Jenner's Shell Beach
Image credit: P.1985.24
Carolyn Hofstetter was a plein air painter and art teacher for 40 years. Among the places she was inspired to paint are the coastlines of San Mateo County and Carmel, the tidelands of Palo Alto and scenic vistas in the Napa Valley, Russian River and Yosemite. She was raised in Palo Alto and majored in art at Stanford University.