“Green C” - Debut Album 💿 (Earth-Friendly Music)

I have been working on my songwriting for over 7 years! I recently realized that many of my songs have the word “green” in them… There are quite a few about bikes, farms, barns and horses too. As a life-long, environmental activist and environmental artist, organic gardener, mom… It is no surprise I write about what I love and what makes me feel good. 

Although many of my songs are not necessarily about the environment and nature, I have enough "green" songs now to make an album. “Green C” is a good title and artist name. I have always been “C” as in C.Proppé.com, but C is also like sea 🌊, the green seas of Maui… the Florida Keys, etc… My love of oceans, nature, cycling, farming, California, Tennessee and Maui all come together in these songs.

My wackier songs can go on a different album. I have a lot of those too! Grateful for HenHouseStudios Los Angeles and Harlan Steinberger for agreeing to help me succeed! 💚 Music saves lives. Music can help save the environment too.

-C.Proppé April, 2023

Valentine's Day Art Gifts

February 2020

Hi Friends and Art Lovers!   💛Happy Valentine's Day!

This is a reminder to buy art from working artists that need your support. I am currently awaiting hip surgery and can not work at this time beyond my art and writing. I would love to be your Valentine! Remember when we used to give everyone in the class a Valentine's card? I miss those days. It's always great to be able to create something meaningful, even when life is at its most difficult. "Mini victories", like a painting in the face of adversity continue to give me hope. I've been writing a book, songs and learning new tricks on guitar, but I wanted to update you on my art life too.

• SFBeautiful's MUNI Art Contest Click here to read about the painting I created inspired by Tess Taylor's poetry for art to be displayed on the San Francisco MUNI.

• Help plant trees with my art! If you are stressed out about Climate Change, and want to buy a baby gift that will help plant trees, click here. 

• Valentine's Gift Ideas from my paintings If you are a Pinterest Fan, click here or the image below to buy "Red Art" -  (If you are not a Pinterest person, scroll down and click on the gift images to go to Fine Art America, where you can order items directly.) There's a pretty red bridge painting in a tropical setting which I recently made for my folks and you too can enjoy this as a print or on gifts and apparel.

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Art on SFMuni 2020

February 4, 2020

Last July, I entered the San Francisco Beautiful MUNI Art contest. It was a fun opportunity to be inspired by poetry from poets in The Poetry Society of America. The poem I chose was by Tess Taylor, "Train through Colma". Her poem is about daydreaming from the train, and it speaks of apricot trees, orange pixels and rippling ponies (read it online here).

I wanted to create something vivid that would stand out on the train from a distance, and make passengers happy. I used a large piece of recycled board and painted as quickly and vividly as possible on the smooth surface. I later mirrored the image in Photoshop to evoke the digital world versus the natural world. This colorful and bold image works very well for tote bags, textiles and prints, so I have added it to a collection online for art gifts and green gifts that give back to the earth. I was not selected this time, but the winners were announced and may be viewed online here.

Buy these items with 1 - click now @ Fine Art America

Cool the Earth with your Gift:

For every "Apricot Tree Onesie" purchased
5% will go to The Nature Conservancy
towards their Plant a Billion Trees program.

"Apricot Tree" Onesie. (Image painted for SFBeautiful MUNI Art 2020).

"Apricot Tree" Onesie (inspired by Tess Taylor Poem "Train through Colma")

In the Studio Today... Paradise Produce; Session #2

March 17, 2008

"Before the Spring Plow"; Yellow Mustard at Paradise Valley Farms, Bolinas, CA. 2008. o/c 11" x 14".
Session #2 on this little canvas, started plein air at the farm last week.

Plein Air Today...Paradise Produce, Bolinas, CA

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
"Before the Spring Plow", Yellow Mustard fields at Paradise Produce, Bolinas, CA 11" x 14" o/c.
Photo of me painting today, by Deni Wetsel. Deni is one of the organizers of this year's Art on the Farm show, in which 25 plein air artists will visit several Marin Organic farms to paint, with a portion of the proceeds of a Fall show going to Marin Organic.