M Stark Gallery

07/27/2025

Join us August 1 at 5pm for First Friday Art on Main Street! will be speaking about her acclaimed solo exhibition, “California Dreaming,” and answering questions about her inspiration and process. This event is free and open to the public, kids welcome. M Stark Gallery is located at 727 Main Street. See you there!

07/27/2025

This piece by is meant to be in a beautiful home in Tahoe. Pictured: “Echoes on the Lake” by Whitney Alyssa Parker, 2025, mixed media, 24 x 36 inches unframed, 31.75 x 44.75 inches framed. Frame is poplar. Other frame options are walnut, willow, or white. $3,400

On view at in Half Moon Bay through August 17.

07/24/2025

Big thanks to Redwood City Pulse for a great feature article featuring hometown gal Whitney Alyssa Parker! We have had so many fans of Embarcadero Media visit the gallery because of this coverage. One visitor, Lisa, made her first purchase of art ever! She ended up commissioning a piece because her favorite was already sold.

"California Dreamscape" is on view through August 17. M Stark Gallery is open Saturdays 11-5, Sundays 11-4, First Fridays 4-6, and by appointment. See you soon!

https://www.rwcpulse.com/ae/meet-the-artist/2025/07/03/from-bridal-fashion-to-fine-art-inside-a-redwood-city-mixed-media-artists-california-dreamscape/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=nextdoor.com&utm_campaign=nextdoor_news&fbclid=IwY2xjawLvRv9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHk17JyYu-AtC1Hwx9Us5tC4P2xrtX4YfjZAlLWs9Zd7-T-_23ofBeC_NK3qO_aem_umNKSo8DKDH6zAUNNkuPnw

07/05/2025

Come see ’s solo exhibition “California Dreamscape,” on view through August 17. Join us at a free, public opening reception for the artist on Sunday, July 13, from 1-4. Kids welcome. The installation photos are gorgeous, but there is so much fine detail in these pieces you must see them up close in person.

06/29/2025

Free! All are welcome. Come, Draw Downtown Half Moon Bay, Saturday, July 26, 2025

Half Moon Bay is a small town on the San Mateo Coast known for the annual Pumpkin Festival, but all year round there is lots to draw and paint. The historic downtown district has many buildings that date back to the 1800s plus there are gardens, a nursery, coffee shops, and cafes.

10:00 - Start at M Stark Gallery, 727 Main Street, to pick up a map and suggestions for lunch spots
1:00 - Meet back at the Gallery and share your work with fellow artists.

Questions? Contact Marianna Stark, M Stark Gallery, 415-407- 8743, [email protected]

06/06/2025

Excited to see that Half Moon Bay's "Grabtown Gulch to Purisima Creek Loop" hike is on the AllTrails top ten Bay Area hikes list, as published today in the San Francisco Chronicle! Hiking + art = perfect day!

These are the best easy hiking trails under 5 miles in San Francisco, Marin County and beyond, according to AllTrails reviews.

05/25/2025

I have a new love affair with the color green thanks to Donna Fenstermaker! These painting capture memories of fleeting glances. These are images of talking a walk in a beautiful place with someone you love, listening closely to the conversation while your subconscious takes in your surroundings. On view at in Half Moon Bay through June 29.

05/19/2025

05/15/2025

TWO members of the famed Breakfast Group are having opening receptions this weekend, Nancy Genn and Donna Fenstermaker!

Nancy’s opening reception is on Saturday, May 17, 5-7 at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art.

Donna’s opening reception is on Sunday, May 18, 1-4 at M Stark Gallery in Half Moon Bay.

Pictured: (L) Nancy and (R) Donna in Fenstermaker’s Oakland studio.

The Breakfast Group is a collection of Berkeley/Bay Area artists who have regularly gathered for over decades, founded in the 1940s by Elmer Bischoff and other UC Berkeley art faculty.

Join us!

Nancy Genn, Marmaris #21, 1996, mixed media on paper, included in the retrospective show Nancy Genn: The Nature of Being, on view at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art through September 7, 2025.

Donna Fenstermaker, Fog 32, 2023, oil on canvas, 60 x 48 inches

04/29/2025

Thanks, Worldatlas.com, for including Half Moon Bay on your list of 11 Northern California Towns With Unforgettable Main Streets! And thanks for mentioning M Stark Gallery as a place "art connoisseurs can admire art." See link to article in comments below.