Truckee's Premier Fine Art Gallery features the works of local Truckee artists Elizabeth and Olof Carmel. The newly opened Carmel Gallery is located near the Truckee Hotel at 10035 Church Street. The Carmel's purchased the historic Schaffer house, built in 1895 by one of Truckee's founders, and are renovating the building to restore it's historic appearance. The Carmel Gallery is on the ground floor of this historic building. The gallery is open Thursday through Saturday from 11 to 5, Sundays from 11-3,  and on  Tuesdays and Wednesdays it is open by appointment only.

Elizabeth and Olof Carmel are Sierra-based photographers specializing in unique and expressive landscapes of the natural world. Their prints combine dramatic photography, vivid colors, and artistic touches to create new, captivating visions of the natural world. All of their work is printed as museum quality  pigment prints using archival inks and printing materials.

Elizabeth is the author of the recently released best selling  book "Brilliant Waters, Portraits of Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, and the High Sierra". Signed copies of her book are available for purchase at the gallery.  Using a 39 megapixel Hasselblad camera, her work emphasizes incredible detail,  extraordinary composition and unparalleled color and tonal range. Prints are  available in small, exclusive limited editions of 50.

Olof is an award winning photographer and a best selling artist in the galleries that represent him.  He uses a Canon 5d, Nikon d3, and Panasonic Lumix cameras and emphasizes color and composition in his work.
He enjoys adding texture and mood to his images by the use of selective filters and alternative focusing/sharpening methods both in the field and in the post processing of the image. His popular images are printed on watercolor paper and canvas and often appear more "painterly" than a typical photograph.   Prints are available in small open editions or as limited editions of 200.