{"id":28904,"date":"2015-05-17T22:41:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T06:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparselysageandtimely.com\/blog\/?p=28904"},"modified":"2023-12-18T12:41:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T20:41:24","slug":"malt-art-show-a-testament-to-rural-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?p=28904","title":{"rendered":"MALT art show a testament to rural beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Marin Agricultural Land Trust<\/strong> held its annual art show in Nicasio&#8217;s Druid Hall this past weekend. What a crowd! The landscapes on display were reminders of the beauty and tranquility now being protected forever by MALT conservation easements.<\/p>\n<p>The popular art show is one of MALT&#8217;s sources of income, and local artists share part of the selling price to take part. For MALT&#8217;s explanation of what it does, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malt.org\/about\"><strong>click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?attachment_id=28905\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28905\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28905\" title=\"dog-and-sheep\" src=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dog-and-sheep.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dog-and-sheep.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dog-and-sheep-200x145.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dog-and-sheep-150x108.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shep and Bugeyes, Barinaga Ranch<\/strong><em><strong>.<\/strong> \u00a0By Christin Coy <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?attachment_id=28906\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28906\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28906\" title=\"hidden-tomales\" src=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hidden-tomales.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hidden-tomales.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hidden-tomales-200x154.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hidden-tomales-150x116.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hidden Tomales<\/strong><em>. \u00a0By Jeanette LaGrue <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?attachment_id=28907\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28907\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28907\" title=\"druids'-hall\" src=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/druids-hall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/druids-hall.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/druids-hall-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/druids-hall-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicasio Druid Hall<\/strong> was packed with folks checking out the 18th annual Ranches and Rolling Hills Landscape Art Show and Sale.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?attachment_id=28908\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28908\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28908\" title=\"bruce-mitchell\" src=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bruce-mitchell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bruce-mitchell.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bruce-mitchell-200x148.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bruce-mitchell-150x111.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wood sculptor Bruce Mitchell<\/strong> with three of his impressive works made from eucalyptus: Fossil Fish No. 1 (middle), No. 3 (on top), and No. 4 (on the bottom). Fossil Fish No. 2 was across the room on a different wall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?attachment_id=28968\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28968\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28968\" title=\"Thomas-Wood-\" src=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Thomas-Wood-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Thomas-Wood-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Thomas-Wood-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Thomas-Wood-1-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicasio artist Thomas Wood<\/strong> lives on the town square only a few doors from the Druid Hall where these paintings by him were on display.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?attachment_id=28910\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28910\" title=\"robert\" src=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/robert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/robert.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/robert-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/robert-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A guest talks with artist Robert Steele. This was his second year to be admitted in the selective show.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?attachment_id=28969\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28969\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28969\" title=\"Ane-\" src=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ane-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ane-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ane-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ane-1-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This was artist Ane Carla Rovetta&#8217;s 17th MALT show<\/strong>. She lived in Point Reyes Station for 27 years, she said, until the cost of housing convinced her to get a small home in Petaluma.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?attachment_id=28912\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28912\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28912\" title=\"devil's-gulch\" src=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/devils-gulch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/devils-gulch.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/devils-gulch-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/devils-gulch-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Miriam and Mark Pasternak of Devil&#8217;s Gulch Ranch in Nicasio sold packages of ground coffee<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?attachment_id=28914\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28914\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28914\" title=\"barns-beach\" src=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/barns-beach1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/barns-beach1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/barns-beach1-200x120.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/barns-beach1-150x90.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Barns Above Drakes Beach.<\/strong><em> \u00a0Michael Drury<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?attachment_id=28915\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28915\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28915\" title=\"William,-Mitchell\" src=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/William-Mitchell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/William-Mitchell.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/William-Mitchell-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/William-Mitchell-150x86.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Entertaining guests on a deck outside the main hall was William Mitchell, one of the artists in the show. <\/em>_________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?attachment_id=28916\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28916\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28916\" title=\"Calif-vineyard-hills\" src=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Calif-vineyard-hills.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Calif-vineyard-hills.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Calif-vineyard-hills-200x197.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Calif-vineyard-hills-150x148.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><strong>California Vineyard, Hills. \u00a0<\/strong><em>Millicent Tompkins<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marin Agricultural Land Trust held its annual art show in Nicasio&#8217;s Druid Hall this past weekend. What a crowd! The landscapes on display were reminders of the beauty and tranquility now being protected forever by MALT conservation easements. The popular art show is one of MALT&#8217;s sources of income, and local artists share part of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":623,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,7,3,10],"tags":[1109,809,1116,1115,93,1107,1111,1112,1117,1110,1108,1114,194,1113],"class_list":["post-28904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","category-history","category-marin-county","category-west-marin-nature","tag-ane-carla-rovetta","tag-bruce-mitchell","tag-christin-coy","tag-jeanette-lagrue","tag-malt","tag-marin-agricutural-land-trust","tag-mark-pasternak","tag-michael-drury","tag-millicent-tompkins","tag-miriam-pasternak","tag-nicasio-druid-hall","tag-robert-steele","tag-thomas-wood","tag-william-mitchell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28904"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40498,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28904\/revisions\/40498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}