The Gallery has two primary goals. One is to offer unique and highly desirable handmade and homemade American folk art, the relics of our heritage. The other goal is to exhibit the paintings, drawings, and sculpture of contemporary self-taught, naïve, visionary, and outsider artists, mostly from California. We have succeeded in introducing many previously unknown (California) artists, notably A.G. Rizzoli, Dwight Mackintosh, Alex Maldonado, and Barry Simons, who now have substantial followings, enjoying national, and in some cases, international recognition.

Expressions Gallery views itself as more than a gallery, it offers itself as a community arts center with classes and events as well as its gallery of fine art works.