ICB Artists Association

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We are a vibrant association of 100+ visual artists whose studios are located in the Industrial Center Building (ICB), a WWII shipbuilding structure on Sausalito's Marinship waterfront.

08/21/2026

Christa Grenawalt is exploring what it means to belong to a place that is constantly changing.

Growing up around the Bay and the coast, this landscape has always held a special place in Christa’s heart. She sees the Bay as something that connects all of us, and she’s been thinking about that connection through the changing shoreline, rising tides, and the ways we understand our sense of place.

If you grew up here, you may have even heard the Bay described as a mermaid. That familiar shape has become part of Christa’s exploration as she looks at the Bay in a new way.

Her work has developed through conversations with people around Marin and the Bay, including the sustainability manager in Sausalito. As a painter, she works outdoors, looking out at the Bay, allowing the movement of paint and the environment to become part of the process.

More recently, she’s been thinking about mapping as a way of experiencing place beyond a screen. This map from the Bay Conservation and Development Commission shows projected sea-level change and offers another way to see how the Bay itself is changing, moving, and, as Christa describes it, breathing.

Christa also contributed to Nob Hill Gazette’s 250 Years of San Francisco, looking at the history of the Bay and where we are now.

And the conversation doesn’t stop there. If you have a story, artwork, vision, or perspective about the Bay, you’re invited to contribute to the Living Record of the Bay exhibition during SF Art Week in January 2027.

You can learn more at townoftiburon.gov/waterlinereflections

See more of Christa’s work and process Christa Grenawalt

🏷️ Christa Grenawalt, Bay Area Artist, Sausalito Artist, Tiburon Artist, Environmental Art, Climate Change Art, Sea Level Rise, Bay Area Landscape, San Francisco Bay, Waterline, Contemporary Painting, Landscape Painting, Environmental Change, Sense Of Place, Mapping Art, Coastal Art, ICB ART, Bay Area Art, California Contemporary Art

08/14/2026

Kay Carlson was having dinner at Angelino’s in Sausalito when, out of her peripheral vision, something caught her eye out on the water. A sailboat was being hit by the setting sun in a way that was so striking, she had to get a closer look. She threw down her napkin and ran across the street to take a photograph.

For Kay, it’s all about what light does. She isn’t trying to recreate the scene exactly, but capture the feeling of excitement she had in that moment. And there’s plenty of that magic along the Sausalito waterfront, where the unusual light can transform an ordinary scene into something dramatic.

Now she’s bringing that feeling into a painting that was already underway. Using ultramarine blue mixed with Gamsol, she’s adding a glaze over the upper part of the sky, deepening the color and creating a dusk-like atmosphere.

The darker sky pushes everything else forward, making the sailboat pop and bringing the painting closer to that moment she experienced across the water.

Sometimes you just have to chase the light.

You can see more of Kay’s process and work Plein Air Painter Kay Carlson

🏷️ Kay Carlson, Oil Painting, Sausalito Artist, Sausalito Waterfront, California Art, Bay Area Artist, Landscape Painting, Seascape Painting, Atmospheric Painting, Light And Shadow, Painting Process, Contemporary Landscape, Plein Air Inspiration, Oil Painting Techniques, Art Inspiration, ICB ART, Sausalito Art

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