Around Town Art Scene
Benicia’s Art Galleries
Capture the Holiday Spirit n Jean Purnell Benicia’s art galleries are in the holiday spirit and inviting you to visit this month. Benicia Plein Air Gallery, located at 307 1st Street, will have its traditional holiday tree full of ornament-sized paintings. Many customers visit the gallery every year to select new ornaments as presents for holiday giving. The Gallery’s December exhibition will be a group show featuring paintings with the theme of winter light. The gallery’s twelve artists create paintings of Bay Area scenes centering on Benicia and the Carquinez Strait, as well as other regional areas. 1 beniciapleinair.com A short walk up the street at 333 D 1st Street, the HQ Gallery will feature a group exhibition titled Reflections. The approximately twenty HQ artists are celebrating the holiday season by serving cider and cookies during the Benicia Holiday Tree Lighting on Friday, December 3, from 6 to 9 pm, with musician Marcy Orendorff providing vocal entertainment. On Saturday, December 11, the gallery will welcome shoppers after the Holiday parade to its Holiday Booth where small artworks and artist-made cards and gift items are ready for gift-giving. Mini-painting ornaments will also be on sale at HQ Gallery, and the featured artist for the month is Ebba Navas, whose impressionist landscapes capture northern California scenes in bright jewel tone colors. 2 hqgallery.net
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