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2024
First Fridays this Autumn — in Santa Rosa's SOFA Arts District
Come visit my studio!
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First Fridays • 5 to 8 PM
Sept. 6 • Oct. 4 • Nov. 1 Backstreet Gallery & Studios Park on South A Street, look for Art Alley between 312 & 318 South A Street, and walk up the alley to Backstreet |
Each month we have a changing show in the gallery, and my studio mates and I are there to welcome visitors to our studios!
Land Trees Skies Vines — solo show at Backstreet Gallery in July
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Opening reception:
First Friday, July 5 • 5 to 8 PM July 6–7, 13–14, 20-21 • 10 AM to 5 PM Monday-Thursday by appointment Backstreet Gallery & Studios Park on South A Street, look for Art Alley between 312 & 318 South A Street, and walk up the alley to Backstreet |
I'm working on a series of paintings of that beautiful last hour of the day, when the light is golden, and the skies and land are magical. They won't all be finished in time for Art at the Source, and I'll be unveiling them in this show.
Art at the Source Open Studio Tour
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June 1-2 & 8-9 • 10 AM to 5 PM
Studio 86A Backstreet Gallery & Studios Art Alley (find it between 312 & 318 South A Street, and walk up the alley to find us!) This year you'll find four artists, including me, showing in our studios on Art Alley during Art at the Source. |
You can visit me, along with my Backstreet colleague and painter Alina Nuebel, at Backstreet, and ceramic mosaic artist Trish Nugent and ceramic landscape artist Karen Norton right next door, at Studio 87.
First Friday Open Studios — Every Month in Santa Rosa's SOFA Arts District
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Backstreet Gallery & Studios
Art Alley (find it between 312 & 318 South A Street, and walk up the alley to find us!) Each month we have a changing show in the gallery, and my studio mates and I are there to welcome visitors to our studios!
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Calistoga Mustard Celebration 2024
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Calistoga Mustard, Art, Sip & Stroll
Saturday, January 27 • 12-4 PM I'lI be at Lawer Estates Winery's tasting room, 1255 Lincoln Avenue. You can visit local artists all up and down Lincoln Ave. — also the highway and Calistoga's main street — and see paintings inspired by the spring blooms of mustard flowers in the fields. Local restaurants will also be featuring mustard themed dishes on the menu! |
2023
Winterblast in Santa Rosa's SOFA Arts District
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Backstreet Gallery & Studios
Art Alley (find it between 312 & 318 South A Street, and walk up the alley to find us!) 3 - 5 PM Followed by the Sofa Parade on South A Street — at 5 PM, and again at 7 PM My colleagues and I at Backstreet will welcome visitors, with a new group show and open studios from 3 - 5 PM.
And it's Open Studio time for artists in the neighborhood, so you can visit even more folks |
And it's Open Studio time for artists in the neighborhood, so you can visit even more folks up and down the block during that time.
Then it's time for the Sofa Parade! Yes, you actually will see sofas on parade, with lights, music, decorations, folks in costume, and creativity popping up all over. The first parade is at 5 PM, and, if you missed it, you can see it again at 7 PM.
Then it's time for the Sofa Parade! Yes, you actually will see sofas on parade, with lights, music, decorations, folks in costume, and creativity popping up all over. The first parade is at 5 PM, and, if you missed it, you can see it again at 7 PM.
Yosemite Sierra Artists — online presentation & demonstration
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I very much enjoyed giving my second one-hour-plus online masterclass for the Yosemite Sierra Artists.
This time the subject was Bring Energy into Your Art – with Color, Texture, and Creative Mark-making. It was a lovely time! |
Calistoga's First Saturday Artwalk
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EV Floral Design
1343 Lincoln Avenue, Calistoga, CA September 2, 2023 3 - 6 PM I'm looking forward to sharing some of my artwork (along with my greeting cards and matted reproductions) in Calistoga's second First Saturday Artwalk! |
EV Floral Design is easy to find, at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Washington Street (where the street lights are!), at the center of town. And it's in the beautiful big green historic bank building — you can't miss it!
Art at the Source
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Backstreet Gallery & Studios
Art Alley, off of South A Street Santa Rosa, CA June 3-4 and 10-11 I'm pleased to be a part of Art at the Source, for my first time. |
I'm one of five artists in my studio neighborhood, in the SOFA Arts District, who are participating this year — with Corrine Haverinen, my studiomate at Backstreet, Suzanne Edminster and Christie Marks over at the Santa Rosa Arts Center, and Patricia Reilly, just around the corner on Sebastopol Avenue.
It's a great group of artists — and a wonderful opportunity to visit us, and other artists in their studios, during these two weekends!
It's a great group of artists — and a wonderful opportunity to visit us, and other artists in their studios, during these two weekends!
Mini Masterpieces — Napa Valley Museum
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Napa Valley Museum
55 Presidents Circle, Yountville, CA May 20 - Dec 31, Open Weds.-Sun., 10 AM - 4 PM Reception: Saturday, May 20 from 5-7 PM I'm pleased to have paintings in this show of sweet miniatures by a whole host of local and regional artists, including Marvin Humphrey, Oscar Aguilar Olea, and more!
Mine are local landscapes, including two in the new palette-knife style I've been having fun with. You'll find them in the Spotlight Gallery, downstairs. |
Art at the Source — Preview Shows
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Bodega Art Gallery
17265 Bodega Hwy., Bodega, CA April 28 - June 11, Open Fri.-Mon., 11 AM - 5 PM Reception: Sunday, May 21 from 2-4 PM I love having my painting in this colorful, eclectic art gallery, filled with an amazing variety of artwork by local artists! And you'll be able to find my paintings here after the preview show ends, too.
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Corrick's Stationery, Gallery & Gifts / My Daughter the Framer
637 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, CA
May 5 - June 24, Open Tues.-Sat., 10:30 AM - 5 PM
Receptions: Friday, May 5 and Friday, June 2, 5-7 PM
637 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, CA
May 5 - June 24, Open Tues.-Sat., 10:30 AM - 5 PM
Receptions: Friday, May 5 and Friday, June 2, 5-7 PM
Corrick's, right downtown near Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa, is a wonderful spot where you can find lots of colorful artwork in a variety of media by local artists year-round, including artists who also participate in Art at the Source and Art Trails. It's a great place to introduce yourself to the work of Sonoma County artists, and I'm pleased to have my work in the preview show currently!
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
282 S. High Street, Sebastopol, CA
May 20 - June 11, Open Thurs. - Sun., 10 AM - 4 PM
Reception: Saturday, May 20, 2-4 PM
282 S. High Street, Sebastopol, CA
May 20 - June 11, Open Thurs. - Sun., 10 AM - 4 PM
Reception: Saturday, May 20, 2-4 PM
You can view the work of all the artists participating in this year's Art at the Source Open Studios event here at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts. SCA is not only the organization that has sponsored Art at the Source since its beginning, but also coordinates Art Trails in the fall. (I won't be participating in Art Trails this year, but I may next year, now that my studios are over here in Sonoma County.)
First Fridays — Santa Rosa SOFA Arts District
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Backstreet Gallery & Studios
on Art Alley, in the SOFA Arts District Santa Rosa, California The First Friday of every month 5-8 PM My thanks to Cornelius Collins for taking this photo of me, with Sunset Symphony, during our April First Friday!
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Each month we have a new show at Backstreet, in our hallway gallery space. Each artist who has a studio here has one show a year, and the other months are group shows, or shows for artists participating in Art at the Source or Art Trails open studio events.
But you can visit us in our studios each First Friday, see what we're working on, and ask us questions, too. It's an art show opening and open studio time throughout the SOFA neighborhood, so there are all kinds of wonderful art things to see and do!
But you can visit us in our studios each First Friday, see what we're working on, and ask us questions, too. It's an art show opening and open studio time throughout the SOFA neighborhood, so there are all kinds of wonderful art things to see and do!
Backstreet Gallery — Land Trees Skies Spring
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Backstreet Gallery & Studios
on Art Alley, in the SOFA Arts District Santa Rosa, California February 3-26, 2023 Park on South A Street. Between 312 and 318 South A Street, you'll see Art Alley. Follow the signs down the alley, till you come to a large gray building on the right with a mural of Picasso's Guernica on it — and you're there! After a cold, rainy winter, flowers are beginning to bloom in the fields, and it's starting to feel like spring. These paintings celebrate this time of year!
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I am very pleased to introduce the artwork of Nicole Drawsky in this show, too. I have been Nicole's art mentor since she was seven, and now she's a wonderful emerging young artist, and has created spring-themed paintings for this occasion.
Calistoga Visitor's Center — Napa Valley Mustard Celebration
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Calistoga Mustard Celebration
Calistoga Welcome Center 1133 Washington Avenue, Calistoga, California January 28, 2023 Artists' Reception 1-4 PM I'll be joining Calistoga artists Therese Legere and Shawn Smith at the Calistoga Welcome Center on January 28th, for the very beginning of the valley's celebration of the bright yellow flowers that fill fields and rows between vines, the harbingers of springs. Even more events are scheduled through February and into March, throughout the rest of the valley, too!
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Find Your Heart in Yountville — Community Center Gallery
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Find Your Heart in Yountville
Yountville Community Center Gallery 6516 Washington Street Yountville, California January 12 - March 24, 2023 Opening Reception: Jan. 12, 5:30 - 7 PM I was honored to be invited to be a part of this show, even moreso when my painting Big Red Heart was chosen as one of the poster images for the show.
It includes beautiful paintings, photographs, collages, glass work, and sculptures by both much-beloved and less well known artists from all over the valley, and it's definitely worth a visit! |
2022
Jessel Gallery — Reality to Abstraction
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Jessel Gallery
1019 Atlas Peak Road Napa, California November 1-30 Jessel challenged some of her realistic artists, including me, to create abstract work — a wonderful challenge and change in direction from what we usually do.
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I love having reasons to do something different! And it gave me an opportunity to share abstract work that I love creating, but that otherwise doesn't get out anywhere near as much as I'd like. Usually it's my Acrylic Painting 101 and mixed media classes that give me the permission I enjoy to work on them!
Jessel Gallery — Welcome to Summer!
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Jessel Gallery
1019 Atlas Peak Road Napa, California Show up through the end of August I am very pleased to have four of my paintings in the Welcome to Summer! show at Jessel Gallery in Napa! They will be up through the end of August, when the Open Studios show will go up.
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In this room, they're alongside paintings by Erin Hanson, Betty Anglin Smith, and Therese Legere — with paintings by Marta Collings in one of the other rooms, along with work by Jessel and all of her amazing artists. I'm in such great company!
Backstreet Gallery & Studios — May & June 2022
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Backstreet Gallery
& Studios on Art Alley, off of S. A St. Between 312 & 318 S. A St. Santa Rosa, California |
May was the month for my show at Backstreet Gallery and Studios, where I now have my new studio.
I loved being able to show my work there, in Santa Rosa's Arts District! |
And then I unexpectedly got a second show in June, when many of my studio colleagues we're on vacation, and gave me the walls they were going to use for our group show! I changed things a bit for the new show, taking some paintings down and putting others up. The photo above shows you most of my June show. (It's a nice big space!)
My thanks to everyone who came to see the show, and to those who fell in love with my paintings, and to those to whose homes some of them are now going! It was a joy.
My thanks to everyone who came to see the show, and to those who fell in love with my paintings, and to those to whose homes some of them are now going! It was a joy.
2021
Yosemite Sierra Artists masterclass
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I so much enjoyed giving a one-hour online masterclass in Abstract Landscape Painting for the Yosemite Sierra Artists.
They are a wonderful group of artists, who live in such an inspirational place! |
2020
Gallery 1551 Presents... Karen Lynn Ingalls
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Gallery 1551
First United Methodist Church 1551 Montgomery Drive Santa Rosa, CA January 19 through April 12, 2020 Monday-Thursday open 9 AM to 2 PM Sundays open 8:30 AM to 11 AM I was honored to be invited to show my work in the lovely gallery space created at First United Methodist Church in Santa Rosa. |
Originally scheduled to be up through April 12th, it included both landscape paintings and paintings from the Beauty from Ashes series there. I have fond connections both with friends there and with the church itself, from way back.
Of course, everything changed when everything shut down in March of 2020, because of the pandemic. But there were still some folks working at the church, and my paintings wound up being there through mid-January of 2022! My thanks to all the folks at the church — it was a pleasure to know that someone was enjoying them during that time, and I hope the paintings helped brighten up a challenging time.
Of course, everything changed when everything shut down in March of 2020, because of the pandemic. But there were still some folks working at the church, and my paintings wound up being there through mid-January of 2022! My thanks to all the folks at the church — it was a pleasure to know that someone was enjoying them during that time, and I hope the paintings helped brighten up a challenging time.
2019
Open Studios Napa Valley
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Studio #2 at Calistoga Art Center
1435 North Oak Street Calistoga, California September 21-22 and 28-29, 2019 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Open Studios Preview Show (& more!)
Jessel Gallery 1019 Atlas Peak Road Napa, California Open daily from 10 AM to 5 PM |
I'm pleased to be at the Calistoga Art Center again this year for Open Studios Napa Valley, along with two other wonderful artists and friends, acrylic painter Jennifer Deutsch and glass artist and sculptor Krista Flood. I'm also honored to have been chosen as this year's catalog cover artist!
Calistoga Open Studios artists Anne Pentland, Charles de Limur, and David Gates are not all that far away, too — it's a great group of folks to be a part of!
You can learn more at the Open Studios website at: http://openstudiosnapavalley.com/, or download our new Open Studios Napa Valley app, at your favorite app store! You can get it here for Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/open-studios-napa-valley/id1475306587, and here for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.openstudiosnapavalley&hl=en_US.
You can learn more at the Open Studios website at: http://openstudiosnapavalley.com/, or download our new Open Studios Napa Valley app, at your favorite app store! You can get it here for Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/open-studios-napa-valley/id1475306587, and here for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.openstudiosnapavalley&hl=en_US.
Sofie Contemporary Arts — So Far
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So Far
at Sofie Contemporary Arts 1407 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, California August-October 20, 2019 Noon to 6 PM Wednesday through Sunday |
Jan and Scott Sofie opened their Calistoga gallery two years ago, celebrated in this anniversary group show with artwork by most of the artists they've shown in that time. I'm very pleased to be one of them!
The work you can see of mine there includes one of my 16"x 20" Beauty from Ashes paintings, that incorporate the ashes of my paintings lost in the Tubbs wildfire; seven of my smaller (6"x 8") Beauty from Ashes paintings; and one of my hillside landscape paintings.
Landscape Painting Art Workshop
Three landscape paintings by Karen Lynn Ingalls
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Landscape Painting Art Workshop
at Calistoga Art Center 1435 North Oak Street Calistoga, California August 17-18, 2019 |
I'm looking forward to giving my Landscape Painting Art Workshop this August, after a post-fire hiatus.
We'll look specifically at the process of painting from a photograph, using acrylic paints. We'll begin with choosing your palette and creating beautiful color harmonies. From there it's how to begin, how to create your composition, how to approach composition and design, how to create the illusion of distance, and more.... You can find out more about it at: http://www.napavalleyartworkshops.com/landscape-painting.html.
We'll look specifically at the process of painting from a photograph, using acrylic paints. We'll begin with choosing your palette and creating beautiful color harmonies. From there it's how to begin, how to create your composition, how to approach composition and design, how to create the illusion of distance, and more.... You can find out more about it at: http://www.napavalleyartworkshops.com/landscape-painting.html.
Open Studios Napa Valley Cover Art!
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I'm honored to announce that my painting, Vineyard by the Pond, has been chosen as the cover art for the 2019 Open Studios Napa Valley catalog.
And you can see it through June 30th, in my show at Cuvaison Winery, 1221 Duhig Road, west of Napa in the Carneros District. |
If you scroll down a little, you can see a little more about Cuvaison and the work that you'll see there.
And please note: Although you can drop in to see the paintings, please call them at 707-942-2455 if you'd like to make an appointment to taste their wonderful wines! You can learn more about the winery at: https://www.cuvaison.com/
And please note: Although you can drop in to see the paintings, please call them at 707-942-2455 if you'd like to make an appointment to taste their wonderful wines! You can learn more about the winery at: https://www.cuvaison.com/
Abstract Landscape Painting Art Workshop
Abstract Landscape paintings, using different approaches and techniques, by Karen Lynn Ingalls
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Abstract Landscape Painting Art Workshop
at Calistoga Art Center 1435 North Oak Street Calistoga, California June 22-23, 2019 |
I'm so happy to be able to give my art workshops again! (2018 was a time of post-fire recovery, rather than teaching, for me.)
This year's two-day workshops began with The Secrets of Color Harmony in May, and will continue with Landscape Painting in August.
You can find out more about it here, at: http://www.napavalleyartworkshops.com/abstract-landscape-painting.html
This year's two-day workshops began with The Secrets of Color Harmony in May, and will continue with Landscape Painting in August.
You can find out more about it here, at: http://www.napavalleyartworkshops.com/abstract-landscape-painting.html
Cuvaison Winery — Land, Trees, Skies, Vines
Land, Trees, Skies, Vines — Paintings by Karen Lynn Ingalls • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
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Cuvaison WInery
1221 Duhig Road Napa, California April 1 - June 30, 2019 I'm pleased to present my paintings in a solo show at Cuvaison Winery, in the Carneros District west of Napa, through the end of June.
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These paintings celebrate the beauty of the land, the trees, the skies, and the vines we see around us in this part of the world.
And then you turn and see, from the tasting room windows, more of the gorgeous views that inspire local artists like me....
Although you can drop in to see the paintings, please call them at 707-942-2455 if you'd like to make an appointment to taste their wonderful wines! You can learn more about the winery at: https://www.cuvaison.com/
And then you turn and see, from the tasting room windows, more of the gorgeous views that inspire local artists like me....
Although you can drop in to see the paintings, please call them at 707-942-2455 if you'd like to make an appointment to taste their wonderful wines! You can learn more about the winery at: https://www.cuvaison.com/
Gallery Bergen — Lines of Fire / Lines of Ice
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Gallery Bergen
Bergen Community College Paramus, New Jersey January 24 - March 30, 2019 Gallery Director Tim Blunk has brought together artists from across the country who are responding, with their art, to the threats of climate change.
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Several, like myself, are specifically responding to California wildfires and how we have been impacted by them — including my former studio mates Helena Donzelli and Peter Alan. Others, from the east coast, are looking at storms, melting glaciers, and rising ocean levels.
I am honored to be a part of this — if you're in the area, I hope you'll take the opportunity to see it.
Jessel Gallery — Valentine's Day Cigar Box Show
"The Light on the Horizon" • acrylics on cigar box • © 2019 Karen Lynn Ingalls
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Jessel Gallery
1019 Atlas Peak Road • Napa, California Through March, 2019 Opening Reception: Friday, February 1 5:00 to 8:00 PM Who knew you could do so much with acrylics and a cigar box? Jessel set up the challenge for this show, and the wonderful variety and creativity of the artists' responses makes for engaging viewing.
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Ranging from simple and poetic (as I think mine qualifies for) to traditional to realistic to humorous (and funny) to mixed-media creative, you will see just about every kind of response you might have ever considered possible. All on small-scale cigar boxes!
2018
Jessel Gallery — Holiday Extravaganza 2018
Karen Lynn Ingalls's work at Jessel Gallery's 2018 Holiday Extravaganza, including original paintings, collage panels, and greeting cards.
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Jessel Gallery
1019 Atlas Peak Road • Napa, California Through December 30, 2018 Open Daily from 10 AM to 5 PM I'm honored to be a part of Jessel's Holiday Extravaganza again this year. You can join me for the demonstration I'm giving on Saturday, December 15th, from noon to 4:00 PM, too.
Besides my work, there's a wonderful collection of fine art and fine crafts, including paintings, sculptures, jewelry, basketry, ceramics, wearable art, ornaments, and more, by local and regional artists that is a feast for the eyes. |
From the HeART: Wildfire Anniversary Show
Jessel Gallery, 1019 Atlas Peak Road, in Napa, California — the site of From the HeART: Wildfire Anniversary Show
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Jessel Gallery
1019 Atlas Peak Road • Napa, California October 1 - October 30, 2018 Opening Reception Friday, October 12, 5-8 PM Last year, in the wake of the October wildfires, artist and gallery owner Jessel Miller immediately began putting together an art show to benefit local artists like myself who lost their studios and/or homes in the fires. That show, definitely put together from the heart, is called From The HeART: Wildfire Anniversary Show.
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You can find my work in the company of artists Patrick O'Rourke, Andrea Lindstrom Anderson, Edmund Grant, Kristi Rene, Kathy Tranmer, and Anne Pentland, and sales will directly benefit each of the artists.
You can meet us at the opening reception, where some of the artists (probably including me) will speak informally, beginning at 6:00 PM.
You can meet us at the opening reception, where some of the artists (probably including me) will speak informally, beginning at 6:00 PM.
Sonoma Wildfires Exhibition: Renewal Through Art
Karen's painting "New Horizon I" was chosen as the poster image for this show, which also commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Petaluma Arts Center.
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Petaluma Arts Center
230 Lakeville Street • Petaluma, California September 29 - November 17, 2018 Open Tuesdays - Saturdays, 11 AM - 5 PM Opening Reception September 29, 6:00 to 7:30 PM |
I am honored to have been chosen as the poster artist for this show, Sonoma Wildfires Exhibition: Renewal Through Art.
Three of my paintings, New Horizon I (the poster image), Beautiful Skies, and Green Horizon will be part of a show filled with artwork by artists from Sonoma and Napa Counties who were affected by last year's fires. New Horizon I was even, for two weeks, the image on a billboard announcing both the show and the ten-year anniversary of the Petaluma Arts Center.
I will also be part of a speaker's panel on October 12 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, dashing to it from our From the HeART reception at Jessel Gallery, to join other artists who will share their experiences of the fire and their own renewals through making art. It promises to be a heartfelt and moving evening.
I will also be part of a speaker's panel on October 12 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, dashing to it from our From the HeART reception at Jessel Gallery, to join other artists who will share their experiences of the fire and their own renewals through making art. It promises to be a heartfelt and moving evening.
From Fire, Love Rises:
Stories Shared from the Artist Community
Seven new paintings in my Beauty from Ashes series, all 6" x 8", acrylic paint and collage on gallery-wrapped canvas
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Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
Museum Shop 551 Broadway • Sonoma, California September 29, 2018 - January 6, 2019 Opening Reception Saturday, September 29, 6-8 PM Seven new paintings in my Beauty from Ashes series will be at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art for the show From Fire, Love Rises: Stories Shared from the Artist Community — but you'll find them in the museum shop! (And yes, you can buy them, too!)
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Right next to them you'll also find artwork by my artist friends Helena Donzelli and Peter Alan, with whom I was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Open Studios Napa Valley - Studio #35 - Calistoga Art Center
Karen Lynn Ingalls's space at Studio #35, at the Calistoga Art Center, where she also teaches art classes and workshops.
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Calistoga Art Center • Studio #35
1435 North Oak Street • Calistoga, California Saturday & Sunday, September 22-23 and 29-30 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM |
I'll be at the Calistoga Art Center both weekends, where you can see not only my landscape paintings, large and small, but also some of my mixed media work as well as paintings in process, so you can get an idea of the stages my paintings go through before they are finished.
I'll be there with five other Open Studios artists, painters Molly Corbett and Jennifer Deutsch, printmaker and collage artist June Lee, mixed media and jewelry artist Sheryl Lane Marshall, and ceramicist Jules Stout.
Open Studios Napa Valley Preview Show - September 2018
Jessel Gallery, 1019 Atlas Peak Road, Napa, California — the site of Open Studios Napa Valley's Preview Show
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Save the Date! • Friday, September 7, 2018
Jessel Gallery 1019 Atlas Peak Road • Napa, CA 5:00 to 8:00 PM It's Open Studios time! And we are happy to present our preview show to you at Jessel Gallery, Napa's local treasure (in case you haven't seen it before). |
You can see the work of Open Studios artists, and meet them — and get an idea of who you'd like to visit during Open Studios, the last two weekends of the month. It's a beautiful show — come join us!
You can also see the show during the rest of the month — through Sunday, September 30th.
Making more Beauty from Ashes...
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I am honored to be a part of this article, written by Kevin Fagan at the San Francisco Chronicle, with photographs (and video online) by Lea Suzuki.
And I was completely surprised, and honored, to have a detail of one of my Beauty from Ashes paintings chosen as this photograph to lead the article. |
It's all about my artist buddies Helena Donzelli, Peter Alan, and I — all of whom lost our art studios in last October's wildfires — and how we are literally making art from the ashes, each in our own way. Helena and Peter lost their homes as well, so they have come a long way in their recovery. I feel blessed to be on this journey with them.
My painting on a billboard for the Petaluma Arts Center!
Karen Lynn Ingalls's painting "New Horizon I" to be featured on a billboard in Petaluma, for the Petaluma Arts Center!
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I have so much to be thankful for — I am honored to have been chosen as the poster artist for the Petaluma Arts Center's upcoming show marking not only last year's wildfires, but also their tenth anniversary.
New Horizon I is the title of my painting, and not only will it be the show's poster image, it will also be featured on a billboard in Petaluma! This is the rough image I was sent of how it will look. |
WOW — what a wonderful surprise!
You can see the show this fall, from September 29 through November 17, at the Petaluma Arts Center, 230 Lakeville Street, in Petaluma, California.
You can see the show this fall, from September 29 through November 17, at the Petaluma Arts Center, 230 Lakeville Street, in Petaluma, California.
Artist Spring: The Fire and the Rose Are One
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Sofie Contemporary Arts
1407 Lincoln Avenue, Calistoga, California April 5 - June 10, 2018 Hours open: Thursday-Sunday, noon to 6 PM |
Due to popular appreciation, the show has been extended! Here is a little video preview (also viewable on the Videos page) that I created to share it with folks from near and far.
Artist Spring: The Fire and The Rose Are One
Beautiful Morning • 16" x 20" • Acrylics and ashes on gallery-wrapped canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
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April and May, 2018
Sofie Contemporary Arts 1407 Lincoln Avenue, Calistoga, California April 5 - June 3, 2018 And from Thursday, April 5, to Sunday, April 8: Flower Bomb Opening Reception: Thursday, April 5, 4 to 7 PM |
Join us on Thursday, April 5th, for the opening reception of Flower Bomb. You'll see amazing floral arrangements and constructions inspired by the artwork in Artist Spring: The Fire and The Rose Are One — artwork that is each artist's response to the wildfires that touched our community, and many of the participating artists, last October. April 8th also marks the six-month anniversary of the beginning of the Tubbs Fire and Northern California's other wildfires.
Beauty from Ashes II • 6" x 8" • Acrylics and collage on gallery-wrapped canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
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The entire four days also mark Calistoga's celebration of the arts — it's Sarafornia!
While you're here, be sure to see ENGAGE Art Fair at the Napa County Fairgrounds, the Creativity Crawl (we have lots of galleries on Lincoln Avenue, our main street, that are planning special shows), Art in Bloom (family-friendly art activities at the Calistoga Art Center), and the Storytelling Speakeasy at Tank Garage. |
It's all part of Napa Valley's Arts in April. And you can learn more about it at: www.celebratenapavalley.org/p/events/engage-overview/sarafornia
Barn Raising — My Studio Recovery from the Tubbs Wildfire
Karen Lynn Ingalls at barn studio, this December, after the Tubbs wildfire.
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January 2018
The barn studio that I'd been blessed to be able to use for nine and a half years was lost in the Tubbs wildfire this last October. In it were paintings and drawings going back to the 1970s, canvases, frames, easels, tables, shelving, a small press, grid walls and canopies for display, small sculptural pieces and armatures, art supplies and materials, mixed media paintings in progress, and much, much more. |
Although I cannot replace what the fire took, I need to build a new place where I can store my paintings and display materials — a new shed, next to my house, where I can keep my work nearby and safe.
I'm putting together a barn-raising — an online fundraiser (perks will include cards, prints, and perhaps original paintings too). I'll be announcing it soon. If you're interested in finding out about it in the meantime, please let me know!
I'm putting together a barn-raising — an online fundraiser (perks will include cards, prints, and perhaps original paintings too). I'll be announcing it soon. If you're interested in finding out about it in the meantime, please let me know!
2017
Beauty from Ashes
Green Horizons • 16"x 20" • acrylics and ashes on canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
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December, 2017
The Calistoga Roastery 1426 Lincoln Avenue, Calistoga How do you make beauty from ashes? It's a metaphor for what many Californians are doing now, as they rebuild their homes, their work, and their lives. For me, this was also literal. While my home, thankfully, remained safe, my art studio in a barn on the ranch of friends outside Calistoga was completely burned.
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The abstract landscape paintings in this series were created with acrylic paints, collaged photographs of the remnants of the studio, and the ashes of my burned paintings, to take the ashes of what had been, and, with them, create new beauty.
My thanks to The Weekly Calistogan and editor Anne Ward Ernst, for her article, Calistoga artist creates 'Beauty from Ashes' using ash from her own burned art to create new art.
My thanks to The Weekly Calistogan and editor Anne Ward Ernst, for her article, Calistoga artist creates 'Beauty from Ashes' using ash from her own burned art to create new art.
Jessel Gallery — Holiday Extravaganza
1019 Atlas Peak Road • Napa, California
Opening Reception: Friday, Nov. 17 • 5 to 8 PM
Open 10 AM to 5 PM daily through December
Come join us at Jessel Gallery on Friday, November 17, for the opening reception of the Holiday Extravaganza!
Opening Reception: Friday, Nov. 17 • 5 to 8 PM
Open 10 AM to 5 PM daily through December
Come join us at Jessel Gallery on Friday, November 17, for the opening reception of the Holiday Extravaganza!
I'm pleased to be part of this fun, colorful show — and also to be there with some of my friends and colleagues from Open Studios Napa Valley. I've made collage panels for the occasion, with images of both my landscape and mixed media paintings, and I've also brought four smaller and mid-sized landscape paintings, too.
The Tubbs Fire and Fire Recovery
"IT FEELS WONDERFUL!" 'Some Calistoga residents are full of joy after learning they could return home.'
I and my home and home studio made it safely through this month's Wine Country firestorms (my barn studio was not so lucky) that ravaged Napa and Sonoma Counties — thanks to the hard work of many dedicated people. My thanks to all the firefighters, police, local officials, Red Cross, Salvation Army, and volunteers who took such good care of us!
While I was at the American Canyon evacuation center, I wound up being interviewed three times — for the PBS News Hour; for Fox; and for KRON4, the San Francisco Bay Area station that worked hard to bring news of the fire and keep locals up on what was happening. My favorite, though, was after I returned home, when KRON4's reporter Haaziq Madden drove all the way up to Calistoga to follow up and see how I was doing.
"IT FEELS WONDERFUL"
Some Calistoga residents are full of joy after learning they could return home.
Some Calistoga residents are full of joy after learning they could return home.
Newly returned home, I began working on many varieties of heart-shaped artistic post-fire signs to distribute to local businesses, if they wanted to put one in their window. I've been delivering them in recent days.
Open Studios Napa Valley
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September 16-17 and 23-24, 2017
Studio #2 • at the Calistoga Art Center 1435 North Oak Street, Calistoga, California Open 10 AM to 5 PM |
This year we'll have ten artists at Calistoga Art Center, on the grounds of the Napa County Fairgrounds in Calistoga. In addition to my work, you'll be able to visit with artists who work in a wide range of media and styles, including painters, printmakers, a sculptor and a ceramicist.
Open Studios Napa Valley Preview Show
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September, 2017
Jessel Gallery 1019 Atlas Peak Road, Napa, California Opening Reception: Friday, Sept. 8 • 5 PM to 8 PM Open 10 AM to 5 PM daily Come see work by each of Napa Valley's 71 Open Studio artists, as you preview what and whom you might want to visit in this year's 43 Open Studio locations. It's our 30th anniversary — and we'd love to see you at our celebration!
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Hearts Across the Valley
Tree Heart Art, on the trees in downtown Calistoga from April through October, 2017
Downtown Calistoga, California — April through October, 2017
and St. Helena Elementary School — March through fall, 2017
and St. Helena Elementary School — March through fall, 2017
Hearts Across the Valley is a public art project intended to bring visual inspiration of love, kindness, and compassion to the community and to our visitors. Currently, you can see Tree Heart Art on Lincoln Avenue in downtown Calistoga, on trees along Lincoln Avenue, and at St. Helena Elementary School, in the school's main entrance and auditorium, in St. Helena, California.
Heart art at St. Helena Elementary School — three installations — Love in Many Languages posters; Blossom Heart Garlands with signatures of every students and teacher in the school; and A Garden of Hearts • Created together with SHES Music Teacher Laura Condylis, the St. Helena Boys and Girls Club and their Art Director Kari Sue Carson-Martin, and the students who attend both.
My heartfelt (no pun intended) thanks to The Calistoga Tribune and Kim Beltran, The Weekly Calistogan and Anne Ward Ernst, The Napa Valley Register and Evy Warshawski, and The St. Helena Star and Jesse Duarte for their newspaper articles about my Hearts Across the Valley project.
First page of article by editor Kim Beltran in The Calistoga Tribune.
Bright, Bold, and Beautiful
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Jessel Gallery —
January and February 2017 Bright, Bold and Beautiful 1019 Atlas Peak Road Napa, California Opening Reception: Friday, January 6 • 5 PM to 8 PM Open 10 AM to 5 PM daily I'm happy to announce Jessel's January-February show, Bright, Bold and Beautiful, featuring the work of painters who love color (including me).
It's going to be an inspirational show, if you love color as I do. I hope you can join us for the opening, Friday night, January 6th, from 5 to 8 PM. You can also see the show through February. |
2016
Jessel Gallery — October 2016
Photo courtesy of Jessel Gallery
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1019 Atlas Peak Road
Napa, California Opening Reception: Friday, October 7 • 5 PM to 8 PM Open 10 AM to 5 PM daily I'm pleased to have my work at Jessel Gallery in Napa, California! |
Jessel is introducing my paintings in a small show adjoining this month's big show for the Napa Photographic Society, Beauty, Humor, Heart, through October 30th.
You'll also be able to see my artwork in the 2016 Holiday Extravaganza show following it in November and December. If you haven't been to Jessel Gallery yet, you're in for a treat. I hope to see you at the reception!
You'll also be able to see my artwork in the 2016 Holiday Extravaganza show following it in November and December. If you haven't been to Jessel Gallery yet, you're in for a treat. I hope to see you at the reception!
Napa Valley Open Studios — September 17-18 and 24-25, 2016
Studio #1
Calistoga Art Center
1435 North Oak Street, Calistoga, California
Studio #1
Calistoga Art Center
1435 North Oak Street, Calistoga, California
I'm pleased to be a part of Napa Valley Open Studios again, after a two-year (two busy years!) hiatus. Calistoga Art Center, where I teach, has opened its space for nine of us for Open Studios, so you can visit not only me, but eight of my colleagues. The Art Center will also have refreshments and tables where you can enjoy them, as you sit and contemplate the artwork around you. Come join us!
Some of Karen's artwork and her painting demonstration at ENGAGE Art Fair in 2015.
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Saturday and Sunday, 10 AM to 4 PM
In Calistoga, at the Napa County Fairgrounds 1358 North Oak Street, Calistoga, California I'll be at ENGAGE Art Fair 2016 again this year, at 1435 North Oak Street, on the grounds of the Napa County Fairgrounds in Calistoga (right next door to the art center).
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ENGAGE is the celebratory closing event of Napa Valley's Arts in April month-long arts festival, and is your opportunity to not only see artwork, but to see artists at work, demonstrating how they do what they do. There are musicians and performers and talks, as well, both days, so there is a lot to see and do — and engage with the arts! I hope you'll come by and say hello!
2015
The Artwork of Karen Lynn Ingalls
"Autumn Celebration II" in the front tasting room at Chateau Montelena Winery
Vineyard Tree • acrylics on canvas • 36" x 48" • © K L Ingalls
"Vineyard Tree" in the back tasting room at Chateau Montelena Winery
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The Artwork of Karen Lynn Ingalls
Summer 2015 — Summer 2016 Chateau Montelena Winery Tasting & Wine Library Rooms 1429 Tubbs Lane, Calistoga, California Open from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM I was pleased to be invited to show my paintings at Chateau Montelena Winery in Calistoga, the marvelous and historic winery that was partly responsible for putting Napa Valley and its wines on the map. (It was featured in the movie Bottle Shock.)
You can see them there daily, in the tasting rooms and wine library, during tasting room open hours. |
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Upcoming Art Workshops
Calistoga Art Center at the Napa County Fairgrounds 1435 North Oak Street, Calistoga, CA |
See more workshops listed below....
Landscape Painting Art Workshop in May, 2016
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Landscape Painting Art Workshop
Date: Saturday and Sunday, May 21 & 22, 2016 Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM — bring your lunch! Location: Calistoga Art Center, at the Napa County Fairgrounds, 1435 North Oak Street, Calistoga, CA |
Art Classes — Acrylic Painting & Mixed Media, Beginning Drawing & Sketching
Calistoga Art Center — at the Napa County Fairgrounds, 1435 North Oak Street, Calistoga, California 94515
Calistoga Art Center — at the Napa County Fairgrounds, 1435 North Oak Street, Calistoga, California 94515
The Calistoga Art Center is located on the grounds of the Napa County Fairgrounds in Calistoga — as you're facing the fairgrounds buildings, it's the one on the far left.
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Acrylic Painting & Mixed Media
Friday afternoons, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM You can sign up for a session of classes (with our new Drop-in card, if you miss a class, just make it up the next time) — or drop in for a single class, if you like. |
Calistoga City Hall • 5" x 7" • pencil drawing on paper • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
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Beginning Drawing & Sketching
Thursday evenings, April & May 2016 Drawing is really all about seeing — and it gives you a strong foundation for working in any other art medium. We'll start with the basics — and you'll be amazed at how differently you'll see the world around you. |
We'll work on drawings with line and with light and shadow, working from a variety of subjects. You'll also learn the basics of perspective, and how to use perspective in your drawings.
You can see more of my pen-and-ink sketches on my blog:
The Sketchbook Project - I
The Sketchbook Project - II
The Sketchbook Project - III
The Sketchbook Project - IV
The Sketchbook Project - V
Sign up online at the Calistoga Art Center's website, or in class when you come. You can learn more about them on my Art Classes information page. More information about Beginning Drawing & Sketching will come soon!
You can see more of my pen-and-ink sketches on my blog:
The Sketchbook Project - I
The Sketchbook Project - II
The Sketchbook Project - III
The Sketchbook Project - IV
The Sketchbook Project - V
Sign up online at the Calistoga Art Center's website, or in class when you come. You can learn more about them on my Art Classes information page. More information about Beginning Drawing & Sketching will come soon!
Create Compositions That Work Art Workshop in January, 2016
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Create Compositions That Work
Art Workshop Date: Saturday and Sunday, January 9 & 10, 2016 Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM both days — bring your lunch! Location: Calistoga Art Center, at the Napa County Fairgrounds, 1435 North Oak Street, Calistoga, CA |
Acrylic Painting 101 Art Workshop in February, 2016
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Acrylic Painting 101
Date: Saturday and Sunday, February 27 & 28, 2016 Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM — bring your lunch! |
Location: Calistoga Art Center, at the Napa County Fairgrounds, 1435 North Oak Street, Calistoga, CA
Secrets of Color Harmony Art Workshop in May, 2016
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Secrets of Color Harmony
Date: Saturday and Sunday, March 19 & 20, 2016 To be scheduled again Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM both days – bring your lunch! |
Location: Calistoga Art Center, at the Napa County Fairgrounds, 1435 North Oak Street, Calistoga, CA
Tentatively scheduled — Abstract Landscape Painting Art Workshop
Date: To be scheduled...
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM both days – bring your lunch!
Location: Calistoga Art Center, at the Napa County Fairgrounds, 1435 North Oak Street, Calistoga, CA
Date: To be scheduled...
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM both days – bring your lunch!
Location: Calistoga Art Center, at the Napa County Fairgrounds, 1435 North Oak Street, Calistoga, CA
Land Trees Skies Vines
The Promise of Rain, acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas, 24" x 24", © Karen Lynn Ingalls
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Solo show, Santa Rosa City Hall Council Chambers
100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, California October to December 4, 2015 Reception November 6, 2015, 5 to 7 PM I was honored to be invited to show my landscape paintings at Santa Rosa City Hall Council Chambers this fall. I created a new series of paintings for the show. |
My thanks to Jessica Rasmussen, the curator for the City of Santa Rosa, who does a marvelous job arranging art shows throughout the city for Sonoma County (and in my case, just over the hill in Napa County) artists.
ENGAGE Art Fair
Karen painting Sunset Meadow • photo © Karen Lynn Ingalls
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ENGAGE Art Fair – April 25-26, 2015
Saturday and Sunday, 10 AM to 4 PM In Calistoga, at the Napa County Fairgrounds 1358 North Oak Street, Calistoga, California ENGAGE Art Fair, the closing celebration of Arts Council Napa Valley's Arts in April, presented arts in action.
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The process of painting "Vineyard Tree," from early stages to the finished painting • © Karen Lynn Ingalls
Visitors saw Napa Valley artists at work, and were able to see and talk with them about their process and what's behind the work they do, and see their finished work.
Have you ever wondered how a painting is created? What happens to get from empty canvas to finished work of art? It doesn't happen automatically — and there are a lot of stages a painting goes through in the process.
It's true of all artwork.... Often, you would never guess from the beginning stages what the final result will be.
ENGAGE gave visitors a great opportunity to see many kinds of artists working in many and diverse media.
ENGAGE gave visitors a great opportunity to see many kinds of artists working in many and diverse media.
"Autumn Celebration 2" in process, on the easel • 36" x 48" • photo & painting © 2015 Karen Lynn Ingalls
Of course, since this is Napa Valley, visitors got some great food and wine tasting experiences, too. It's coming around next year, too, during Napa Valley Arts in April. Save the date for 2016!
The Fine Art of Karen Lynn Ingalls, Janet Berrien, and Joe Kowalczyk
Part of my show at ECHO Gallery in Calistoga, in the historic railroad station at the Calistoga Depot
You'll find ECHO Art Gallery inside the Station House at The Calistoga Depot, 1458 Lincoln Avenue, Calistoga, California.
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ECHO Art Gallery
The Fine Art of Karen Lynn Ingalls, Janet Berrien, and Joe Kowalczyk February 7 through April 5, 2015 in the Calistoga Depot Calistoga, California |
My thanks to everyone who came to see the show! And thank you for supporting contemporary Napa Valley artists like me!
These paintings are all of scenes near Calistoga, though my intentions are larger than simply recording what I see.
Here's a little excerpt from my statement about the work: "These paintings are as much about a state of mind and heart as a place and time. When you look at a beautiful scene, there is more than meets the eye. The world is alive. It breathes; it grows, in all seasons. Everywhere you turn, everything is alive. And in that life breathes joy. My mission as a painter is to see that life, that joy, and paint it. How do you paint joy? It is that simple, and that challenging."
Here's a little excerpt from my statement about the work: "These paintings are as much about a state of mind and heart as a place and time. When you look at a beautiful scene, there is more than meets the eye. The world is alive. It breathes; it grows, in all seasons. Everywhere you turn, everything is alive. And in that life breathes joy. My mission as a painter is to see that life, that joy, and paint it. How do you paint joy? It is that simple, and that challenging."
Another view of my show at ECHO Art Gallery, in the historic railroad station at The Calistoga Depot.
The Calistoga Art Market
Karen, with her booth, and giving a painting demonstration, at the August 2014 outdoor Calistoga Art Market • photo by Yvonne Henry
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The Calistoga Art Market
Presented by the Calistoga Art Center at the Art Center, 1435 North Oak Street, Calistoga, CA Next Art Market to be announced 11 AM to 4 PM "What is an Art Market?", you might ask. |
It's sort of the same concept as a farmer's market. But at the Art Market you have an opportunity to meet artists, see what they do, talk with them about their work, and buy their work directly from them. It's February, so of course we'll be indoors, at the Art Center.
I bring special small paintings to this event — paintings small enough that I only show them at events such as this and open studios. (But I'm not doing Open Studios this year — so this is the place to find me and my small paintings.)
In addition to paintings, I bring matted reproductions, greeting cards, and ceramic tiles (and more), with images of my artwork — with lots of choices of things that are small enough to tuck in a suitcase, if you're visiting from out of town.
I bring special small paintings to this event — paintings small enough that I only show them at events such as this and open studios. (But I'm not doing Open Studios this year — so this is the place to find me and my small paintings.)
In addition to paintings, I bring matted reproductions, greeting cards, and ceramic tiles (and more), with images of my artwork — with lots of choices of things that are small enough to tuck in a suitcase, if you're visiting from out of town.
(My thanks to photographer Yvonne Henry for this photo from the August 2014 Art Market!)
