We’re in the final days of the River’s Journey anniversary show at the Wildling Museum in Solvang. The show will come down on September 4th. The museum is offering a $50 off coupon with the purchase of a painting AND a free catalog from the original exhibition. Thanks to the museum for another chance to grace the walls and thanks also to the participating artists!
Exhibit Catalog
Another reason to visit the gallery - the catalogs are in!
This catalog was published on the occasion of the Sullivan Goss exhibition: Nicole Strasburg: SURFACING, July 28 – September 25, 2023. Featured essays by Jocelyn Webb-Pederson and Jeremy Tessmer. Plus, artist statement and curriculum vitae included in back. Featuring 43 color plates. 40 pages total. Measures 8.5 x 11 inches, softbound.
Available in my SHOP, at the gallery and online at Sullivan Goss.
Special thanks to Jeremy Tessmer for all the help making this catalog beautiful and such a fantastic complement to the SEA CHANGE companion.
Preview inside pages
SURFACING catalog preview
As with my 2021 exhibition SEA CHANGE, my current exhibit, SURFACING, will have a catalog to accompany the show. The layout is complete and the cover decided. I hope to have it ready by the middle of August if not sooner! It will be a beautiful companion to the first catalog, a match set, warm and cool, made up of the same subject, shore and sky, sand and sea. SURFACING will officially open at Sullivan Goss, 11 East Anapamu, Santa Barbara on Friday, July 28, 2023 with the reception on First Thursday, August 3rd from 5-8pm. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the gallery.
New Catalog Cover
“SURF: Once again, I am deeply engrossed in my longstanding relationship with the shoreline, entranced by the interplay of sand, sea, and sky. My newest collection of paintings seamlessly continues the narrative established in my previous exhibition, "Sea Change," delving further into the exploration of color and composition, with an emphasis on the delicate balance between truth and memory.” (catalog excerpt)
Inside Catalog Page
The River's Journey catalog revealed again
The River’s Journey celebration continues! Not only is the exhibition having an anniversary so is the catalog. Here is a sneak peek into the 120 page catalog from the exhibit that opened at the Wildling Museum of Art & Nature in February of 2018. (You can flip through the entire catalog on my instagram feed). This gem showcased articles from many voices in the community in addition to the six artists participating in the show. You can find it in my shop as well as at the Wildling Museum store. Stayed tuned for information about a reunion exhibit coming soon!
Artists on site at Jameson Lake November 2016
Into the West, 22x60”, oil on panel
Five year Anniversary of The River's Journey Exhibit at the Wildling Museum of Art Nature
Is it possible? Five years ago this month the Wildling Museum in Solvang, California celebrated the opening of the exhibition The River’s Journey. The show focused on the 92-mile long Santa Ynez River watershed. Six artists spent over a year translating the largess of Santa Barbara County’s water source into small intimate gouache paintings (and a few large oils!).
The artists, myself, Holli Harmon, Nina Warner, Connie Connelly, Libby Smith and Pamela Zwehl-Burke, embarked on this project in August of 2016 working steadily through drought and rainy seasons leading up to the exhibit. A catalog was created to document the project and three further venues in the city of Santa Barbara followed the success at the Wildling.
I’m still in awe of the trajectory of the exhibit and the wonderful experience of sharing the journey through these images, for more than a year, in four locations. What a ride! Thanks to the Wildling Musueum, Santa Barbara City Hall Gallery, Sullivan Goss and The Ridley-Tree Museum of Art for hosting this project.
Thank you to the artists who came along for the ride and made gorgeous paintings honoring the river. We appreciate the contributors who wrote essays for the beautiful catalog designed by Leslie Lewis Sigler. I’m still smiling and in awe five years later.
*catalogs can still be found through the Wildling and in my online shop.
Excerpt from The River’s Journey website/blog
SEA CHANGE catalog
We are about ready to send the catalog to press. Sullivan Goss has put up a digital preview HERE and Beth Taylor-Schott has outdone herself with an exceptional essay about the work. I’m speechless and grateful. Thank you Beth for the poetic expression of my visual experience.
Catalogs should be in the gallery by mid month.
