Chris Adessa’s blog

MALT-Ranches and Rolling Hills

Sun, 13 May 2012 16:07:45 -0700

What a pleasure to be having my first foray into the highly esteemed show Ranches and Rolling Hills, which benefits the Marin Agricultural Land Trust. It is the fifteenth year MALT has produced this show and they do a great job of choosing art and artists to represent open space in our beautiful county. Please see my New Paintings to see some of my work in the show. This is always a wonderful place to see art and help preserve our open space.

Saturday, May 19 from 2 pm to 5 pm
Sunday, May 20 from 10 am to 4 pm
Druids Hall on the Square in Nicasio, CA

Loving Art?

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:05:09 -0800

New Study Shows That Looking At Art Gives Same Pleasure As Being In Love. Click to view video

There is a reason why art has served as a means of soulful self-expression for centuries upon centuries. All forms of art, from painting to dancing to music, are very personal and emotional experiences -- both for the artists and the viewers.

California Art Club Celebrates 50 Years of the Point Reyes National Seashore

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 17:49:39 -0800

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Point Reyes National Seashore begins with the California Art Club’s show California Art Club Celebrates 50 Years of the Point Reyes National Seashore at the Red Barn at the Point Reyes National Seashore Headquarters at One Bear Valley Road, Point Reyes Station. A special reception with the artists will be held on Saturday, March 10 from 11 am to 4 pm.

The Ravages of Time (above) and Rock of Ages (below) will be on view. This promises to be an excellent show and includes work by Christin Coy, Laura Culver, Michele DeBraganca, Paul Kratter, Richard Lindenberg and Tom Soltesz.

ICB Winter Open Studios

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 00:03:41 -0800

The 43rd Annual Winter Open Studios at the ICB in Sausalito was a success by any measure. So many great people came by and looked, admired, collected and got to know our community of artists. I heard stories about the old days on the waterfront that would curl your hair! Back in the day Sally Stanford was mayor, in addition to running a bordello, there were two policemen in the city of Sausalito and neither one ever set foot on the waterfront. Wouldn’t go near it. One local artist who dated Grace Slick before she was famous said there was no law on the waterfront back then, you could do anything you wanted there.

Well, not so any more. The big news is that the tides come up over the road.

Sausalito Open Studios

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:52:53 -0800

Winter Open Studio
New Work: Art to Soothe Your Soul
December 3 and 4 from 11 am to 5 pm
Preview: Friday, December 2 from 6 to 8 pm

480 Gate 5 Road, Studio 278A
Sausalito, CA 94965
MAP

Rock of Ages 24 x 30

Ravages of Time 16 x 20

Esalen Escapade 8 x 10

Muir Beach Melody 8 x 10

This year has been unusual for me. I was fortunate to get to paint in a number of interesting locations like the Adirondacks in New York State with the Publisher of Plein Air Magazine; next to bubbling fumaroles in Lassen Volcanic National Park; and aboard a kayak off the Channel Islands (see below). That gives me lots of ideas for paintings that I have been working on and planning to paint in my studio over the winter.

Me painting on a kayak in the Channel Islands

My open studio last year