ADAS Pioneer Art Gallery & Studios: Roswitha Kress - 524 Hartz Ave in Danville. Thru May 13. www.adas4art.org

Arts Benicia Gallery:  With You Were Here: The Outsiders – 991 Tyler St., #14, Benicia. Pam Glover, Nikki Basch  Davis, Jerrold Turner, William Rushton, Randall Sexton, Ray Jackson, and Judy Molyneux. May 24- June 29. Reception: Sun., June 1, 3-5 p.m. (707) 747-0131. ArtsBenicia.org

Christopher Queen Galleries:  Don Ealy - #4 John Orr’s Gardens, Duncans Mills. (707) 865-1318. Also, Painter’s Eden. Paintings from their Plein Air Event hang thru July 6.www.christopherqueen.com

Gallery Concord:  Explosion of Color – 1765 Galindo St., Concord.  Artists of Gallery Concord. Aprl 2- June 29. (925) 691-6140.

Gallery Saratoga:  Local Scenes in Watercolors, Norman Dana Carter - 14435 Big Basin Way, Saratoga. Month of May. Reception: Sat., May 10, 1-5 p.m. (408) 867-0458. www.gallerysaratoga.com

Masterpiece Gallery:  Western Visions, Ray Carpenter and Douglas Morgan – Dolores at 6th, Carmel. May 10- June 2. Reception: Sat., May 17, 4-7 p.m. (831) 624-2163. www.masterpiecegallerycarmel.com

John  Pence Gallery:  Edward Minoff – 750 Post St., San Francisco. May 15- June 21. Reception: Thurs., May 15, 6-8 p.m.  (415) 441-1138. www.johnpence.com

Napa Valley Art Festival:  Copia – 500 First St., Napa. Sat. May 31, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Ann McMillan and others. www.amgallery.net or artblog: annmcmillan.blogspot.com

Pasetta House: A Breath of Plein Air – 1650 Senter Rd., San Jose. May 2- Sept. 21. (408) 287-2290.

Remax Gold Gallery:  Doug Simon – 426 First St., Benicia. (707) 745-1151.

Sandy-by-the-Sea Show: Donald Neff and Stephen Sanfilippo – 6th at Dolores, Carmel. May 16-18. Reception: Sat., May 17, immediately following Carmel Art Festival auction. (831) 624-0260.

Silicon Valley Open Studios:  Cubberly Studios – E6, 4000 Middlefield Rd., Cubberly Community Center, Palo Alto.  Ann McMillan and others. May 10 & 11th. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. www.cubberlystudios.org

Thomas Reynolds Gallery:  Ice Cream and Other Recent paintings, Francis Livingston and Dana Hooper – 2291 Pine St. at Fillmore, San Francisco. May 9-June 7. Reception: May 9, 6-8 p.m. (415) 441-4093. www.thomasreynolds.com

Now Showing Southern California:

Pasadena Museum of California Art: California  Art Club’s 97th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition – 490 East Union St., Pasadena. Paintings hang thru May 18. www.californiaartclub.org

Galerie Gabrie: Charles Muench, Mountain Grandeur, The Sierra and the San Gabriels – 597 East Green St., Pasadena. Thru May 31. (626) 577-1223. www.gabrie.com

Irvine Museum: Abundance of Color, California Flowers in Art  – 18881 Von Karman Ave., Ground floor, Irvine. Mar. 22- Aug. 23. (940) 476-2565. www.irvinemuseum.org

Marcia Burtt Studio: Donald Archer – 517 Laguna St., Santa Barbara. May 3-June 8. (805) 962-5588. www.artlacuna.com

Santa Ysabel Art Gallery:  Joe Garcia, It’s Only Natural – 30352 Hwy. 78, Santa Ysabel. May 10-June 15. Reception: Sat., May 10, 4-8 p.m. (760) 765-1676.