Offbeat Browsing: San Francisco & Bellevue
Art made for interiors, an open city plaza, and three more independent finds.
A gallery focused on art for interiors and an outdoor gathering place offer two different ways to look around. Start with Petra Trimmel - Art-Y-Sana in San Francisco, then discover Compass Plaza in Bellevue. These are separate-city finds, not consecutive stops on a walking route.
San Francisco: art with a place in mind
Petra Trimmel - Art-Y-Sana specializes in large-format wall art, photography, and work tailored for interiors. Its collection spans limited-edition fine art prints, original paintings, mixed media, sculpture, and digital design. The focus on pieces for hospitality, healthcare, offices, and private residences makes the relationship between an artwork and its setting the thread to follow.
For this offbeat pairing, it is the detail-focused choice: consider the work through the spaces it is designed to inhabit.
Bellevue: an outdoor counterpoint
Compass Plaza is an open outdoor public gathering spot in downtown Bellevue, set along 106th Ave NE. Its role is straightforward: a civic meeting point within the city.
Alongside the San Francisco gallery, it offers a different browsing idea—turning attention from art made for interiors to an open urban space. Keep the two discoveries on separate city lists.
Three more independent finds
Open Flight Studio — Seattle: A theater space where performance-based artists research, teach, exchange ideas, and develop new work.
Sushi Bae — Oakland: A casual downtown spot centered on sushi rolls and Japanese lunch favorites.
Lady Madrid - Spanish Basque Cheesecakes — San Francisco: A small-batch bakery making Basque cheesecakes with organic ingredients and Spanish inspiration.