About the Artist
Katy Boggs
OPA, LPAPA, PSA, PSWC
I paint because I must.
It is a need, an expression — a devotion to beauty and a moment of escape. What I see, I want others to see. My purpose is simple: to stop you, hold your gaze, and ask you to behold what I behold.
I paint to translate feeling into form. The golden hills of Western Sonoma in late afternoon. A single peony in full bloom. The precise moment a wave gathers itself before breaking. These are not subjects I reproduce — they are sensations I carry and try, faithfully, to return to the canvas.
My work is realism touched with atmosphere — quiet, restrained, suffused with the particular light of this coast. I work in oil and soft pastel, layering pigment slowly, because nature's subtlety demands patience. My palette stays close to what the eye truly sees: low in contrast, muted in tone, honest. I have no wish to amplify what is already magnificent.
I hope, for just a moment, you will stand still — the way I stood still — and feel it too.
DIRECTOR & COORDINATOR
2025-27 Gallery Director Sebastopol Gallery ~ 2 Year Term
2024 Exhibit Coordinator ~ “Haven” National Exhibit ~ Sebastopol Center for the Arts
AWARDS
2024 Small Works ~ First Place
Gration Gallery ~ Graton, CA
2023 Small Works ~ Honorable Mention
Gration Gallery ~ Graton, CA
2023 Roshambo: Rock, Paper, Scissors ~ Third Place in Show
Gration Gallery ~ Graton, CA
2022 Small Works – Honorable Mention
Graton Gallery ~ Graton, CA
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2025 Tiny ~ Nov-Dec
STUDIO Gallery~ San Francisco, CA
2025 A Thousand Shades of Green ~ Oct-Nov
Sebastopol Center for the Arts~ Sebastopol, CA
2025 Still-life
Gration Gallery ~ Graton, CA
2025 A Summer’s Night ~ California Art Club Juried Show
California Art Club Online Gallery
2025 Delicious: art inspired by food + drink ~ June-July 2025
STUDIO Gallery~ San Francisco, CA
2025 A Touch of Red ~ May-June 2025
Gration Gallery ~ Graton, CA
2025 Taking Flight
Corricks Gallery~ Santa Rosa, CA
2024 The Art of Food
Sebastopol Center for the Arts~ Sebastopol, CA
2024 Small Works ~ First Place
Gration Gallery ~ Graton, CA
2024 Haven~ Exhibit Coordinator
Sebastopol Center for the Arts~ Sebastopol, CA
2024 Elemental: Air, Water and Earth~ Featured Artist
Sebastopol Gallery~ Sebastopol, CA
2023 Small Works ~ Honorable Mention
Gration Gallery ~ Graton, CA
2023 Roshambo: Rock, Paper, Scissors ~ Third Place in Show
Gration Gallery ~ Graton, CA
2023 California Dreaming ~ California Art Club Exhibit
Curated by the Sea~ Santa Cruz, CA
2023 Color of Water
Sebastopol Center for the Arts~ Sebastopol, CA
2022 Juried Special Guest Exhibit
Graton Gallery ~ Graton, CA
2022 PSWC Pastels USA International Show
Art Center Morro Bay ~ Morro Bay, CA
2022 Small Works – Honorable Mention
Graton Gallery ~ Graton, CA
2022 Still-life
Sebastopol Center for the Arts ~ Sebastopol, CA
2021 Cohesion
Twin Pines Art Center ~ Belmont, CA
2019 Women & Strength
Twin Pines Art Center ~ Belmont, CA
2018 Fruition: Harvesting Imagination
Gallery 9 ~ Los Altos, CA
2017 Small Works Juried Show
Graton Gallery ~ Graton, CA
2017 Juried Special Guest Exhibit,
Graton Gallery ~ Graton, CA
JURIED ONLINE SHOWS
2022 LPAPA Less is More “Tumbling, Turning”
2021 PSWC PASTELS USA International Show “Trickle”
PSWC Members Only Show “A Closer Look”
2020 PSA 48th Enduring Brilliance “A Closer Look”
PSWC Members Only Show “Echoing Ripples”
2020 IAPS 35th Juried Exhibition “Mosaic”
AFFILIATIONS
OPA-Member Artist (Juried)
CAC-Associate Artist
PSWC-Member Artist
PSA-Member Artist (Juried)