Brad Betts Exhibition: Blue Skies & Shimmering Seas

On View June 20 – July 20, 2025

Blue Skies, Shimmering Seas

Presenting Blue Skies, Shimmering Seas, a luminous five-year journey through Santa Barbara as seen through the eyes of celebrated marine artist Brad Betts. A Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists, Betts brings his East Coast mastery to the California coastline with a series of plein air paintings that capture the region’s radiant light, lush gardens, and iconic architecture.

Blue Skies, Shimmering Seas returns on Friday, June 20 with a special offering of the most recent en plein air paintings by Brad Betts, inspired by the Preview Weekend’s events.

From golden-hour coastlines to sunlit bougainvillea, Betts’s plein air paintings evoke the rhythm, beauty, and soul of the American Riviera.

On View June 20 – July 20, 2025

Santa Barbara

Plein air paintings by Brad Betts, ASMA, Santa Barbara, CA

West Coast

Brad completed over 45 plein air and studio paintings in the winter of 2020/21 from the beautiful seaside city of Santa Barbara, California. Please contact the gallery if you are interested in purchasing or seeing more of this west coast series.

This collection was featured by writer Lisa Kristoff in the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper… read the story.

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