Category: Publications
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1983 Artifacts Article
Chautauqua County Artists Merrill Coffin Merrill (Pete) Coffin is one of the area’s most respected artists. Respected for the quality of his work, Mr. Coffin has gained a way of life, a theory of painting, and what seems to be a certain contentment with his art. I visited recently with Mr. Coffin…
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Letter from Assemblyman William Parment 1986
June 25, 2986 Mr. Merrill E. Coffin Martin Road Jamestown, New York 14701 Dear Mr. Coffin I saw recently that one of your paintings had been selected by McCourt Label Co. for its limited edition lithograph print and I want to extend my congratulations to you. It is indeed an homage to…
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Palette Talk Issue 51
Article and Cover of Palette Talk. Ed 51 Painting: Grandma’s Treasure Published by M. Grumbacher, Inc © 1982 by M. Grumbacher, Inc. Download the featured article Interested in getting your own issue. Check out Etsy to get your own copy.
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The Coffin House Art Gallery
In the 1980s, local artist Merrill Coffin took on a project that would become a treasured piece of his legacy—transforming his old horse barn into a gallery. What had once been a working barn was lovingly renovated into a welcoming space for art and community. The barn itself had all…
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Art in the Park moved to Mayville
Another scrapbook piece found with Merrill Coffin’s artwork. The show moved from the Bemus Point Park to Mayville in 2001.
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Fall Festival Announcement
Below, is a copy of one of the first fall festival’s at the Audobon Society. The article was among Merrill Coffin’s letters. There was no date on the article
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Not an Ugly Duckling
Donald Berns, left, president of the Chautauqua County Society of Artists, and Merrill E. “Pete” Coffin, its vice president, check the fine points of a duck carved by Berns, with another of his creations in the foreground. At right is one of Coffin’s paintings. Their works will be among those…
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Merrill Coffin Obituary
Merrill E. “Pete” Coffin, 82, of Loyalton of Lakewood, formerly of 1671 Martin Road, died at 11:10 a.m. on Sunday, December 24, 2006, in Loyalton of Lakewood. A native of Jamestown, he was born November 4, 1924, the son of George D. and Lillian Anderson Coffin. He was a 1942…