about

The Ventana Gallery is dedicated to providing a wide variety  of high quality original artwork, both contemporary and vintage.  We are located in the the heart of an old mining town known as the “Queen of the Southern Motherlode”.  Sonora is within 140 miles of San Francisco, Sacramento and Yosemite National Park.

Over 40 artists are represented in Ventana Gallery.  Most are from the Central California region of the valley, foothills and mountains surrounding our gallery.  The natural beauty, clean air and gentle four season climate is reflected in many of our artist’s work. Genres from jewelry to monoprints, photography to abstracts, plein air to ceramics, poratraits to sculpture and everything in between and beyond are represented in our vast selection of artwork.

Dennis Garcia is the owner, curator, artist, construction crew and genius behind the Ventana Gallery.  He has been a working artist for over 50 years and a gallery owner for over 20 years.  The Ventana is his most recent gallery.  It started as the Ventana/Annex in the mezzanine level of the century old Bradford Building. Dennis created a cosy but hip set of rooms that showcase art but make you feel as if you are in someone’s apartment.  2011 brought an expansion of the space to include a larger, more open gallery area with 20′ ceilings and an entrance on the main street of downtown Sonora.

The vintage artwork is also from Dennis.  Collecting fine art has been a passion throughout his life.  Now, cleaned and restored, the pieces are available to be enjoyed and treasured again by new generations of art lovers.  Artists whose work we are continually looking to include in our vintage wing are:  George Post, Anna Hills, Milford Zornes, Robert Baker, Charles Surrendorf, Alfonzo Latimer and Roger Kuntz.