The Gallery HB offers one of the best contemporary art selections of any Orange County, California gallery.The gallery was launched along with the opening of the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa. 

With one of the largest hotel gallery collections, you'll find this Huntington Beach hotel stand-alone gallery building is well worth a visit, whether from out of town, or living locally.

Many recognized artists and sculptors featured by the gallery include Toreen West and Dean Torrence.

The Gallery HB at (714) 845-4835. Location: Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort, 21500 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach.

For those serious about art collecting, we'd like to also recommend another nearby gallery that offers incredible value for watercolor originals and sculptures. The Bill Anderson Art Gallery in Sunset Beach (next door to Captain Jack's) features the works of several internationally recognized artists who happen to live in Southern California. World travelers fly into Los Angeles to take a look and purchase original artwork.

And just in case you're new to the area, you really need to know about Laguna Beach's varied art galleries and fine art reps. With three major art venues, summer-long art events, and dozens of fine art galleries, there's nowhere on the coast between La Jolla (San Diego) and Santa Monica that compares. Honestly, when you take into account that most of Laguna Beach's galleries are near the ocean, you'd have to visit Carmel by the Sea on the Central California coast to find such a concentration of fine art at the beach.

Huntington Beach's The HB Gallery is Surf City's best bet at collecting fine art. There are other popular art galleries and framing shops, but their quality and cost are usually not in the caliber of the Hyatt hotel's unique, vendor-owned store.