Marie Massey

Award-winning artist, Marie Massey, has been painting professionally for 19 years and teaching the “Painting in Layers” method to adults working in oil and acrylic for 7 years. Marie is an avid plein air painter and does 5  to 7 plein air painting events annually. In September of 2014, Marie founded the Central Coast Plein Air Painters (CCPAP), a group of 380 plus artists living and working on California’s Central Coast. Marie coordinates periodic plein air paint outs and produces at least 3 juried exhibitions for the CCPAP annually, working in cooperation with various local Arts organizations, businesses, and galleries including First Friday Santa Cruz, the Arts Council for Monterey County and more.

Marie’s paintings have been juried into more than 130 National and Regional shows where they have won many awards including Best of Show, People’s Choice,1st, 2nd and 3rd place as well as many Honorable Mentions, merchant and purchase awards. Marie’s work sells well and is in private, corporate and government collections. Marie is grateful to be represented by select galleries across the USA including Reflections Elegante Gallery in Willow Glen, Ca.,  The San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, 620 Fine Art Gallery in Pacific Grove, Ca, Art of Santa Cruz in Capitola, Ca Deselms Fine Art in Cheyenne, WY, ACEP Gallery in Estes Park, Co and Independence Gallery in Loveland, Co

Professional Memberships

Exhibiting Member of the San Francisco Women Artists Gallery

Exhibiting Member of the California Art League

Exhibiting Member of the National Association of Women Artists

Founder of the Central Coast Plein Air Painters

American Impressionist Society