The California Nature Art Museum will open a new exhibit Yosemite: Sanctuary in Stone, Photographs by William Neill in its main gallery in March.

The display is a celebration of the California-based landscape photographer’s images created in Yosemite National Park over the past four decades.

The exhibit runs March 8-Sept. 1, with an artist meet-and-greet and book signing, 3-5 p.m. March 8.

“We are thrilled to feature William Neill at the California Nature Art Museum,” Stacey Otte-Demangate, the museum’s executive director. “His work embodies the spirit of Ansel Adams, the iconic landscape photographer who has influenced generations of photographers over the years.

“Mr. Neill creates his distinctive Yosemite landscapes and places it into a color realm that Ansel Adams could have only imagined.”

“The thrill of discovering those magical moments in Yosemite hasn’t diminished for me over the decades since arriving in the park,” Neill said. “In this new exhibit, there are 45 recently printed images that include intimate moments, abstractions, and seasonal changes.

“I delight in finding purpose to my life in this ‘sanctuary in stone.’”

Along with the exhibit, Neill has published a companion coffee-table book, “Yosemite: Sanctuary in Stone,” capturing scenic images of America’s most popular National Parks.