Parkpoint Healdsburg
The artists exhibiting at Parkpoint Health Clubs are members of the club or our very own staff. The Buchanan family (Club owners) are delighted to showcase the art of their members and staff, and feel blessed to have their clubs enjoy such beautiful work. They are grateful to have so many talented artists in all three clubs. It has been a pleasure to share their appreciation of art with all the members and Parkpoint community.
If you have interest in showing (and selling) your artwork or photography, please send a link to your website or photos of your work to amberc@parkpointhealthclub.com. Displays change bi-monthly.
Stop by to see the current exhibit on from Parkpoint member and artist:
CHRIS BINGHAM
I moved to rural Sonoma County as a child in the early 1970s, and the coastal foothills of Northern California were my playground. Growing up in the country gave me an appreciation for the environment and the nuances of changing weather and seasons. As I walked the breezy mile home from my school bus stop west of Sebastopol, CA, I often daydreamed about seeing the world from the perspective of the hawks that hovered above me. That bird’s-eye fantasy became a reality in two decades of military service as a pilot, flying the P-3C Orion for the Navy and the C-5 Galaxy for the Air Force. Afterward, I served ten years as the Sonoma County Veterans Service Officer, and during much of that time my wife Jenean and I raised our family on a small vineyard in the Alexander Valley. As my working life reached a transition point, the childlike wonder I had set aside for over four decades returned. Three days after retiring from the County in 2017, I began a Master of Fine Arts in Photography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, graduating with honors in 2020.
Much of the subject matter for my work comes from Sonoma County, but its rugged coastline, rolling hills, trees and vineyards share my attention with the Eastern Sierra, Yosemite, and the desert, each offering its own palette of weather, terrain and light. Several of my photographs, including Vineyard Liquidation—Alexander Valley, Mt. St. Helena From Pine Flat Road, and Camp Fire—99 Miles from Paradise CA, feature the aftermath of disaster. While the spectacle of fire and flood can be mesmerizing, I am drawn less to the disaster than to the stillness afterward. As the smoke clears and the waters calm, we can once again appreciate the beauty in the world around us.
I am a Gallery Artist at the Healdsburg Center for the Arts. Please visit the gallery to see more of my work as well as the work of other talented local artists. 10% of proceeds from this exhibition will be donated to the gallery.