GuestLife Monterey Bay's Great Galleries

The West Coast’s Premier Art Colony

Monterey became the epicenter of Northern California art after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. Artists from the city came to the peninsula in a wave that ultimately helped the economy and continued to refine the area’s reputations as a viable artist colony.

The Hotel Del Monte opened the area’s first commercial gallery in April 1907. And the colony’s landscapists gained widespread acclaim at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

The adventurous spirit of the Monterey Peninsula’s art scene remains as vibrant as ever with more than a hundred art galleries exhibiting everything from early and contemporary Impressionist works as well as a variety of other styles by mostly U.S. and European artists.

Take a look at just few of GuestLife Monterey Bay’s favorite Galleries.

Carmel Art Association  »
Celebrating 79 years of Local Art.

Classic Art Galleries  »
Two Great Locations Continue The Tradition Of Fine Art Of Today And Yesterday.

Gallerie Amsterdam  »
Bringing The Worlds's Art To You.

Thomas Kinkade  »
Celebrated Painter of Light.

Lynn Lupetti  »
Lynn sees a world of infinite possibility, of shimmering delight.

Richard MacDonald/Dawson Cole Fine Art  »
Inside The Art and Artist.

Rodrigue Studio  »
From Cajun Roots to Blue Dog Fever.