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10/23/2017 11:34:13 PM

Three Holiday shows

This month I have been busy painting smaller paintings for two Holiday shows that I've been invited to participate in, "Hardly Strictly Mini" at the Bolinas Museum and "tiny" at the Studio Gallery in San Francisco. I'll also be showing paintings in "Beloved California II: Seventeen Painters with a Passion for Place" at the Holton Studio Gallery, Berkeley.

I really enjoy the challenge of fitting a large landscape scene onto a 5"x5" panel. It's always amazing to me how it still can convey the feeling of a place even though it's been reduced to a mini painting. I'm excited to be a part of the show at the Bolinas Museum in West Marin, 11/18 to 12/30-17. There will be small paintings by 70 local artists with 50% of the proceeds going to the museum as a fundraiser. If you've never visited the beautiful little museum on Wharf Road in Bolinas, this would be a great time to come by and see the three galleries plus a history room and a permanent collection gallery, as well. Below are the three Bolinas Lagoon paintings that I will be showing.

The "tiny" show at the Studio Gallery, 11/10 to 12/23-17, will be showing art that is all under 7"x7" in an array of subject matter. The gallery walls will be filled with small treasures at reasonable prices. If you're in the City, make sure to stop by this great gallery between Van Ness and Polk St., at 1641 Pacific Ave. This is one of the minis, Bay Sail, 6x6", that I will be showing there.

On November 4th there will be an art reception at the beautiful Holton Studio Gallery, 2100 Fifth St. in Berkeley. Tim Holton creates amazing handcrafted oak frames which will be gracing all the paintings in this show featuring the 17 gallery artists. I will be showing several paintings in this annual group show. Please visit their website to view some of the art that will be a part of this exhibit. holtonframes.com

Please check out my website and Events page at ChristinCoy.com Hope to see you at the shows!

6/4/2017 6:12:07 PM

MARINSCAPES - Art that Changes Lives

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Ring Mt. Glow, 8x16"

The 29th annual MarinScapes Art Show and Sale will once again be held at the historic Escalle Winery, 771 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur, California. It will be my 23rd year of participating in this prestigious art show focused on the beautiful scenery of Marin County. The show will commence with the Opening Night Gala on Thursday, June 22, from 5:30 to 9:30 pm. This event is an opportunity to be the first to see this year's collection of over 300 original paintings created by 30 fine artists, and to have first dibbs on purchasing a beautiful painting to grace the wall of your home or office. 40% of the proceeds from art sales will go to benefit Buckelew Programs, including Family Service Agency of Marin and the Helen Vine Recovery Center.

There will be an Artist Reception on Friday, June 23, 5:30 to 8:00pm, $15 per person, where you will meet the artists and see the art work. The show will continue through June 25, 12:00 to 6:00 pm. On June 24 at 11:00 am there will be a presentation, "The Courage to See", by this year's feature artist Susan Schneider Williams. Admission during the weekend is $15 per person.

Buckelew Programs' mission is to enhance the quality of life of individuals and families in our community by providing mental, emotional, behavioral health and addiction services that promote recovery, resilience and hope. I feel that nature left untouched and art depicting nature have great healing qualities for everyone, and it seems only natural that all these elements come together to improve our mental health and well being. Please visit Buckelew.org for more information. We hope to see you there!

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Evening Glow, Marin, 5x12"

5/3/2017 3:08:22 PM

Ranches and Rolling Hills Art Show - 20th Anniversary 2017

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January Morning-Gale Ranch, 15x30", oil

What a beautiful Spring we're having this year after all that much needed rain. The verdant hills and fields serve as a large and very fresh "salad bowl" for all the happy cows, sheep, and goats on the MALT ranches in West Marin in Northern California. This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Ranches & Rolling Hills Art Show benefitting the Marin Agricultural Land Trust. It will be my 18th year as one of 36 participating artists that come together each year the third weekend in May to create one of Northern California's most prestigious art shows.

Spring at the Gale Ranch, 5x24", oil

This year I have spend quite a bit of time at the Chileno Valley Ranch owned by my friends Mike and Sally Gale. I have been ranch sitting on several occasions and this has given me some great opportunities to collect amazing subject matter for my paintings. Sally's Katahdin sheep are my favorite, especially since I have been helping to bottle feed some of the "bummer lambs", ones that the ewe refuses to feed for one reason or another. The bummer lambs become attached to humans and follow you around as if you were the mom. Last year there was Nutmeg who still remembers me, and he'll come up and want to say hi and have a good chin scratch whenever I visit. This year there's Alice, a beautiful white bummer lamb. Needless to say, one can't help but fall in love with these wonderful creatures. I always look forward to my ranch visits when I can spend time with the animals whether they be the chickens, dogs, cows, or sheep...and of course Mike and Sally too!

I truly look forward to creating paintings for the Ranches & Rolling Hills art show every spring. It gives me great satisfaction to be painting for a show that benefits such an important cause where 50% of proceeds from the sale of artwork will go to saving precious ranch land and guaranteeing that the protected ranches remain as they are, never to be developed. For more than 30 years, Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) has worked with local families to save their farms and ranches. So far MALT has protected, as "farmland forever", 80 farm families on more than 48,500 acres of farmland.

Marin's farms provide delicious milk and cheese, meat, vegetables, fruit and wine to people in the Bay Area and beyond. With the public parks that surround them, farms preserve a contiguous open landscape that is home to abundant wildlife, verdant grasslands, sparkling streams and dense woods. Ranching families have faithfully cared for this working landscape for many generations, guarding an extraordinary place unlike anywhere else in the world.

For more information on MALT and the art show please visit their website: http://www.malt.org/art-show

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Good Morning - Gale Ranch, 12x9", oil

4/8/2017 5:03:09 PM

Marin Open Studios - Two Weekends in May

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The Annual Marin Open Studios is a great county wide event where the public is invited to visit the studios of over 250 participating Marin County artists. You can see where they create their art work and have a conversation about their process and what inspires them. The dates this year are May 6 & 7, 13 & 14, open 11am to 6pm.

I will have my studio open both weekends at San Anselmo Artist Studios, 1000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., in beautiful San Anselmo. This will be my 16th year participating in the event and I always enjoy sharing my studio with my collectors and new visitors curious about my art. I especially enjoy talking with people and sharing conversations about my art. It's always fun to have young visitors also and know that I may inspire them to be more creative. In the past couple of months I have been working on a series of paintings for my upcoming Ranches and Rolling Hills show that benefits the Marin Agricultural Land Trust. I will be previewing some of these paintings of goats, sheep, and ranch land at my Open Studio along with my other paintings of Marin. Please visit my website to see some of my art: www.christincoy.com

You can pick up a color catalog with maps and images of all the participating artists' work at the preview gallery at Town Center, Corte Madera, Space #325 ( former location of Ethan Allen). There will be a Preview Gala on April 29, from 5 - 8 pm where you can meet the artists and see a sample of their art. The gallery will be open daily through the end of Open Studio second weekend. http://marinopenstudios.org

9/1/2016 8:06:28 PM

Mt.Tamalpais - BayWood Artists Benefit Art Exhibit for One Tam

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Mill Creek - Mill Valley, 12x24", o/c

I have been hiking the trails on Mt. Tam for over 40 years, and it's one of my very favorite places to spend time out in nature. There are trails through the Redwoods and trails with spectacular views over the San Francisco Bay and the blue Pacific. The weather can be anywhere from bright sunshine to heavy fog, depending on the time of year, and still amazing either way. This year my painting group, the BayWood Artists, is painting Mt.Tam for our annual benefit art exhibit for One Tam, titled As We See It - BayWood Artists Paint the Spirit of the Mountain. One Tam, the community initiative of the Tamalpais Lands Collaborative, seeks to raise awareness about the need to maintain the long-term health of Mt. Tam, engaging more volunteers in caring for its treasured resources, and renew the spirit of philanthropy that has been so fundamental to its preservation over the past century. The BayWood Artists was formed 19 years ago and is a unique and diversified group of professional artists who share a passion for saving and preserving our San Francisco Bay Area environment.

Winter Afternoon - Mt.Tam 8x48", o/c

From a landscape painter's point of view, Mt. Tam is always an inspiring subject matter whether one is on the mountain or looking at it from a multitude of vantage points around the Bay Area. For this show, I have painted the mountain from various locations around Marin. The subject matter is one that could keep an artist like myself inspired for a life time of painting. One of my favorite times of day to capture Mt.Tam is the late afternoon when the sun angle is low and the shadows long. This summer I have spent quite a bit of time looking at the mountain from Ring Mountain, which gives the viewer a sweeping view of Mt.Tam's iconic silhouette. It was fun painting some of the winding roads up on the mountain as well. I also did a small 8x6" painting of the Fire Lookout which sits atop the mountain. Every summer the lookout is manned by volunteers who keep an eye out for potential wild fires in the area, a lonesome job but a very essential one.

Our show, As We See It -BayWood Artists Paint the Spirit of the Mountain, will be held on October 1 & 2 at the Mill Valley Community Center. 50% of the proceeds from the sale of the art work will go to help One Tam continue their mission. The event is free to everyone, and for more information please visit BayWoodArtist.org and OneTam.org. The BayWood Artists website has a preview of several of the paintings that will be featured in the exhibit. We hope to see you there!

West Ridgecrest Blvd. - Mt.Tam, 6x8", oil

6/12/2016 4:00:57 PM

MARINSCAPES ART SHOW AND SALE-BENEFIT FOR BUCKELEW PROGRAMS

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I am honored to be this year's Feature Artist for the MarinScape Art Show held at the Escalle Winery in Larkspur, California, benefitting Buckelew Programs of San Rafael. My feature painting, "Peaceful Afternoon - Bolinas Ridge and Lagoon", 30"x48", oil/canvas was inspired by the beauty of West Marin. I feel very fortunate to know Dr.Mary Griffin who was the single person that took action in the 70's to make sure this part of Marin was saved as open space for all to enjoy. At that time it was proposed that the Bolinas Ridge was to have a wide highway crossing it and the lagoon to be built up with hundreds of homes, basically destroying the environment of this area. The halting of this development by Marty proves how one person can truly make a difference in saving our environment. Marty will be honored at the MarinScapes Gala event on June 23rd at Escalle.

Buckelew Programs' mission is to enhance the quality of life of individuals and families in our community by providing mental, emotional, behavioral health and addiction services that promote recovery, resilience and hope. I feel that nature left untouched and art depicting nature have great healing qualities to everyone, and it seems only natural that all these elements come together to improve our mental health and well being. I have been a participating artist in MarinScapes for the past 22 years and it gives me a great sense of joy to be able to share the beauty of Marin while at the same time help create awareness and funding for this worthwhile cause.

I hope that you will come to this year's MarinScapes Art show and see all the wonderful and inspiring art created by over 30 local Marin County artists. You may find a painting that really speaks to you, and also will give you great joy in your home for years to come, while at the same time you'll know that youhave helped Buckelew continue their mission. Please visit Buckelew.org for more information and show schedule.

Cheers,

Christin

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5/13/2016 7:54:44 PM

Marin Agricultural Land Trust - Ranches and Rolling Hills Art Show 2016

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Ranches and Rolling Hills, the annual benefit art show for Marin Agricultural Land Trust will be held in Nicasio, Marin County, May 21 and 22, 2016. Each year the artists help create a beautiful gallery inside the old Druids' Hall on the square in the little town of Nicasio. It's always an exciting week of preparations, a lot of hard work and long hours, but oh so worth it when you see the final result. We bring in panels and lighting and most importanly all the amazing one of a kind original art work created especially for this show. This year we have 36 participating professional artists both from the Oak Group from Santa Barbara and local Marin County artists.

I feel honored to have been taking part in "Ranches and Rolling Hills" for the past 16 years. My paintings this year reflect my love of the beautiful West Marin farmland and the goats, sheep and cows that graze in the pastures there. I visited Toluma Farms in Tomales and painted several painting of their dairy goats. Some of my other paintings depict the sheep and land on the amazing Gale Ranch in Chileno Valley, owned by Sally and Mike Gale who raise grass fed beef cattle and have a large organic apple orchard. Plan a trip to visit them in the Fall when you can pick your own apples right off their trees.

Marin Agricultural Land Trust is doing amazing work to help preserve farming in Marin County and I am honored to be playing a part in this effort through the sale of my paintings, and at the same time giving collectors an opportunity to take home paintings that reminds them every day of how fortunate we are to live in such a picturesque part of California.

3/9/2016 12:45:13 PM

Marin Open Studios 2016

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To me May signals "show time" as that's the month that starts off with our Annual Marin Open Studios. It's a great county wide event when the public will have an opportunity to visit the studios of over 250 participating Marin County artists, talk with them, and be able to see where they create their masterpieces. The dates this year are May 7 & 8, 14 & 15, open 11am to 5pm.

Some artist choose to be open only one of the weekends, but most are open both. Personally I will have my studio open both weekends, as will all the other artists in my building at San Anselmo Artist Studios at 1000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., in beautiful San Anselmo, California. This will be my 15th year participating in the event and I always enjoy sharing my studio with my collectors and new visitors curious about my art. I especially enjoy talking with people and sharing conversations about art. It's always fun to have young visitors also and knowing that I may inspire them to be more creative. I have been working on a series of animal portraits lately for my upcoming Ranches and Rolling Hills show the 3rd weekend in May, and I will be previewing some of these paintings at my Open Studio along with my other work. www.christincoy.com

You can pick up a color catalog with maps and images of all the participating artists' work at the preview gallery which will be at the Bon Air Center in Greenbrae, Space #302. There will be a Preview Gala on April 30, from 5 - 8 pm. where you can meet the artists and see their work. The gallery will be open daily through the end of Open Studio second weekend. http://marinopenstudios.org

In addition, this year I will be showing some of my paintings in Sausalito at the Madrigal Family Winery Sausalito Tasting Salon and Gallery alongside two other well known Marin County artists, Kathleen Lack and Dorallen Davis. We have all known each other for 26 years and look forward to showing our work together in this Open Studio Preview show. There will be an artist reception on April 29 from 6 to 8pm.

http://www.madrigalfamilywinery.com

I look forward to seeing you all in May...

Christin

5/10/2015 8:03:38 PM

Ranches & Rolling Hills 2015

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May is here and that means it's time for my favorite event of the year, the Ranches and Rolling Hills Art Show benefitting the Marin Agricultural Land Trust. This is my 15th year participating in the show. Next week we will be setting up the panels and lights, then hanging all the paintings created by 35 exraordinary artists for this years event. I will be showing 9 paintings ranging in size from 6x6" to 18x36", some with sheep and some with cattle in them. I really enjoyed painting sheep this year from the Barinaga Ranch, "Shep & Bugeys" (above), Poncia Ranch, Jensen Ranch and Thornton Ranch (below), all in Tomales.

I also painted a couple of works from Mike and Sally Gales beautiful ranch in Chileno Valley in the North Western corner of Marin County. They raise grass-fed angus cattle and also have large organic apple orchard.

Every year I enjoy painting a portrait of a sheep or calf, and this time this little lamb from the Jensen Ranch caught my eye, "Milly".

11/15/2012 12:42:25 AM

Bolinas Museum - 24th Annual Mini Show

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The Holidays are approaching and it's time for the Mini Show at the Bolinas Museum. This year I decided to paint a series of minis, 4"x5",of some of the colorful little dories and dinghies that often are tied up at the dock or moored on the Bolinas Lagoon. I had fun using some brighter colors on my palette. The dinghy below often has a passenger or two perched on the bow or the stern.

I invite you to come out to the charming town of Bolinas to visit the wonderful museum at 48 Wharf Road, and to see the exhibit of minis created by over 80 Marin artists. The dimensions of all the art work in the show cannot exceed 6"x6" framed, so there are a lot of little gems to behold. The show opens on Saturday November 17th, 3-5pm, and will run through the Holidays until December 30th.

Museum hours: Friday 1:00 - 5:00; Saturday & Sunday 12:00 - 5:00

http://www.bolinasmuseum.org/general_info.html