recent publications :

Artist Profile

• Napa Valley Life, April 2008

"Early last fall, under a sunny, cloudless sky, with good friends, good wine, and a warm-hearted painting instructor as talented as she was encouraging, I stood beneath a grove of trees with a palate in one hand, a paintbrush in the other, and gazed out across the gorgeous terraced hills of Quintessa Winery, plotting my very first painting."

--Michelle Williams, Director Arts Council Napa Valley

Gaining a new Perspective

• Napa/Sonoma Magazine Fall-Winter 2007

"What does it mean when students call you to say they've been mixing colors in their dreams?..."

-- Janelle Maciano, Diablo Press

Create your own art...

• Napa Valley Register, March 2007

"If you've ever had a yen to take an easel out doors and paint but don't know where to begin, Gretchen Kimball has the solution for you."

-- Sasha Paulsen, Features Editor

• Departures Magazine, January 2008
• Solage, April 2008