Benicia Plein Air Gallery Artists
Suzanne D'Arcy
Catherine Fasciato
Jessica de Jesus
Karen Leoni
Samantha McNally
Christopher Naughton
Iris Sabre
Maria SantoStefano
Carol Tarzier
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Benicia Plein Air Gallery presents a year-round exhibit of work by all of our gallery artists showcasing a colorful variety of media and styles.
Drop by to see what's new!
Jessica De Jesus and Samantha McNally have paintings accepted into the California Watercolor Association's 55th International Exhibition. February 15 to March 23, 2025.
801 Magnolia Avenue
Piedmont, CA 94611
Jessica De Jesus and Samantha McNally
Suzanne D’Arcy will open her new show, “Water, Light and Land” at the Benicia Plein Air Gallery on Friday, February 28. The paintings are a small collection of large plein air paintings done on site and finished over a period of weeks. Some started as small studies but grew as something in the composition demanded to be larger.
Suzanne was first exposed to this idea of large plein air paintings by a book about Ludy Kemp-Walsh, a highly regarded woman painter of horses in England. Lucy would load her very large canvases onto a trolly and have it pulled into a field to study and paint horses. Her wok is exquisite. Another believer in painting from life was Spanish painter Joaquin Sorolla, whose huge murals of twelve Spanish towns were all painted outside.
She will be greeting visitors Saturday and Sunday, March 8 and 9 and also the following week Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15.
Please stop by to say hi to Suzanne between 11am and 5pm.
Carol Tarzier will be teaching through Rossmoor Art Association. Her class "Fruit Flowers Flora and Food - The Still Life in Oils" will be held Fridays 12:30 - 4:30 in Studio One in Rossmoor in the Gateway Complex. The class runs for ten weeks starting Friday Jan 10th through March 14th.
Carol is also running a Figure Lab through the Rossmoor Art Association. The Figure Lab meets Wednesdays 1 pm - 4 pm. Please visit and sign up at www.rossmoorart.com.
Carol Tarzier
MaryLou Correia, Leslie Golden and Samantha McNally
Three of our Gallery members have paintings at the Moraga Art Gallery with the Lamorinda Arts Alliance.
January 8 to March 23, 2025
Mary Lou Correia will be showing her oil painting, "Mothball Fleet Egret Territory".
Leslie Golden will be showing her oil painting' "Laura’s Lantern ala John singer Sargent".
Samantha McNally will be showing her watercolor, "Bee".
Moraga Art Gallery
432 Center St, Moraga, CA 94556
(925)376-5407
Michael Dadasovich Returns for the next 3 months!
Michael Dadasovich will be back in the gallery for March, April and May. He is ready to show his exciting new works and greet new patrons and old friends. Joann McMahon will be taking a short three month leave in order to refresh her inventory of paintings and enjoy her recent retirement.
Maria SantoStefano
Maria SantoStefano's painting, Shanny of Chicago, will be part of the Let the Fur and Feathers Fly show at the Epperson Gallery, 1400 Pomona Street, Crockett
March 22nd, 2025 - April 20th, 2025.
Opening Reception March 22nd, 2025, 4-6 pm
