Looking for the perfect piece to inspire or complete your next Northern California project? Join us at Rena Charles Gallery for an open house with Sonoma County artist Bill Gittins as a part of Design Healdsburg. His intimate oil paintings—vivid explorations of vineyard rows, coastal horizons, and winding paths—offer a bold, place-based perspective ideal for client projects. Drop in any time between the hours of 11am and 2pm.
As part of Design Healdsburg, Gittins will also present a live painting demonstration—a rare opportunity to watch his creative process unfold in real time.
Design professionals who RSVP will receive a curated gift bag in celebration of Design Healdsburg.
About the Showcase:
Tide & Terroir: Color Between Land and Sea
Featuring Bill Gittins
Sonoma County’s landscapes have long been a source of inspiration, but in Bill Gittins’ hands they become something more: vibrant meditations on color, form, and movement. With a palette knife or brush in hand, Gittins distills vineyard rows, winding trails, restless waters, and expansive skies into strokes that feel at once grounded and full of possibility.
These intimate oil paintings are not mere depictions of place, they are pathways, each canvas leading the eye (and the spirit) toward what lies just beyond the horizon. Part of Design Healdsburg, the city’s annual design week, the collection resonates with the same principles that drive thoughtful design: balance, rhythm, texture, and the pursuit of beauty in the everyday.
As part of Design Healdsburg, Gittins will present a live painting demonstration, offering a rare glimpse into the process behind his color-rich visions.
About Rena Charles Gallery:
The Rena charles gallery represents visually stimulating artworks by fine artists, inspiring collectors through thoughtful curations and simply creating delight.
Located in the aesthetically & culinary-rich wine country nexus of Healdsburg, Rena Charles Gallery is a visual arts matchmaker, pairing the perfect work of art with the right collector.
The program of artists is a remarkable synthesis of:
- Local & regional creatives
- Emerging artists
- Women creators
- Bipoc artists (black, indigenous, people of color)
At the heart of this vision is Rena Charles, an artist whose work is deeply inspired by the beauty of nature, the joy of exploring mountains and cities, and the wonders of travel.