel it had a very good response as nine paintings from the Art on the Farm group were sold as well as additional local photography jewelery, lodging and dinner certificates for organic restaurants.  We were very pleased with the collaboration with Marin Organic, and I hope they will consider working with us to grow this option for the future.

Congratulations to the following artists sold work in the auction:

Liana Harris •  Frances Hiller Healey • Julia Ross •  Laura Williams  • Alan Mart  • Katie Horacek  • Colleen Proppé  •  Michael Lamotte

Many more artists had bids on their pieces, well up to $500., but since the reserve on the works was higher than this, he art was not sold.  Marin Organic has emailed the high bidders to connect directly with the artists in case they are still interested in purchasing the work.  Thanks again, and we look forward to hopefully trying this again in the future.

We hope to schedule new artist visits to the farms in the Spring. In the meantime, pray for rain and do your favorite rain dances so our local farms will have grasses for the cattle and the produce will be plentiful.

Marin Organic Holiday Art Auction is now Open!

Online Auction to Benefit Marin Organic: Dec 10 - 24 only

"Lazy Afternoon" 5" x 7" oil painting by Katie Horcek

Marin Organic and Art on the Farm Holiday Art Auction is now open! *Please note, several additional pieces of art by each of the artists listed have not yet been uploaded.  Please email us if you are looking for a specific image that is not listed.

Click HERE to go to the auction page at Bidding for Good.  Auction closes on Christmas Eve... Just 2 weeks to bid on art inspired by Marin Organic Farms.
 

Marin Organic Art Auction 2013... Coming soon!

November 21, 2013

At this time of year, we usually have our group show of our work to share our creations and good spirits while making a few dollars to fund our art and the projects of Marin Organic.

This year, the new Executive Director of Marin Organic, Jeffrey Westman, and one of their terrific volunteers on board, would like to offer an online auction via "Bidding for Good" with our art work for sale in lieu of a gallery show. This is an exciting opportunity to provide all of us with more exposure and possibility for sales to online members of Marin Organic that may have never had the opportunity to visit one of our shows in person.

Cow Track Tractors by Margaret Elliot

If you would like to participate, please follow the directions below to email your work for sale by this Friday, November 22nd at midnight.  As we have 135 members, I am asking that each artist only send 1 piece of art for the auction at this time.  If it goes well and work sells, you will be notified to send more images.

Toluma Goats by Ayris Hatton

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

Email everything in ONE email only to:

Marin Organic Art Auction 2013
by Friday, Nov 22 at midnight

1.  Your Name
2.  Your website link (please send again even if I have it already)
3.  Title, Medium, Size
4.  Marin Organic location it was inspired by, and any "Story" you'd like to tell about your farm visit... 3-5 sentences max
5.  Price (50% to Marin Organic)
6.  Email a jpg image of your work between 1-3 megabytes in size
7.  Please make sure the image is clear, color corrected and looks fabulous.  If you have different angles of the artwork, ie... the image close up and the image on the wall, with a frame on it... please do send up to 3 angles of the art.  Do not send these images if they don't look great... Please, only send your best photo or photos.  1 great image is better than 3 that are not great.

Art may be delivered to Marin Organic in Pt. Reyes Station if sold, or you may arrange to deliver the art to the buyer directly.  This part is flexible, but Jeffrey has told us he does have room to store the art at Marin Organic if you would like to bring it there.

Thank you for your cooperation and participation.  I hope you have a very Happy Thanksgiving with your family and/or a pleasant quiet time for yourself and your art.

-Colleen Proppé
Volunteer Coordinator, Art on the Farm