Lovely Sonoma Coast Accommodations featuring Sonoma County Art

Stunning Views Inside & Out at our Sonoma Coast Hotel

From our gorgeous natural setting to our rustic Sonoma Coast accommodations, it is impossible to find a bad view at Timber Cove Inn. And the same is now true inside our Sonoma Coast hotel—in the lobby, restaurant, and comfortable rooms and suites—which currently features work from local Sonoma artists and beyond.

Read about each featured artist below and come see their exceptional artwork in our inspiring Sonoma Coast hotel.

Gary Albright
Gary Albright’s lifelong passion is to make art with whatever materials and tools are at hand: Plein air, sea and landscape oil paintings have become his favorite subject matter as they give the fullest scope for his vision. He also paints still life subjects, but considers these to be a type of miniature landscape that can be rearranged as needed. A few of his abiding influences are Corot, Millet and Édouard Manet. More recently, he has drawn inspiration from the more painterly works of Emil Gruppé and Serge Bongart. One of his greatest pleasures is to have his paints and easel set up overlooking the Sonoma Coast with a thermos of hot coffee nearby.
For more information, please visit: www.paletteandeasel.blogspot.com

Marianne Baxter
Marianne Baxter has made jewelry for many years and is predominantly a self taught jewelry artist who creates work using beads, metals and clay. She also recently started working with glass, both fusing and lampworking. She loves using bright colors and textures; glass is fascinating because it changes so much from the beginning of the process to the finished piece. She has had several pieces featured in magazines and continues to pursue ways to stretch her creativity. The last few years, she has donated many of her pieces for local charity raffles and events and has entered pieces in various exhibitions.
For more information, please visit: www.simplyseablimejewelry.com

Frank Gannon
Before earning his Bachelor of Arts at Sonoma State University, Frank Gannon got a jump start on his professional art career by painting portraits on the streets of San Francisco. While there, Frank found out about an exceptional Art School on Cape Cod, so he saved up and traveled east. This action was to change his life. Painting became his reason for living. Under the tutelage of a master painter named Henry Hensche, Frank Gannon focused his energies on the study of light and color. Since college, Frank has earned his entire living as an artist: selling his oil paintings, drawing caricatures and portraits at events and teaching painting. He’s won numerous national and international awards, is collected internationally, and has been published twice. As well as being a signature member of American Impressionist Society, he also served as president of that organization, is an artist member of the California Art Club and a member of the Henry Hensche Foundation.
For more information, please visit: www.frankgannon.com

Miriam Owen
Miriam Owen is a beachcomber who can’t resist picking up interesting sculpted driftwood, abalone shards, shells, smooth glass, kelp heads. After winter storms, she is drawn like a magnet to explore the beach for new treasures. Making art from found materials became her focus after 25 years as a potter. She wanted her art to be made with natural materials that she could find locally. The freestanding Guardians are made from driftwood that she has painted, stained, or colored with oil pastels. The heads are made with natural reeds. Beads, leather, shells, feathers are used for embellishment.
For more information, please visit: www.miriamowen-driftwoodsculpture.com

George Smith
Born in 1946 in Santa Monica, California, George Smith has been influenced by the sea—its color, its power and its texture. "I've always loved the ocean," Smith says from his Cazadero, California retreat. "I see myself as an inventor of sorts, and that's the way I create art." Clearly breaking new ground in this Colorists' technique, honed over 37 years, it centers on oil pastels, an uncommon artist medium. "Being in a clear frame of mind is central to my painting—landscape or wave—feeling the emotions—it's something more than the subject going on." The materials used are simple; oil pastel sticks (Holbeinand Caran d'Ache brands), blending stomps, and a single razor. No turpentine, no mediums, no brushes, just pure pastel technique. Oil pastels, 37 years of color and art refinement, and the love of the ocean all have fused into Smith's sweeping depictions of nature.
For more information, please visit: www.wavesofthenorthcoast.com