A mutual love affair with Mt Tam. Ilysa’s sublime watercolors capture the light and shadows of fleeting moments across time and topography, including the beloved, majestic mountain she faces. Swipe for inspo! View the collection in our gallery 🔗 in bio We wanted to share the words of one of the most beloved and accomplished color-theory painters, Lebanese-American poet, essayist, and visual artist Etel Adnan, whose ashes were spread atop Mt Tam: “Once I was asked in front of a television ca...

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We’re up for Best in the County. We’d love your vote. Click 🔗in bio > scroll to SHOPPING > BEST GIFTS and also > BEST JEWELRY. We love what we do for artists and their art, and every chance we have for others to learn about our intentional curation helps us continue bringing you uncommon objects of appreciation. Further, supporting small businesses—their talents and economic success—is essential to how we attach to our communities because they bring unique aspects to the shaping of community....

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From the Manzanita Marketplace to the Main Stage to the Sweetwater Stage, all the best moods from you made it a blast! Thanks for coming by, dancing and laughing with us. That’s a wrap for our 4th @millvalleymusicfest Closed today… See ya in the shop tomorrow!

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A mutual love affair with Mt Tam. Ilysa’s sublime watercolors capture the light and shadows of fleeting moments across time and topography, including the beloved, majestic mountain she faces. Swipe for inspo! View the collection in our gallery 🔗 in bio We wanted to share the words of one of the most beloved and accomplished color-theory painters, Lebanese-American poet, essayist, and visual artist Etel Adnan, whose ashes were spread atop Mt Tam: “Once I was asked in front of a television ca...

Poet and the Bench
A mutual love affair with Mt Tam. Ilysa’s sublime watercolors capture the light and shadows of fleeting moments across time and topography, including the beloved, majestic mountain she faces. Swipe for inspo! View the collection in our gallery 🔗 in bio We wanted to share the words of one of the most beloved and accomplished color-theory painters, Lebanese-American poet, essayist, and visual artist Etel Adnan, whose ashes were spread atop Mt Tam: “Once I was asked in front of a television ca...

Poet and the Bench
A mutual love affair with Mt Tam. Ilysa’s sublime watercolors capture the light and shadows of fleeting moments across time and topography, including the beloved, majestic mountain she faces. Swipe for inspo! View the collection in our gallery 🔗 in bio We wanted to share the words of one of the most beloved and accomplished color-theory painters, Lebanese-American poet, essayist, and visual artist Etel Adnan, whose ashes were spread atop Mt Tam: “Once I was asked in front of a television ca...

Poet and the Bench
A mutual love affair with Mt Tam. Ilysa’s sublime watercolors capture the light and shadows of fleeting moments across time and topography, including the beloved, majestic mountain she faces. Swipe for inspo! View the collection in our gallery 🔗 in bio We wanted to share the words of one of the most beloved and accomplished color-theory painters, Lebanese-American poet, essayist, and visual artist Etel Adnan, whose ashes were spread atop Mt Tam: “Once I was asked in front of a television ca...

Poet and the Bench
A mutual love affair with Mt Tam. Ilysa’s sublime watercolors capture the light and shadows of fleeting moments across time and topography, including the beloved, majestic mountain she faces. Swipe for inspo! View the collection in our gallery 🔗 in bio We wanted to share the words of one of the most beloved and accomplished color-theory painters, Lebanese-American poet, essayist, and visual artist Etel Adnan, whose ashes were spread atop Mt Tam: “Once I was asked in front of a television ca...

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Ilysa Leder exquisitely interprets her explorations of envrions in Northern California and beyond to capture the changing seasons and light of day! 🔗 in bio Born and raised in New York, Leder’s artistic education began at the Met and Guggenheim, where she explored endlessly under the tutelage of her grandmother. She began painting in high school, attending the Huntington School of Fine Art. After completing a BFA at SUNY Buffalo, Leder studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City ...

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Ilysa Leder exquisitely interprets her explorations of envrions in Northern California and beyond to capture the changing seasons and light of day! 🔗 in bio Born and raised in New York, Leder’s artistic education began at the Met and Guggenheim, where she explored endlessly under the tutelage of her grandmother. She began painting in high school, attending the Huntington School of Fine Art. After completing a BFA at SUNY Buffalo, Leder studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City ...

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Ilysa Leder exquisitely interprets her explorations of envrions in Northern California and beyond to capture the changing seasons and light of day! 🔗 in bio Born and raised in New York, Leder’s artistic education began at the Met and Guggenheim, where she explored endlessly under the tutelage of her grandmother. She began painting in high school, attending the Huntington School of Fine Art. After completing a BFA at SUNY Buffalo, Leder studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City ...

Poet and the Bench
Ilysa Leder exquisitely interprets her explorations of envrions in Northern California and beyond to capture the changing seasons and light of day! 🔗 in bio Born and raised in New York, Leder’s artistic education began at the Met and Guggenheim, where she explored endlessly under the tutelage of her grandmother. She began painting in high school, attending the Huntington School of Fine Art. After completing a BFA at SUNY Buffalo, Leder studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City ...

Poet and the Bench
Ilysa Leder exquisitely interprets her explorations of envrions in Northern California and beyond to capture the changing seasons and light of day! 🔗 in bio Born and raised in New York, Leder’s artistic education began at the Met and Guggenheim, where she explored endlessly under the tutelage of her grandmother. She began painting in high school, attending the Huntington School of Fine Art. After completing a BFA at SUNY Buffalo, Leder studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City ...

Poet and the Bench
Ilysa Leder exquisitely interprets her explorations of envrions in Northern California and beyond to capture the changing seasons and light of day! 🔗 in bio Born and raised in New York, Leder’s artistic education began at the Met and Guggenheim, where she explored endlessly under the tutelage of her grandmother. She began painting in high school, attending the Huntington School of Fine Art. After completing a BFA at SUNY Buffalo, Leder studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City ...

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Tonight! 5:30-730pm Join us with artist Ilysa Leder in person for a reception celebrating her new Delusions of Grandeur series. Ilysa pays homage to Mount Tamalpais and other Marin locations. Capturing fleeting moments in time and topography. We’re also showing Tokyo-based Hideki Iinuma’s sublime figures carved in wood and painted with a fashion lens; Michael McConnell animal portraits and a stunning evolution in his abstract landscapes; Jon Carling fantastical folkloric and mystical drawings...

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