Award winning Big Sur artist Erin Lee Gafill offers an array of new small and large oil paintings exploring the unique atmospheric qualities of the California Coast. From quiet tonal meditations to full color symphonies, these new pieces evoke a quintessential California vibe with a modern take. In 2023, Gafill was named Best Local Artist … Read more
This Season, Heidi Hybl and Noro Partido continue their respective explorations of art making inspired by the Japanese concept of Wabi-sabi. This aesthetic embraces the beauty of the imperfect, the impermanent, and the incomplete. In their third collaboration, Heidi and Noro focused on the principle of Fukinsei: asymmetry, irregularity. The artworks presented in this showcase … Read more
The CAA celebrates it’s annual March Catalog Show this month! This year 58 CAA painters, sculptors, printmakers, mosaic artists, weavers, and illustrators have each delivered two of their latest and greatest artworks, each one representing that artist’s signature style and medium. As always the exhibition will be accompanied by the “little red book,” the instantly-recognizable and always complimentary … Read more
Carmel Art Association’s “For the Love of Art” is a Monterey County-wide art competition and exhibition for high school juniors and seniors. View this year’s work here. Special thanks to the Arts Council for Monterey County with support from the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, and the Barnet Segal Charitable Trust for their generous grants, … Read more
Carmel Art Association is excited to ring in the New Year with an All Members Show installed throughout our gallery! This January show features new artworks from all 80 of our current Artist Members! This exhibition opens on Wednesday, January 3, and closes on Monday, February 5. The Opening Reception for the All Members Show will be held on ArtWalk Second Saturday, January 13, from 4 – 7pm. Join us as we celebrate 2024’s arrival with local art, live jazz, … Read more
The Art of Gifting exhibition brings together the collective talents of CAA artist members, showcasing small-scale treasures that inspire the art of giving. Artworks range in size from 6×6 to 12×16. With each brushstroke and sculpted form, these artists have crafted a heartfelt collection inviting visitors to celebrate the holiday season by sharing the timeless gift of joy and … Read more
Friends and fellow artists Dennis Stanford and Jeffrey Becom employ on-site painting to energize and inform their studio work. These artists approach oil painting using techniques originally developed in watercolor. Decades of practice in both medius have yielded uniquely personal responses to Central Coast environments, from cypress trees and rocky coastlines to still water coves.
Fred Carvell’s solo exhibition titled A Sense of Place is a collection of semi-abstract paintings that depict the landscape of Carmel Valley where he has resided and painted for decades. Carvell’s paintings present his impressions of the land, the shift of seasons, various times of the day, clusters of oaks, and changes in the landscape … Read more
Jerry Van Megert is a legend in his time. This Master Artist, known chiefly by his last name only, claims the title of “The Painter of Pebble Beach,” where he has lived and created landscapes and seascapes of iconic Central Coast scenes for over fifty years. Van Megert’s solo retrospective exhibition titled Van Megert: A … Read more
March – Catalog Show April – Erin Lee Gafill, Noro Partido, Heidi Hybl May – Dick Crispo, Alicia Meheen, Ben Anderson, Bryce Elischer June – Peggy Jelmini, Melissa Lofton, New Member Show
