Benicia Plein Air Gallery Artists
Suzanne D'Arcy
Catherine Fasciato
Jessica de Jesus
Karen Leoni
Maria SantoStefano
Carol Tarzier
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Benicia Plein Air Gallery
307 First Street
Benicia, CA 94510
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!
Carol has been accepted into the Sonoma Plein Air Festival, September 8-14, 2025.
Carol Tarzier
Maria and Samantha have paintings in the Valley Art Gallery, March - September
1661 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek
Maria SantoStefano and Samantha McNally
Member News
Maria Tuttle
Catherine Fasciato
Maria Tuttle will be a featured artist at the Richmond Museum of History & Culture for the 3rd annual Richmond Open Studios on September 6th and 7th. Maria will be showcasing her recent work alongside 11 other talented local artists. Join her for this city-wide event dedicated to creating a diverse, safe, and accessible space for local artists to share their work and contribute to our community's transformation through the arts.
Catherine has been juried into the American Impressionist Society's 26th Annual Juried National Exhibition.
August 1 to September 2
www.americanimpressionistsociety.org
Catherine Fasciato has the honor of being selected Juror for the 3rd Annual Paint Sausalito Paint Out and is showing six paintings at the Sausalito Art Center as part of the show.
https://www.sausalitocenterforthearts.org/paint-sausalito-3rd
Samantha McNally has painted some historic Benicia landscapes for this show at Benicia Plein Air Gallery, September 5-28. “Benicia’s Changing Tides” by Fiona M. Hughes and illustrated by Samantha, has many of the paintings you will see on Samantha’s wall at the Gallery in September. Benicia’s Changing Tides on Amazon. Meet the artist on September 7, 12, 13 or 20 and she will sign your book. We will have some books available at the gallery too.
Samantha has also organized the 3rd Annual East Bay Gallery Tour and this year 15 Galleries are participating! Come into Benicia Plein Air Gallery and pick up your free gallery tour postcard, get it stamped at each of the galleries, and you will have a chance to win a $300 certificate to buy art at any of the galleries on the postcard.
Samantha McNally is a watercolor artist and a signature member of the California Watercolor Association. She is a board member of Valley Art Gallery and the Lamorinda Arts Alliance, webmaster for Lamorinda Arts Alliance, Benicia Literary Arts, Benicia Plein Air Gallery, aRt Cottage and Main Street Arts Gallery. You can find Samantha’s watercolor paintings in Valley Art Gallery, Main Street Arts and Benicia Plein Air Gallery. Samantha’s website is www.samanthamcnally.com.
Suzanne D'Arcy
Suzanne D'Arcy and Maria SantoStefano are showing with fellow Plein Air artists at the Visitors Center of the Lafayette Reservoir. The show runs through September.
Jessica De Jesus
Jessica de Jesus's work "Cathedrals from Taft Point" is juried into the California Art Club's exhibition Echoes of Yosemite at St. Mary's College Museum of Art in Moraga, which runs September 17 - December 14, 2025.The Opening Reception will be on September 18 from 5 -7 pm and is open to the public.
Iris Sabre participated in the Paint Sausalito Plein Air event along with 20 other invited Plein Air artists. The work done during the Paint Out and eight other pieces by each artist is on display at the Sausalito Center for the Arts through September 14th.
https://www.sausalitocenterforthearts.org/paint-sausalito-3rd
Iris will be participating in the Mendocino Open Paint Out, September 8th through September 14th.
Iris Sabre
Carol's classes through Rossmoor Art Association begin October 23rd, 2025.
To enroll visit www.rossmoorart.com.
Carol Tarzier's work can also be purchased through Studio Gallery in San Francisco and MK Contemporary in Santa Cruz.