2026 Exhibitions
Browse the beautiful works of Santa Barbara artists in our 2026 exhibits.
New artists and artworks are displayed every month.
Currently Showing
Craig Richter
Craig Richter is a retired educator and professional photographer. In this show he is displaying his photographs that he has digitally infused with the elements of impressionistic and/or cubist interpretation.
Odessa D. Burrow
Odessa D. is a Santa Barbara painter whose work reflects a lifelong connection to nature, light, and place. Raised in Willow, Alaska and trained early on by her grandmother in Oklahoma, she carries forward that legacy by signing her work “Odessa D.” With more than four decades of experience in oil, pastel, acrylic, and watercolor, her art often explores moments of transition and quiet reflection.
Her new series, Windows and Doors, brings together pieces that invite viewers to pause, look through, and step into new spaces.
Elisabeth Lafolye Acogny
Born in France, I studied art for 2 years at l’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Nantes.
My travelings took me to several African countries, where I deepened my approach of life and naturally developed a taste for bright colors.
Color is my inspiration. The need for colors and the urgency to reproduce, mix, layer, define, collide, rushes me to paint. Even in darkest hours, if I can rest my eyes on a stain of color it brings me peace and hope.
I work with gold leaves often. The gold color has always attracted me for its luminosity and shine, it cradles my soul, and when trying to keep an open heart to reflect gratitude toward the complexity and beauty of our planet Earth, I find it a lifting color.
— Elisabeth Lafolye Acogny
Robin Deshayes
Robin Deshayes is a contemporary painter who paints all around Santa Barbara County. Her painting process takes her outdoors en plein air for her studies, and then into the studio. She competes at plein air competitions in California and Arizona. “First Light, Santa Barbara” is a studio painting based upon a plein air sketch painted at Chase Palm Park early on a glorious April morning.
Past Exhibitions
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Kelly E. Parmenter
Kelly E. Parmenter’s September show, Places I Love, is her debut exhibit at Gallery 113. All her paintings depict places that hold deep meaning to her. She especially loves visiting—and therefore painting—mountains, lakes, oceans, and gardens. You will see paintings of her favorite vacation spots in Hawaii, the Eastern Sierra, and the Channel Islands, as well as her beautiful Santa Ynez hometown.
Kelly’s preference is to work with thick oil paints and palette knives to create impasto paintings using a wet-on-wet technique. She likes contrast, bold colors, layers, and texture to depict a certain energy she sees and feels.
Virginia Kamhi
Hear the waves crash and feel the spray on your face as you immerse yourself in Ocean Rhythms by Virginia Kamhi. Her expressive realist paintings convey the poetry, imaginative power, and movement of the sea. Be sure to go upstairs to view this collection of twenty recent paintings.
Although Kamhi also works in other media, pastels are her passion because of their tactile quality and unique ability to paint the visual poetry that nourishes her soul. She loves to spend time by the sea and feels it is a privilege to closely observe what others fail to see in the course of their hurried lives.
Fred Lehto
Long time performer and singer Fred Lehto worked at the Music Academy of the West for 43 years. On retiring he discovered “light painting” and it became his passion. His award winning work can be found in several Santa Barbara art galleries. His work is primarily printed on aluminum, making it suitable for indoors or outdoors.
Paula Re
Paula Re is a poet who paints, embedding her words into images she creates to elevate meaning to a new level.
For her latest show “shadows of ourselves”, Paula used an ink sublimation on aluminum process to create her works. Using shadow photos, many of herself, she inserted words to bring viewers to an exploration of universal conditions and thoughts.
Paula is a Santa Barbara native and has pieces with Cher, Jim Messina and the late Lady Ridley-Tree along with others. She has had many solo shows and enjoys participating in multi-artist showings as well.
Odessa Burrow
Raised in Alaska’s wild backcountry, Odessa D. brings the spirit of the great outdoors into every brushstroke. Inspired early on by her mural‑painting grandmother, she now signs her work in her honor. A lifelong photographer and painter, Odessa moves easily between oils, pastels, acrylics, and watercolor, letting each medium spark the next idea. Now based in Santa Barbara, she’s an enthusiastic supporter of the local arts community and serves on multiple art association boards — always cheering on fellow artists and celebrating the joy of creativity.
Her September show theme is “Nautical Vibe.” September brings a fresh breeze to the gallery as All Around the Harbor sails into view. This lively collection celebrates the charm and character of our coastline — from boats resting in their moorings to gulls keeping watch over the docks. Each painting offers a playful glimpse into the everyday magic of harbor life, where sunlight shimmers across the tide and the waterfront hums with quiet stories. Join us as we welcome the easy rhythm of maritime days into the gallery and enjoy a colorful voyage through our local shores.
Kristen Walker
Kristen M. Walker is a Santa Barbara-based conservation artist drawn to exploring, painting, and protecting California’s Channel Islands. Her work highlights the islands’ dramatic landscapes and remarkable native and endemic plants.
Kristen’s paintings begin in the field—hiking island trails, observing native plants, sketching, researching, photographing, and learning. Back in the studio, those experiences become acrylic paintings that celebrate the distinctive beauty and extraordinary biodiversity of the islands.
Through Drawn to the Islands, Kristen seeks to inspire curiosity about California’s unique island ecosystems. Her paintings are an invitation to slow down, look more closely at these remarkable landscapes, become curious about the stories they tell, and ultimately care about protecting them.
Andie Adler
Creative pursuits have always been a part of my life. Acrylic paint pouring became my avenue of artistic expression in 2020. I was drawn to this art form because it allows me to experiment with color, movement, and space on the canvas. It challenges me to create abstract images that remind the viewer of something familiar, a tranquil waterfall, a blossoming flower, the ocean mist, or something that makes you feel dreamy. Then, in 2025, I became interested in paper collage. In fact, I fell in love with it! So today I work in both mediums. Variety is the spice of life!
Jerry Martin
My primary creative interest lies in plein air painting. I find immense joy in being outdoors in our magnificent environment, striving to capture a fleeting glimpse of the essence of light and place — our beautiful environment.
Over the years, I have also been drawn to the darker aspects of societal issues — our ugly environment.
By drawing attention to these ugly aspects, I hope to inspire thoughtful consideration about how we can improve them. Do you agree that these issues are indeed ugly? If you were the “driver of the bus,” what actions would you take to address them? We are all passengers on this magnificent spaceship Earth.
Virginia Kamhi
Hear the waves crash and feel the spray on your face as you immerse yourself in Ocean Rhythms by Virginia Kamhi. Her expressive realist paintings convey the poetry, imaginative power, and movement of the sea. Be sure to go upstairs to view this collection of twenty recent paintings.
Although Kamhi also works in other media, pastels are her passion because of their tactile quality and unique ability to paint the visual poetry that nourishes her soul. She loves to spend time by the sea and feels it is a privilege to closely observe what others fail to see in the course of their hurried lives.
Nagui Achamallah
Born in Alexandria, Egypt, my artistic journey began alongside my medical education. Following my move to the United States in the 1980s, I completed my psychiatric training at the University of California. My decades of practice as a psychiatrist in the Bay Area profoundly influenced my perspective as a painter, offering me a deep, clinical, and empathetic understanding of the human condition.
Now dedicated exclusively to my studio practice in Southern California, I work primarily in acrylics and oils, producing a prolific body of work each year.
R. Scott Thure
R. Scott Thure is a Los Angeles–based mixed-media artist whose work explores texture, material, and form through the use of reclaimed wood, paint, and found objects. Rooted in transformation, his practice repurposes discarded and overlooked materials into dimensional compositions that carry both history and presence.
Native to Southern California, Thure draws lasting inspiration from surf culture, coastal landscapes, and a longstanding appreciation for Art Deco design. These influences are evident in his evolving body of work, including his surfboard-inspired collection, where painting, sculpture, and functional design converge.
Paula Gregoire Jones
Paula Gregoire-Jones has always been an avid crafter and photographer from an early age (her father was an amateur photography had a dark room). The July show will be the first time she is showing her photography work since she was a teenager.
Paula has been showing her jewelry since 2011 and teaching jewelry making since 2013 in her home, at the Carpinteria Arts center, and at other locations. Paula has been showing and selling her stained glass and mosaic work through the GVAA and the Carpinteria Arts center since 2018 and at Gallery 113 and SBAA shows after she became a member of SBAA in October 2023. She is one of the founding artists at the Los Alamos Gallery, which opened in December 2019.
Carey Appel
I’ve recently returned from Japan with a suitcase full of miniature treasures. Over the past couple of months, I’ve been turning those finds into a collection of Japanese storyboxes inspired by the quiet beauty and timeless spirit I experienced while traveling there. Each piece features one-of-a-kind antique figurines and hand-built details. This collection is inspired by the serenity and quiet elegance of everyday life in Japan.
Odessa D. Burrow
Dive into the hidden world beneath the waves with Odessa D. Burrow’s newest collection, Beneath the Surface. Through a series of luminous oil paintings, Burrow invites viewers into California’s underwater forests, where harbor seals glide through ribbons of giant kelp and sunlight dances across the ocean’s surface.
Known for her expressive use of color and light, Burrow transforms moments from nature into immersive visual experiences that evoke curiosity, joy, and a sense of stewardship for the ocean. Beneath the Surface is a tribute to the resilience of marine life and the quiet magic found beneath the sea’s surface.
Barbara Cronin Hershberg
Barbara Cronin Hershberg is a self-taught artist whose creative journey began with collage and has evolved into an exploration of abstract acrylic painting and photography. She has expanded her practice through workshops with Maureen Chatfield, Elaine Wilson, Kathy Leader, and Donna Wilson, as well as classes with Carissa Luminess at Santa Barbara City College’s Continuing Education program and with Chuck Place.
Cindy Barthel-Morgenstern
Cindy Star works with both digital and acrylic mediums to create imaginative and colorful paintings from both real life and fantasy. All of her digital paintings are handmade using traditional painting methods with digital brushes and no AI. Her work usually features colorful dragons and landscapes. She is currently studying Art History at Cal Poly Humboldt.
Barbara Cronin Hershberg
Barbara Cronin Hershberg is a self-taught artist whose creative journey began with collage and has evolved into an exploration of abstract acrylic painting and photography. She has expanded her practice through workshops with Maureen Chatfield, Elaine Wilson, Kathy Leader, and Donna Wilson, as well as classes with Carissa Luminess at Santa Barbara City College’s Continuing Education program and with Chuck Place.
Chris Star Morgenstern
Chris Star Morgenstern is an artist that presents herself through her photography art style of colorful images, showing that life is colorful and beautiful. Star has traveled to many different countries, taking photos of nature, architecture, and unique views that catch her eye. She hopes to continue to share the beauty of all that surrounds us with her photography.
Brenda Geneau
I have lived in Santa Barbara since 1954 where I attended local schools. I took my first painting class in the 1970’s studying under Andre Andreoli, world famous acrylic painter, and local artist Buck Paulson.
While traveling around the world I soon realized how beautiful Santa Barbara was and that paradise was truly in my own backyard, and longed to be painting more than ever.
Brenda Geneau
I have lived in Santa Barbara since 1954 where I attended local schools. I took my first painting class in the 1970’s studying under Andre Andreoli, world famous acrylic painter, and local artist Buck Paulson.
While traveling around the world I soon realized how beautiful Santa Barbara was and that paradise was truly in my own backyard, and longed to be painting more than ever.
After retiring in 1992, I started back to school studying under Rose Margaret Braiden, Cathy Quill, Kaaren Robertson and Susan Sallade. I found that the bright transparent properties of watercolor were so magical and exciting it was the perfect medium for painting the beauty of color and light I had observed in nature.
Odessa D. Burrow
From the quiet wild of Willow, Alaska to the sunlit trails of Santa Barbara, Odessa D. Burrow’s work traces a lifelong relationship with nature. Mentored by her grandmother and signing her work in her honor, Odessa brings decades of painting experience into a new chapter with watercolor — a medium that lets her capture light, movement, and memory in their most fleeting forms.
Helena Hill
Helena Hill, BFA, MA, is a watercolorist and writer, who exhibits and sells her art in Santa Barbara, California. She lived with her family in Peru during her childhood, where she was infused with her love of other cultures and travel. As a former Spanish teacher, she led groups of students to Mexico and more recently has led watercolor journaling and writing groups to Peru, Tuscany and Sicily and Spain. (She has an upcoming trip to Tuscany in September 2026. For information, contact Helena at helenahill@mac.com.) Helena’s passion is teaching and inspiring beginning watercolors. She speaks fluent Spanish, has traveled extensively and is an exceptional guide and teacher. She lives in Santa Barbara California.
Nadya Brown
Nadya Brown was born and raised in England. She has since lived in Italy and Spain, and now lives in Santa Barbara, California. Extensive travel in Europe, SE Asia and Mexico, plus living and working in different cultures provides the inspiration for much of the subject matter of her prints and paintings. Nadya has exhibited work in group and solo exhibitions since the 1960s both in the United States and in the UK. She studied Painting & Printmaking at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and received her MFA from Ohio University. She has since taught at various colleges and universities in the US.
Linda Monguiat-Herzog
Linda Manguiat-Herzog’s large scale paintings of surfers, musicians and abstracts invites the viewer to be immersed in vibrant positive energy. Her work embodies life in color and the physicality of painting. She earned her BFA at Western Michigan University and MFA at Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Linda’s paintings are included in both public and private collections.
Brendan Murdock
I currently work with individuals who have been impacted by trauma: mental and/or physical. Many of my students live with a diagnosis. They are not defined by such. Aside from private clients, I facilitate transformation through the Mental Wellness Center in Santa Barbara. I participate adjunctly with the William James Association, an organization serving both the incarcerated and previously incarcerated.
A former professor of art, art history and graphic design, I am now more humbled by the talent I currently discover. I don’t consider them to be “outliers.” I often see superior talent and more creative content than most students I had at the university.
Suemae Willhite
For more information about Suemae’s art, please visit her website: suemaeart.com.
Paula Re
i put my words “literally” into my art works, embedding them in enhancing images to explore and define my realities.
through a cognitive journey with words, my works gives the viewer a new path to the artist’s message. a piece can be viewed time and again, revealing deepening layers of meaning and emotion. through my work, i want people to experience art and humanity through words in images.
Fred Lehto
Fred Lehto, longtime performer and singer in Santa Barbara, discovered “light painting” in 2021 and it became his passion. His belief is that color brings joy and energy to all of us. His award-winning images can be seen in many local galleries and collections.
Bonny Butler
“Winging It” is a solo exhibition inspired by birds and winged creatures, the movement and the freedom of following an instinct. Through winged and grounded subjects, the work celebrates lightness, joy, and the art of trusting where the moment leads.
Not every piece in the exhibition has wings, but each shares the same spirit of openness. Whether grounded or airborne, the work celebrates motion, instinct, and the beauty of simply winging it.
Maureen Murdock
Maureen Murdock is a black-and-white art photographer who finds deep resonance in the desert landscapes of Taos, Joshua Tree National Park, and Death Valley National Park. These places share a stark, meditative drama that comes fully alive in black and white—where light, shadow, and form reveal the essential nature of the land.
Matt Lancaster
Living and creating in Santa Barbara California, I use fabric as my palette and thread as my brush. My work begins with an intuitive search for textiles that show emotion, movement and possibility. I pin fabrics onto cloth in a painterly style ,layering shapes and hues in a deliberate and instinctive fashion.Once the designs feel alive and complete I stitch the pieces together transforming fabric into magical pieces of art. Creating is not just simply a practice for me but an innate biological drive, almost a necessary form of language. Through texture and color, I translate feeling into form. Fabric Collage is my therapy, my meditation and my language.
Elizabeth Imperato
Living and creating in Santa Barbara California, I use fabric as my palette and thread as my brush. My work begins with an intuitive search for textiles that show emotion, movement and possibility. I pin fabrics onto cloth in a painterly style ,layering shapes and hues in a deliberate and instinctive fashion.Once the designs feel alive and complete I stitch the pieces together transforming fabric into magical pieces of art. Creating is not just simply a practice for me but an innate biological drive, almost a necessary form of language. Through texture and color, I translate feeling into form. Fabric Collage is my therapy, my meditation and my language.
Odessa D. Burrow
Raised in the wilderness of Willow, Alaska, Odessa D. Burrow developed a profound reverence for nature’s seasonal cycles. After moving to Oklahoma, she began her artistic journey under the mentorship of her grandmother, Odessa, in whose honor she signs her work “Odessa D.” A dedicated photographer and painter since the 1980s, Odessa has mastered various media including oil, pastel, and watercolor. Now based in Goleta, California, her work is deeply influenced by the coastline and mountain trails of Santa Barbara County.
Virginia Kamhi
Virginia Kamhi is an expressive realist painter who is drawn to paint the soothing rhythms of the ocean with soft pastels. She holds a Master’s in Fine Art Painting from Academy of Art University and has studied extensively with many eminent artists.
Carey Appel
The Storybox: “An artistic miniature diorama encapsulating the charm of everyday life, blending reality with delightful, unexpected whimsy.”
Nagui Achamallah
Born in Alexandria, Egypt, my artistic journey began alongside my medical education. While navigating the rigors of medical school, I refined my craft through the independent fine art study program at the University of Alexandria Atelier. This dual path culminated in my early solo exhibitions at the University Physician’s Club (1973) and the French Cultural Center in Alexandria (1975).
Following my move to the United States in the 1980s, I completed my psychiatric training at the University of California. My decades of practice as a psychiatrist in the Bay Area profoundly influenced my perspective as a painter, offering me a deep, clinical, and empathetic understanding of the human condition.
Now dedicated exclusively to my studio practice in Southern California, I work primarily in acrylics and oils, producing a prolific body of work each year.
Richard Six
Richard Six February, 2026Featured Artist Richard has always loved creating images on paper. This love led him to a career in architecture, enjoying 40 some years of drawing, designing, searching to find the right line, form, and composition to create beautiful...
Carey Appel
Carey Appel February, 2026Featured Artist The definition of a Storybox: “An artistic miniature diorama encapsulating the charm of everyday life, blending reality with delightful, unexpected animal whimsy”. – Carey Appel website: onceuponastorybox.comsocial:...
Nagui Achamallah
Nagui Achamallah February, 2026Featured Artist Born in Alexandria, Egypt, my artistic journey began in college. While navigating the rigors of medical school, I refined my craft through the independent fine art study program at the University of Alexandria Atelier....
Gary A. Jensen
Gary A. Jensen February, 2026Artist of the Month Creative endeavors have been a part of life since my early years, working with my hands: creating, building, playing or drawing. After high school I attended the School of Architecture and Environmental Design at Cal...
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