We have listed galleries by region that specialize in or carry a substantial number of either early California or contemporary plein air landscape and urban landscape painters.

LAGUNA BEACH AREA & ORANGE COUNTY GALLERIES

Bluebird Gallery - 1540 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, 92651. (949) 497-5377. (888) 791-4211. Gallery Director: Kevin Shoaf. 

Specializing in Early California Impressionism  and contemporary plein air    painters. 

Specializing in the Early California artists, 1930-1950's, Impressionists, and Scene  painters.  Includes George Post and  contemporary painters Mark Geller and Liliana  Simanton. 

 Plein air paintings of Lesanne Pelle and A. Jane Fulton, local scenes, figurative and  still life. 

Featuring nationally noted award-winning contemporary plein air artists Kenn Backhaus, John Budicin, Debra Huse & Junn Roca. (The two-story gallery is actually around the corner of 229 Marine Avenue facing Balboa avenue)

19th and early 20th century California Impressionism.  Showcasing early Laguna Beach  artists such as Edgar Payne, William Wendt, Joseph Kleitsch, Guy Rose, and others. 

 Contemporary traditional painters.  Anita Hampton, Billy O’Donnell, Joan M.LaRue,  Glenna Hartmann, Paula Bacinski, Dan Goozee, and others.

Specializing in Post WWII Russian Impressionism.  Also the contemporary paintings of  Jacqueline Kamin and Chinese Master Shiqiao Zhou.

 Contemporary plein air painters.  Ken Auster, Jeff Horn, Kevin Short, Jackie Chiu,  and others.

Southern California painters, plein air, and Impressionist painters.  Includes John  Cosby, Maria Bertran, and others. 

19th and 20th Century paintings, specializing in California Impressionism. Museum  quality paintings by Guy Rose, Edgar Payne, Alson Clark.  Contemporary paintings by  Kevin Macpherson and Gregory Hull.

  Contemporary Impressionism.  Includes Karl Dempwolf, Jove Wang, C.M.   Cooper, Logan Hagege, Dan McCaw and others. 

LOS ANGELES AREA GALLERIES

California Art Club Gallery at the Old Mill - 1120 Old Mill Rd., San Marino, 91108. (626) 449-5459.  Director: Elaine Adams. www.californiaartclub.org.

Showing contemporary traditional paintings of the members of the California Art Club. 

 Specializing in California Scene Painters.

 Early California, Western and American paintings. Maurice Braun, Franz Bischoff,  Alson Clark, Hanson Puthuff, Marion Wachtel, and others.

 Early California and contemporary Impressionists and plein air painters.  Includes John  Budicin, Marilyn Simandle, and others. 

Some 200 Early California Impressionists.

Specializing in Early California painting before 1940.  Features Early California  Impressionists including: Mabel Alvarez, Jessie Arms Botke, Armin Hansen, Paul  DeLongpre, Granville Redmond and Modernists including Rinaldo Cuneo. Contemporary painter Dennis Doheny.

 19th and 20th century painting.  Guy Rose, Joseph Kleitsch, Guy Rose, Agnes Pelton,  Granville Redmond, and others.

 Fine contemporary art, established and emerging.  Includes Ariana Richards. 

MARIN COUNTY GALLERIES

BECK GALLERY - #10 Bank St., San Anselmo, CA 94960.  (415) 456-7898. E-mail: robertbeckart@aol.com.

 Specializing in fine 20th century plein air paintings and antiques. 

 Contemporary regional plein air landscapes and urban landscapes. Includes: Tom Soltesz, Kevin Short, Mary Lou  Correia, Marilyn Greenblatt, Dorallen Davis, Sally McGivern, Merrick Kosken, Larry Iwerks, Wendy Schwartz, Ron Schlorff, Steven Guy Bilodeau, Tom Dibblee and others.

 Broad collection of paintings and sculpture from Realism to Abstraction.  Bay Area  and beyond.

 Early California and Contemporary plein air and Impressionist paintings. Jeff Carpenter, Pam Glover, Zenaida Mott, Pat Wallis and others.

 19th and early 20th century American and California Impressionism and romantic  Realism. Includes: Albert Bierstadt, Emil Carlsen,  Selden Gile, Joseph Raphael, and  others.

 A 12 year-old gallery specializing in representational work in paintings and in prints.   Mainly Northern California artists.  Featuring plein air painter Nikki Basch Davis. 

Extensive collection of contemporary Marin County and Bay Area plein air painters and contemporary impressionists.  Includes: Brian Blood, Christin Coy, Teresa Dong, Lindy Duncan, Kathleen Elsey, Robin Fahey Cameron, Dana Hooper, Timothy Horn, David Jensen, Ezra Katz, Connie Kirk, Paul Kratter, Jeanette Le Grue,  Carolyn Meyer, Judy Molyneux,  Douglas P. Morgan, Camille Przewodek, Lesley Rich, Ray Roberts, William Rushton, J. Thomas Soltesz, Jerrold Turner,  Wanda Westberg, among others

MONTEREY PENINSULA

CARMEL ART ASSOCIATION - Dolores Bet. 5th and 6th, Carmel.  POB 2271, Carmel, 93921. (831) 624-6176.  Fax: ( 831) 624-7790.   www.carmelart.org.  Director: Susan Klusmire.

 Home of the nation's second oldest artist cooperative established in 1927. Early greats  include Armin Hansen, William Ritschel, Paul Doughtery, Mary DeNeale Morgan,  and E. Charlton Fortune. Today the gallery features over 100 contemporary painters.   Includes: Cyndra Bradford, Dick Crispo, Ron Grauer, Jane Goode, Peggy Jelmini,  Joseph Nordmann, Barry John Raybould, Jeff Smith, Tim Sloan, Belinda Vidor,  and Edward Norton Ward, among others. 

 California Regional artists from the past such as Mary DeNeale Morgan, S.C. Yuan.   Contemporary painters include Jack Cassinetto, Barry Marshall, Keith Lindberg,  Judy Baird, Hank Ketcham, and Charles Waldman. 

 Specializing in California Impressionist and plein air oil paintings by Jason Bowen,  Armand Cabrera, Donald Craghead, Lindy Duncan, Paul Youngman, and others. 

 Features the work of The In formalists, local contemporary plein air painters.  They are:  Johnny Apodaca, Howard Bradford, Gerard Martin, Jr., Cyndra Bradford, Mark  Farina, Barry John Raybould, Jeff Daniel Smith, and Richmond P. Woodson.

 Early California Impressionists.

 Early California and contemporary California artists.  Includes August Gay, Edgar  Payne, Mary DeNeale Morgan, William Clapp, William Ritschel, Charles Reiffel,  S.C.Yuan, William Saroyan, Paul Carey, Millard Sheets, and others.   Living artists  include: Gregory Kondos, Judith Deim, and Phil and Mireille Piazzoni Wood.

 Early California Impressionists and contemporary landscape painters.  Includes:  Guy  Rose, Maynard Dixon, E. Charlton Fortune, Selden Gile, William Ritschel, Mary  DeNeale Morgan, S.C. Yuan and more.  Contemporary painters:  Edward Norton  Ward, Charles Movalli, and Michael Obermeyer, among others.

 Specializing in Early California painting before 1940.  Features Early California  Impressionists including: Mabel Alvarez, Jessie Arms Botke, Armin Hansen, Paul  DeLongpre, Granville Redmond and Modernists including Rinaldo Cuneo.  Contemporary painter Dennis Doheny. 

 Early California Impressionists, Modernists and contemporary plein air painters.   Includes:  Maurice Braun, Alfred Mitchell, Armin Hansen,  Franz Bischoff,  among  others. Contemporary painters: Karl Dempwolf, Jane Goode, Rodolfo Rivademar, and  others.

 Northern California Contemporary Painters. Artists represented include Leslie Toms,  Chris Newhard, Teresa Onoda, William Hook, and Randall Sexton, and others.

 A contemporary gallery for 26 years in Carmel featuring original oil, watercolor, pastel  and  acrylic paintings and contemporary plein air painters.  Includes: Ken Auster,  Ovanes Berberian, Cyrus Afsary, John Cosby, Jim Lamb, Jove Wang, June Carey,  and others. 

 An eclectic mix of paintings and sculpture including contemporary plein air painters.   Includes: William Berra, Carol Cooke, William Scott Jennings, Laurie Kersey,   Carol  Swinney, and  Curt Walters, among others. 

 Specializing in Early California Impressionists.  They include:  Joseph Raphael,  Maurice Braun, John O’Shea, William Wendt, Franz Bischoff, E. Charlton  Fortune, and many others.

CHRISTOPHER QUEEN GALLERIES - #4 John Orr=s Gardens, POB 28, Duncans Mills, CA 95430. (707) 865-1318. Fax: (707) 865-0206.  www.christopherqueen.com. Owner and Director:   Nancy Pereira. 

 Early California paintings 1860-1940 and contemporary paintings. Includes: Thomas  Hill, William Keith, Giusippi Cardenasso, Thad Welch.  Also contemporary plein air  painters:  Jack Cassinetto, Don Ealy, Cristine Crozier, Ridolfo Rivademar, and Jerry  Nichols Quinn.

 Fine California art including ongoing exhibits of plein air painters.  Includes: Marylu  Downing, Mylette Welch, Patrick Fanning, Michael Coy, Susan Ball, and others. 

 Specializing in contemporary plein air and studio painters.  Includes: Paul Youngman,  Clark Mitchell, Jeanette LeGrue, Camille Przewodek, Ralph Love,  W. Jason Situ,  among others.

 Fine arts and crafts by 14 community artists. Plein air painters include Sterling Hoffmann,  Sandra Maresca and Jame Reynolds.

ART FOUNDRY GALLERY and GREGORY KONDOS GALLERY – 1021 R Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. (916) 444-2787. Fax:   444-0299. President:  Alan Osborne. 

 Showing the art of regional artists.  Kondos Gallery specializes in paintings and  prints  of nationally known painter and teacher Gregory Kondos.

 A cooperative of 25 painters committed to capturing radiant light and color. Specializing  in contemporary plein air and studio paintings. 

 Contemporary art focusing on Northern California artists and Bay Area Figurative  painters.  Includes:  Boyd Gavin, Wayne Thiebaud, Elmer Bischoff, and Pat  Mahoney. 

 Fine contemporary art and original paintings.  Includes Charles Muench, Jack  Cassinetto, Ray Roberts, Kathleen Dunph,y and others.  Hosts the annual “Plein Air  Painters in the Foothills” paintout. 

 Fine contemporary paintings and sculpture from Northern California.  Includes:  Jian  Wang, Leslie Toms, A. Alan Post, David Post, Terry Pappas, and others.

SAN DIEGO AREA GALLERIES

B&R Fine Art Gallery – 17726 Sierra Hwy., Canyon Country, CA 91351. (800) 255-6498 or (661) 298-2038. Fax: (661) 298-2292. www.bnr-art.com. 

 Landscapes, southwest art, seascapes, Americana, original paintings, prints and  posters. Includes Pino, Dale TerBush, Howard Terpning and others.

 Early California and Fine Pre-1950 American Paintings. Contemporary painters Brian  Blood and Laurie Kersey.

Specializing in Early California and American paintings. Includes Helena Dunlap,  Donna Shuster, Paul Lauritz, Joseph Kleitsch, and many others. 

 Contemporary and traditional regional artists in all mediums.

CENTRAL COAST GALLERIES

The Easton Gallery – 557 Hot Springs Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93108.  (805) 969-5781. www.eastongallery.com. Owner and Director:  Ellen Easton. 

 Contemporary landscape paintings.  Includes:  Donald Archer, Phoebe Brunner, Chris  Chapman, Patricia Chidlaw, Whitney Brooks Hansen, Glenna Hartmann, John  Iwerks, Bjorn Rye, Richard Schloss, Ray Strong, and Arturo Tello.

` Independent cooperative gallery that promotes the work of local artists who are  members of the Santa Barbara Art Association.

 Specializing in Early California and  American paintings including Charles Hinkle,  Granville Redmond, Fernand Lungren, Rinaldo Cuneo, and others. 

 Specializing in contemporary paintings from landscapes to large abstractions.  Marcia  Burtt, Patricia Doyle, Mark Kerckhoff, and others.

 European, American, and California Impressionist paintings from 1890-1940.  Contemporary plein air paintings by Meredith Brooks Abbott, Karen Gruszka, and  others.

 Original and limited edition paintings by Central Coast and other California artists.  Louise DeMore, Dana Hooper, Leslie Toms, and others.

 Specializing in early Califiornia and American plein air paintings.  Maurice Braun,  Jessie Arms Botke, Edgar Payne, Marion Wachtel, William Wendt, Colin Campbell  Cooper, and others. 

Representing established contemporary artists and sculptors. Plein air artists represented include Anita Hampton, Ebrahim Amin, Richard Greene, Michael Enriquez, and others.

 Historic and contemporary California paintings, art books and prints. Edward Borein,  Lockwood de Forest, Michael Drury, Ray Strong, and others.

 Specializing in plein air landscapes by leading California artists. Ralph Waterhouse,  Jean Le Gassick, Louise DeMore, Huihan Liu, Michael Situ, and others.

BONHAMS AND BUTTERFIELDS –220 San Bruno Ave., San Francisco, CA 94103. (415) 861-7500. Fax: (415) 861-8951. www.butterfields.com.

  Twice yearly American and California painting auctions.

 A nonprofit gallery specializing in regional and local artists.  Includes several group  shows with plein air paintings every year.   Includes: the Glover Group,  the Outsiders,  Terra, and other Bay Area plein air painters.

 Specializing in Early California artists active between 1880-1950.  Landscape, still life  and figurative painters.  Including:  Mary DeNeale Morgan, George Demont Otis, Paul  Lauritz, and others.  Also featuring selected contemporary plein air/studio artists:  Silvio  Silvestri and Jane Goode.  Plus selected American and Western paintings.

 Paintings with a Modern sensibility. 

 Northern California artists including members of the Glover Group, the Outsiders and  many other Northern California plein air painters.

 Contemporary plein air and studio painters.  Includes:  Dennis Hare, Peter Loftus and  Terry St. John, among others. Also David Park, Marsden Hartley, Richard  Diebenkorn, and others.

 Premier academic gallery, contemporary and late 19th and early 20th century. Includes:   Randall Sexton, Gil Dellinger, Gregory Hull, Clark Mitchell and others. 

 Early California artists between 1880-1950.  Also 19th and 20th century American and   European. Includes: Arthur Hills, John Dominique, Paul Lauritz, Lillie May  Nicholson, and George Post, among others.  Plus a select group of contemporary  painters. Extensive bookstore on California art including catalogues, monographs, art  books, and directories.

 Specializing in 19th and  20th century European and American paintings, Modernists,  Impressionists, and Post-Impressionists. Focusing on California, and unique old master  paintings. Gregory Kondos, Albert DeRome, Thomas Hill, Carl Oscar Borg, and  others. 

 Specializing in Bay Area plein air painters.  Kevin Courter, Pam Glover, Robert   Chapla, and others.

 Fine 19th Century and Early 20th Century American and European paintings, with an  emphasis on Early California paintings.  Also contemporary representational paintings.  Includes:  Thomas Hill, William Keith and Percy Gray. Contemporary plein air  painters include:  Joshua Adam, Carol Peek., and Russell Chatham. 

 Specializing in paintings and prints by California and American women artists from  1900-1960.  Includes estate of Henrietta Shore and paintings of E. Charlton Fortune. 

 Paintings from Realism to Abstraction.  Includes Raymond Jackson, Dennis Hare, and  others.

 Contemporary plein air painter Susan List’s oil paintings.

Specializing in Northern California Scene Painters

 Contemporary plein air and urban scene painters. Includes:  Ken Auster, Jack  Cassinetto, Francis Livingston, Peggi Kroll-Roberts, Barry John Raybould, and  Verrakeat Tongpaiboon, among others.

 Contemporary non-profit gallery specializing in Bay Area plein air paintings for sale or  rent.  Includes: Mary Lou Correia, Teresa Onoda, Nancy Roberts, Nikki Basch  Davis,  Ray Jackson, and many others.  Extensive rental gallery.  Sponsors Annual Mt. Diablo  Plein Air Exhibition.

SIERRA GALLERIES

Coons Gallery – 2399 N. Sierra Hwy., Bishop, CA 93514. (760) 873-3393. www.coonsgallery.com. 

 Specializing in California  Impressionism and plein air painting of the Sierra  Nevada.  Richard Coons, Robert Clunie, Robert Wood, and others.

 Specializing in Impressionist plein air landscapes by Ted Goerschner, Mariilyn  Simandle, Jean LeGassick, Paulette Lee, and Barbel Ackermann Williams.