EVENTS 2024
• October 2024 Sonoma County Art Trails Open Studios Tour
• April 1-28 2024 Staircase Showcase - Color Conversations.
small works at Upstairs Art Gallery, Healdsburg
Warm Welcome, Mixed media collage on canvas.12 x 12 inches, $525
Poppy Pods, Mixed media collage on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, $525
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Exhibit Dates: April 1-28, 2024
Reception: Saturday April 6th 4-6pm Color Conversations A new collection of paper collage paintings by Carolyn Wilson. These artworks exhibit rich texture, visual depth and nuanced colors, and are created by tearing and layering hand-colored and hand-printed transparent tissue papers. Many of these playful explorations are created intuitively, emerging purely from imagination. During the creative process, Wilson is simply responding to what is already there, and the surprises that show up along the way. Floral and tree designs are recurring themes, and seem to magically evolve out of nowhere. Upsairs Art Gallery, 306 Center Street, Healdsburg, CA Open daily 11-6 Carolyn will be hosting the gallery Friday April 5 and Saturday April 6th from 11-6 
A selection of mini art like this one. Superbloom. 6x6 inches $100
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• CURRENT- Aqus Cafe Small Works Show 2023-24
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Exhibit Dates: Nov 12th 2023 - March 21st 2024
Opening Reception: Thursday November 16th 4-7pm Closing Reception: Thursday March 21st 2024, 4-7pm Aqus Cafe at Foundry Wharf, 189 H Street, Petaluma, CA 94952 (corner of 2nd and H St) (Open daily 8am-7pm - serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, beer and wine) All works in the show are 7"x7" or smaller. Great for gifting. |
2023 EVENTS
Safari Nights October 7th 2023
UPDATE: This DONATED painting Raised over $1200 for Safari West
"Otto and Eesha" ©Carolyn Wilson, 2023, Mixed media collage on canvas 24" x 18" .
Original $1490.
Fundraiser to benefit Safari West Wildlife Foundation, who's mission is education, notably underwriting live wildlife school field trip experiences visitors to Safari West in Santa Rosa, and live streaming educational visits to young patients in local children's hospitals.
"From a hospital room, to a classroom, to out in the field.
Safari West Wildlife Foundation is dedicated to educating, and creating, wildlife advocates nationally, and locally.
Some of our local hospital partners include;
UCSF Benioff Oakland Children's Hospital; San Francisco, CA
UCSF Benioff San Francico Children's Hospital; San Francisco, CA
UC Davis Medical Center; Sacramento, CA
Shriner's Hospital Northern California; Sacramento, CA
Lucille Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford; Palo Alto, CA"
"From a hospital room, to a classroom, to out in the field.
Safari West Wildlife Foundation is dedicated to educating, and creating, wildlife advocates nationally, and locally.
Some of our local hospital partners include;
UCSF Benioff Oakland Children's Hospital; San Francisco, CA
UCSF Benioff San Francico Children's Hospital; San Francisco, CA
UC Davis Medical Center; Sacramento, CA
Shriner's Hospital Northern California; Sacramento, CA
Lucille Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford; Palo Alto, CA"
"Wild Things" - Corrick's benefit for Safari West Wildlife Foundation
Exhibit Dates: August 4th - 26th 2023
Opening Reception: Friday August 4th 5-7pm
Corrick's, 627 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.
Featured artists:
Carolyn Wilson
Suki Diamond
Diane Schoenrock
Stephen Heagan
"Connected to Nature" - Upstairs Art Gallery, Healdsburg
Exhibit Dates: July 31- August 27 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday August 5th 3:30-5:30pm
Upstairs Art Gallery , 306 Center Street, Healdsburg, CA
(Gallery open daily 11-6)
Additional opportunities to meet the artist
Saturday August 12th 11-6
and
Friday August 18th 11-6.
Opening Reception: Saturday August 5th 3:30-5:30pm
Upstairs Art Gallery , 306 Center Street, Healdsburg, CA
(Gallery open daily 11-6)
Additional opportunities to meet the artist
Saturday August 12th 11-6
and
Friday August 18th 11-6.
Sonoma County Art Trails 2023
Carolyn is taking a sabbatical year off from participating in Sonoma County Art Trails - Fall of 2023.
See you back in 2024!
See you back in 2024!
2022 EVENTS
Sonoma County Art Trails - Juried Open Studios 2022
2 weekends
Sept 24-25 and Oct 01-02, 2022
Open 10am -5pm
Carolyn Wilson
Studio #56
1489 Schaeffer Road, Sebastopol , CA 95472
also see my work at these two Art Trails Preview Exhibits
Sebastopol Center for the Arts , 282 S High Street, Sebastopol
and
Gallery One, 209 Western Ave, Petaluma
Sept 24-25 and Oct 01-02, 2022
Open 10am -5pm
Carolyn Wilson
Studio #56
1489 Schaeffer Road, Sebastopol , CA 95472
also see my work at these two Art Trails Preview Exhibits
Sebastopol Center for the Arts , 282 S High Street, Sebastopol
and
Gallery One, 209 Western Ave, Petaluma
"International Influences".
Corrick's/My Daughter the Framer, 627 Fourth St, Santa Rosa.
Exhibit dates - July 1-August 25 2022
Cinque Terre (Manarola) ⓒ Carolyn Wilson. 20" x 16" . Collage on canvas. Mahogany floater frame.
$935
"Backyard Beauty". A collection of small works.
Upstairs Art Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
Exhibit Dates: June 27 – July 31, 2022 . Reception July 8 2022 from 4-7pm
A collection of smaller mixed media collage paintings that celebrate the bevy of nature's treasures found close to home, such as backyard birds, beloved garden blooms and billowy wildflowers. Wilson's collage artworks are created by building up multiple layers of thin rice paper, giving them a subtle but rich tactile surface. "I am a keen observer of nature's details, but ironically choose to paint in a more impressionistic style, leaving more to be filled in by the viewer's imagination." says Carolyn Wilson.
"Favorite Things"
Exhibit Dates: Monday February 28th - Sunday March 27th 2022
Hours: Open daily 11-6
Location: Upstairs Art Gallery, 306 Center Street, Healdsburg, CA 95448 (Healdsburg Plaza, inside Levin & Co. Bookstore).
2021 EVENTS
Artful Holidays - Petaluma Pop-up Gallery. December 2021
Holiday Pop-Up Gallery, downtown Petaluma - December 2021
145 Keller Street, Petaluma CA 94952 (the future home of "Artaluma")
Three weekends only: Dec 4-5, 11-12 and Saturday 18th 2021, 11am - 4pm
BUY one of a kind pieces directly from local creatives
SEE ongoing jewelry making and art demonstrations
Featuring:
Beka Brayer - Assemblage. Vintage finds reimagined to tell new stories
Melissa McCann - Glass. Glass art and jewelry (December 11-12 weekend only)
Elizabeth McKoy - Acrylic abstract paintings
Patricia Jane Reilly - Jewelry. Enamel, sterling silver and mixed media jewelry
Carolyn Wilson - Mixed Media. Texture rich rice paper collage
Tortuga Ceramic Studio - Ceramics. Functional and decorative ceramics created by artist members of this Petaluma ceramic studio: Paul DeMarco, Stacey Jones, Sheri Tauber, Cheryl Yawata, Heather Davis, Connie Robeson and more ....
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Sonoma County Art Trails 2021.
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Studio and outdoor art display
"Oh The Places You'll Go", Upstairs Art Gallery, Healdsburg
Oct 26 - Nov 22 2020
Sonoma County artist, Carolyn Wilson, presents Oh, The Places You’ll Go, mixed media and collage works that explore favorite travel locales. Travel and exploration are favorite activities and a source of artistic inspiration for the artist. With travel now on hold, take a seat and join us for some armchair traveling as the artist revisits places with memories, sparking dreams of days when we are all free to roam the earth again. Explore numerous favorites including Yosemite, Carolyn’s homeland, England, France, African safari adventures.
A lover of textures, Carolyn specializes in creating collage that has a rich tactile surface, with partially hidden layers that create a sense of mystery and history. Her surfaces emerge using watermedia, such as watercolor and acrylic ink, on rice paper. She is happiest when surrounded by a mountain of hand colored papers, with glue and brush in hand.
“Communicating more than what is visible on the surface, my collages begin life in an abstract way, then grow into something more recognizable. Using ephemera, such as maps, printed words, letters and postage stamps collected on my travels, my art is literally imbedded with my life story. You often need to step up and take a close look to discover these hidden surprises,” said Wilson.
Wilson has participated In Sonoma County Art Trails Open Studios since 2014. Paintings by the artist have been published in two books: “The Encyclopedia of Watercolor Techniques,” by Hazel Harrison (UK, 2018) and the “New Encyclopedia of Watercolor Techniques,” by Hazel Harrison (USA, 2010).
Upstairs Art Gallery, 306 Center Street, Healdsburg, CA 95448. (707) 431-4214.
Open daily: S & S: 11am – 6 pm; M-F: 11am-3pm
www.upstairsartgallery.net
A lover of textures, Carolyn specializes in creating collage that has a rich tactile surface, with partially hidden layers that create a sense of mystery and history. Her surfaces emerge using watermedia, such as watercolor and acrylic ink, on rice paper. She is happiest when surrounded by a mountain of hand colored papers, with glue and brush in hand.
“Communicating more than what is visible on the surface, my collages begin life in an abstract way, then grow into something more recognizable. Using ephemera, such as maps, printed words, letters and postage stamps collected on my travels, my art is literally imbedded with my life story. You often need to step up and take a close look to discover these hidden surprises,” said Wilson.
Wilson has participated In Sonoma County Art Trails Open Studios since 2014. Paintings by the artist have been published in two books: “The Encyclopedia of Watercolor Techniques,” by Hazel Harrison (UK, 2018) and the “New Encyclopedia of Watercolor Techniques,” by Hazel Harrison (USA, 2010).
Upstairs Art Gallery, 306 Center Street, Healdsburg, CA 95448. (707) 431-4214.
Open daily: S & S: 11am – 6 pm; M-F: 11am-3pm
www.upstairsartgallery.net
Highland Lakes 20" x 10"
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Yosemite Valley Winter 18" x 14"
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SebArtsVirtual Open Studios (SAVOS)
September 1 -31 2020
- Opening reception Tues September 1st 5:30pm join here via zoom
- My studio will be open (in real life) 2 weekends Sept 5/6 and Sept 12/13 10am -5pm, and by appointment at other times. All art will be displayed outside. Please wear your mask.
- Studio location: 1489 Schaeffer Road, Sebastopol (big, open backyard)
- Studio phone: (707)824.1811
- email: [email protected]
- Contact me for virtual visits by appointment via your favorite video chat platform (Zoom/Facetime/What's app etc) any time during the entire month.
- Online gallery featuring 138 Sonoma County artists at sebartsvirtual.org and my personal artist page featuring 6 pieces for sale https://sebartsvirtual.org/artists/wilson/
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SebArts Virtual Open Studios - a new program by
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- Upstairs Art Gallery, 306 Center Street, Healdsburg, CA. Featured Artist Sept 28- Oct 25 2020
- Santa Rosa Symphony offices , 50 Santa Rosa Ave #410, Santa Rosa , CA- ongoing
- Dr Fichman MD office, 678 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol , CA- ongoing
PAST EVENTS
Sonoma County Art Trails Open Studio Tour 2019
Studio 100,
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2 weekends. October 12 -13 and 19 - 20 2019.
Open 10-5 each day.
https://sonomacountyarttrails.org/
Download the guide here or pick up a printed version at many galleries and retail locations vountywide,
Open 10-5 each day.
https://sonomacountyarttrails.org/
Download the guide here or pick up a printed version at many galleries and retail locations vountywide,
Madikwe Majesty ©Carolyn Wilson, mixed media, 16" x 20"
- Favorite Things .Sebastopol Center for the Arts., 282 S High St, Sebastopol, CA. April 5 - May 12 2019
- Apple Blossom Art Show 2019. April 13 and 14 2019 by Art Workshop of W.Sonoma County (AWS) at Sebastopol Center for the Arts (auditorium)
- African Adventures - Featured Artist at Upstairs Gallery, 306 Center Street, Healdsburg, CA. April 1 to April 28 201 Read press release here
- Collage and Mixed Media at Corrick's, 637 4th Street, Santa Rosa. November 2nd - 30th 2018
Sonoma County Art Trails. October 13-14 & 20-21 2018
Toby's Tulips ©Carolyn Wilson, Mixed Media, 12''x 12"
Carolyn Wilson (Studio #88),
1489 Schaeffer Road, Sebastopol (nearest cross street Cunningham Road)
Open to the public two weekends October 13-14 and 20-21 2018
10am - 5pm
(707)824-1811
Follow the blue signs along the roads to find your way to the open studios. All are identified by their studio number. Look for 88 to find me.
1489 Schaeffer Road, Sebastopol (nearest cross street Cunningham Road)
Open to the public two weekends October 13-14 and 20-21 2018
10am - 5pm
(707)824-1811
Follow the blue signs along the roads to find your way to the open studios. All are identified by their studio number. Look for 88 to find me.
Art Workshop - Apple Blossom Art Show.
April 20-22 2018
Sebastopol Center for the Arts (auditorium)
Painted Violin Auction - An Evening in Vienna. Saturday April 14 2018
My art violin, featuring Fountaingrove Round Barn, is being auctioned by live auctioneer on Saturday April 14th 7-10pm. :
More than 20 broken and unplayable instruments were turned onto unique one-of-a-kind and creative works of art.Buy your event tickets online here. $25 each.
Location: SRJC Shone Farm, Forestville.
Music by the Youth Orchestra String Quartet, waltz lesson and dancing, dessert, champagne, silent and live auction.
Funds benefit Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra - summer concert tour to Vienna and Budapest.
ps- AUCTION RESULT: ROUND BARN VIOLIN SOLD FOR $1,250
Painted violin by Carolyn Wilson will be auctioned April 14 2018.
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Small Works Show at Graton Gallery. January 2018
2 of my paintings are in this great 'little' show
Artists 9 group show at Santa Rosa Metro Chamber, 50 Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa.
November 17 2017 thru March 2018.
Artists 9 have been meeting regularly for for 6+ years. This exhibit showcases the diversity and creativity of nine Sonoma County artists, who's individual artistic journeys are richer for the sharing of knowledge and ideas with each other.
Participating artists - Monica Lee-Boutz, Carolyn Wilson, Wendy LaLanne, Rose Baker, Sharon Daniels-Duerr, Diane Luiz, (not pictured Mary Ruggles, Suzanne Scheer, Linda Way)
Participating artists - Monica Lee-Boutz, Carolyn Wilson, Wendy LaLanne, Rose Baker, Sharon Daniels-Duerr, Diane Luiz, (not pictured Mary Ruggles, Suzanne Scheer, Linda Way)
Artists 9 (well 2/3rds of us
- missing 3!)
SONOMA COUNTY ART TRAILS 2017
Open Studios
🔥🔥🔥🔥 Update 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Due to the devastating fires that have rocked our community these past few days, Art Trails was postponed a week, but is still happening.
New dates are
October 21-22 and 28-29
10-5 each day
Please come out and visit - 131 studios will be open.
I am donating a % of sales to various local Relief Funds.
As a way to help our fellow artists who lost everything, the Sonoma County Art Trails Artist Relief Fund has been established.
For up to date information on all studios, revised maps and monetary donations www.SonomaCountyArtTrails.org
Due to the devastating fires that have rocked our community these past few days, Art Trails was postponed a week, but is still happening.
New dates are
October 21-22 and 28-29
10-5 each day
Please come out and visit - 131 studios will be open.
I am donating a % of sales to various local Relief Funds.
As a way to help our fellow artists who lost everything, the Sonoma County Art Trails Artist Relief Fund has been established.
For up to date information on all studios, revised maps and monetary donations www.SonomaCountyArtTrails.org
Fountaingrove Round Barn ©Carolyn Wilson. Mixed media. 7"x7"
Many have a soft place in their hearts for this historic Sonoma County landmark. Tragically, Fountaingrove Round Barn burned to the ground on October 9 2017.
The original painting just sold, but will still be available to view at my open studio during Art Trails.
I have donated cash to the value of 100% of the purchase price to the Art Trails Artist Relief Fund.
I am currently taking orders for fine art giclée reproductions of the painting, the income from which will also be donated to fire relief efforts.
Please contact me if you would like your own copy as a keepsake of the Round Barn. Prices $50 and up.
The original painting just sold, but will still be available to view at my open studio during Art Trails.
I have donated cash to the value of 100% of the purchase price to the Art Trails Artist Relief Fund.
I am currently taking orders for fine art giclée reproductions of the painting, the income from which will also be donated to fire relief efforts.
Please contact me if you would like your own copy as a keepsake of the Round Barn. Prices $50 and up.
Joyful Spirit ©CarolynWilson 2017. Mixed water media and collage on canvas 12"X12"
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CAROLYN WILSON
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