26 Letter Press

05/17/2025

To accompany our 2021 title Color Duets, we’ve chosen six of Erin Lee Gafill’s sensational patchworks to publish as a limited edition gift wrap set! Enjoy! Link in profile! https://eringafill.com/intuitive-quilting/

05/15/2025

Family. Art. Color and Pattern. Big Sur.
Inside the decade-long collaboration between international designer and his niece .
A full color coffee table book with dazzling color photos, family stories, and inspiration galore. Now available. Link in profile.

05/08/2025

A nice review from Barbara Weiss:
“Big Sur has always held an important place in my life. Long ago, in 1965, as I sat in the movie theatre watching The Sandpiper, which was shot on location largely in Big Sur, the majestic beauty, the wildness - yes, all of it - reached inside of me and took hold and has never let go. I finally went to Big Sur in 2009 as part of my summer “Odyssey,” where I drive, solo, from my home in San Diego, up the coast on CA 1 - the perilous, but breathtaking route - sometimes to Powell’s Books in Portland, sometimes to City Lights in San Francisco. (There was that one notable time when my car left me stranded for a week in Point Arena, but that is a story for another day.) Experiencing Big Sur in person was life altering for me. I found a rebirth in my poetry writing as I sat in the patio at the legendary Nepenthe’s and again as I sat on a rock at the Rocky Point Bridge.

… I bought it immediately, but didn’t read it until I had time to savor it. I am so glad I waited. This is indeed a book to savor - to mark and come back to again and again. Erin Gafill has captured it all in this lovely read - the majesty, the untamed beauty - interspersing it with bits of her autobiography, her lifestyle, and her philosophy of living. I was captured once again. This summer’s Odyssey will be richer for it, and so is my life.

This is a must-read for everyone. Brew yourself a pot of tea, sit in your comfortable chair, breathe it all in, and yes, savor it.”
Thank you Barbara!
Now available at www.eringafill.com

05/07/2025

Back in stock!
Thank you California for your warm reception of our books!

https://eringafill.com/erins-books/

05/04/2025

Thank you .shop for carrying Jane Gallatin Powers, Color Duets, AND Drinking from a Cold Spring! Three of our favorite titles by Erin Lee Gafill.

04/12/2025

Join us Friday April 25 3PM to 5PM at the Monterey Museum of Art La Mirada Branch to learn about the Life and Legacy of Jane Gallatin Powers.
The book is back in stock and for sale at the event!
The Museum has recent acquired this gorgeous painting by Jane and it will be on display!
Is she really Princess Mafalda of Savoy?
Or some other mystery woman?
Want an invitation?
Sign up for our newsletter at eringafill.com to receive the registration link.
Free, but space is limited and registration required.

04/02/2025

Thank you .shop for showcasing our books!
We are delighted to be on such excellent company nestled in with and !
Our next book events are coming up soon! Sign up for details at www.eringafill.com!

01/18/2025

Need some relief.
Try art!
Get creative - for free - with my YouTube channel Awaken The Artist Within.
From doodling to torn paper collage, there are dozens of short creative practices to engage your intuition and sense of play.
Fun, fast, free.

https://youtube.com/?feature=shared

12/17/2024

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10/23/2024

In Person tickets to Erin's talk tonight on the history of Women Artists of Carmel's early days are sold out.

Please join us for a live stream on Zoom, 7 PM Tonight!

https://cplf.vbotickets.com/event/Jane_Gallatin_Powers_and_the_Ladies_of_the_Club_How_the_Women_Artists_of_Early_Carmel_Shaped_its_Destiny_with_Erin_Lee_Gafill/138616

08/14/2024

When we die, what do we get to bring with us?
My art classes cover a lot of topics, including the meaning of life, how to edit your stack, how to start, when to stop.
We read poetry, philosophy, inspirational texts, try not to spatter out neighbors, learn brush care, and sometimes cry.
Next up: Esalen in Big Sur, Still Life painting online, and 7 days in Italy coming in 2025. Also, a free Make and Mend Zoom call to simply gather and stitch, paint, collage, and share.
Intrigued?
Pop me a DM or sign up for my newsletter at www.eringafill.com.
And if you have an answer for my question, please comment below. I’d love to know what you think!

Plein Air Paintings, Nepenthe Two New Fine Art Prints from the studio of Erin Lee Gafill Most of the time the deck at Nepenthe is a pretty busy place, but last spring for several weeks, Big Sur was an Island, cut off to the north and south. During that time the weather was sublime and the sky clear....

05/16/2024

We love our readers!
Thank you D.D. for sharing your enjoyment of Jane Gallatin Powers, a California Modernist!
It means so much to us!
Available now at eringafill.com