New exhibition opening on June 26th at Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara with the opening reception July 2nd, 2026 from 5-8pm. The exhibition will be accompanied by a new catalog.
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Sparks of Joy
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Rediscovery in the Stacks
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S P A R K S O F J O Y
MAY SPOTLIGHT : "Channel Gazing"
14 x 14", oil on birch panel, 2023.
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Channel Gazing, 14×14”, oil on birch panel.
I was recently reminded of the idea that happiness and sadness cannot fully occupy the same moment. And yet, even in our deepest despair, joy exists - small sparks flickering against the darkness reminding us that whatever weighs on us will not last forever.
With the steady stream of troubling news, the rising cost of living, or the quiet ache of watching loved ones struggle, joy is an imperative. The act of choosing joy feels less like a luxury and more like a necessity, a call to hope.
Amid the rush to meet show deadlines, I’ve found myself reflecting on the small, sustaining moments in my day, signposts that gently steer me away from lingering too long in the shadows.
Channel Gazing reflects one such moment, time spent with friends after a long beach walk, when we paused to admire the magnificent spray of colors from the sun as it slipped behind the purple marine layer.
Wherever life finds you at the moment, may joy always meet you on your path, whispering "look at that" and "it's all going to be okay".
Borrowing from a familiar refrain “these are a few (more) of my favorite things”:
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Channel Gazing was created in 2023 for the exhibition Surfacing at Sullivan Goss.It featured in the catalog produced for the show then journeyed up to Carmel where it was included in two exhibits before returning home to the studio.
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Rediscovery in the Stacks
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Spellbound
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Rediscovery in the Stacks
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S P E L L B O U N D
April SPOTLIGHT : "Spellbound"
48 x 24", oil on birch panel, 2023.
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Spellbound, 48 x 24”, oil on birch panel, 2023.
Despite the fact we’ve had some early and epic warm weather on the west coast, I lingered long in my hibernation this winter, not wanting to poke my head out too far.
Quietly and diligently I have been working in my studio building a new show which will debut at Sullivan Goss in Santa Barbara this summer. The impending exhibition has been yet another good “reason” not to venture far from home.
There are still the distractions swirling outside the studio door but inside spring is blossoming, sun is shining, the sea sparkles and trees tower overhead.
This month’s spotlight brings us back to beauty for beauty’s sake. Spellbound is the perfect launch back into the archives. It is a painting celebrating the singular weather along the shore of the Santa Barbara channel. The marine layer hugging the coastline creates a luminous ethereal quality, radiating diffuse light and color.
It is a place between presence and disappearance, where time loosens its grip and the ordinary becomes quietly enchanted—a reminder that beauty often arrives not in clarity, but in the tender blur of what cannot quite be held.
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Spellbound was created in 2023 for the exhibition Surfacing at Sullivan Goss. It featured in the catalog produced for the show, but in my opinion it hasn’t gotten enough attention, spending only a few weeks on the wall before coming home to the studio. It happens to be a favorite and currently hangs in my home where I get to enjoy it until the time comes for it to live abroad.
Cloud Spotting, 21.5 x 48”. oil on birch panel, 2023.
Currently on the wall in the Sullivan Goss Spring Salon is Cloud Spotting, 21.5 x 48", oil on birch panel. Also created for the exhibition Surfacing in 2023, the painting is on view through April 15, 2026.
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Rediscovery in the Stacks
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Noise Reduction
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N O I S E R E D U C T I O N
Oct/Nov SPOTLIGHT : "SURGE"
35.5 x 35.5", oil on birch panel, 2021.
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Surge, 35.5 x 35.5”, oil on birch panel, 2021.
Here we are, approaching the eleventh month of the year twenty twenty-five, and I’m still in something of a muddle. It’s been one of the biggest challenges this year, navigating the news of our threatened democracy while keeping focus on my own sphere of influence and working towards shedding the rest. It doesn’t feel like I’m succeeding. Most days I can feel the low ebb of my spirits, a quiet fatigue that hums beneath the surface.
So how do we tune out the noise, calm our system and decipher what is important?
When I thought about it, this is exactly what I’m thinking when composing a new image. What in this subject compels me—what pulse or shimmer insists on being seen? How much, or how little, information is needed to carry that emotion to the viewer? It’s an act of distillation, a practice of clarity, and perhaps that’s the work—at the easel and in life alike.
This month’s spotlight, Surge, was a painting made for SEA CHANGE, my first post-Covid exhibition at Sullivan Goss in Santa Barbara. The long quiet of quarantine offered opportunity to look deeper into my subject - the sea, the sky, the horizon. Surge was one of the last pieces in that series, a study in restraint and presence: the pared-down rhythm of wave and shoreline, the subtle shifts in color held against hard edges. Sitting somewhere between impressionism and abstraction, it captures both the movement and stillness of the tide itself.
Perhaps, in the end, my muddle isn’t something to escape but to inhabit—the inevitable part of the process of finding my way. Like paint layered and reworked, meaning emerges slowly, in its own time, through patience and persistence. Pentimento traces the journey itself—revealing what endures and quietly concealing what no longer serves.
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Something you may not know about this painting just by looking at it- it has had a rich life and logged many travel miles during its four year life span. Starting in Santa Barbara with the debut in Sea Change, Surge then spent several months in 2023 living in Carmel before being included in three Art Fairs this year-one in Arizona, then San Francisco and lastly Seattle- before returning home to the studio.
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Rediscovery in the Stacks
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Studying
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S T U D Y I N G
AUG/SEPT SPOTLIGHT : Guoache Sketchbook Pages
"Oakleaf Hydrangea", 4 x 6" - "Treetops", 5 x 3"
"High Sierra", 5 x 3" - "Lacecap Hydrangea", 5 x 3.75"
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“Oakleaf Hydrangea”, 4 x 6”, Gouache on multimedia sketchbook paper.
This summer has been one long, unhurried exhale—the richest kind of lazy. Days unspooling without urgency, sketchbooks filling themselves as if by accident, untouched by ambition, untouched by that insistent hum of do more, be more. Even writing these words feels like a small betrayal, a gesture toward lists and momentum, when August has been so blissfully free of both.
The heat finally settled on the south coast with barely a month left before the fall equinox. I tried, halfheartedly, to rally for work, but the month had other plans. I spent my days steeped in gouache, coaxing out miniature landscapes while audiobooks played endlessly in the background. It felt almost European to claim August as a holiday, to let the warmth grant permission to sit still, to linger, to look closer.
From this quiet harvest are four of my small paintings—a portable exhibit drawn not from striving but from stillness.
This was no idleness, no apathy, but something restorative: a deliberate pause after a year of ceaseless care-taking and doing, of pouring out until even the smallest task felt heavy. August refilled the well. It reminded me that stepping away is not neglect, but nourishment—that rest is its own quiet form of creation.
“Treetops”, 5 x 3” Gouache on multimedia sketchbook paper.
“High Sierra”, 5 x 3” Gouache on multimedia sketchbook paper.
These sketchbook images are just 4 of over 50 pages of intimate gouache studies ranging from flowers in my back yard, western sierra hikes and local shorelines.
The first image is an Oak Leaf Hydrangea, 4 x 6" which lives outside my studio in the backyard. Second image is Treetops, 5 x 3", then, High Sierra, 5 x 3", and lastly, bottom image, Lacecap Hydrangea, 5 x 3.75".
These little gems are more lovely in person. The depth of paint, the rich chalkiness of the gouache and the finer detail in the brushwork is muted by the camera. Studio visits are always a pleasure and I would be happy to share the whole collection to those who wish it. You will find me, still, at my desk, filling another book with images.
“Lacecap Hydrangea”, 5 x 3.75”, Gouache on multimedia sketchbook paper.
Currently on the wall at Sullivan Goss in Santa Barbara through September 22, 2025 -
Smiling Skies (left) and Evening Star (right) both 14x14".
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Rediscovery in the Stacks
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Island Fever
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Rediscovery in the Stacks
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I S L A N D F E V E R
JULY SPOTLIGHT : Santa Cruz Island Trio
"Winter, SCI", 10 x 48", Oil on Birch Panel, 2011.
"Fog Bank near Willows", 10 x 48", Oil on Birch Panel, 2011.
"Valley Floor, SCI ", 16 x 72", Oil on Birch Panel, 2011.
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Winter, Santa Cruz Island, 10 x 48”, oil on birch panel, 2011.
Even in the height of summer, with its long golden days and warm, embracing light, the world remains shadowed by sorrow, anxiety, and an overwhelming sense of uncertainty. I am not immune. Some days I find myself holding my breath, waiting—wondering what will unfold next and how we’ll navigate it all. There are moments when I long to run, to disappear from the noise and the endless stream of news, to find shelter in a quieter, gentler place.
Our nearby islands offer just such a refuge. A day—or a few—spent on their rugged shores feels like stepping back in time, to an era when life was simpler and more rooted in the rhythms of nature. Untouched by technology and modern distractions, they provide the space to breathe, to reflect, and to remember what truly matters.
This month, I’m sharing a suite of panoramic paintings inspired by Santa Cruz Island, the largest of the five that make up the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. These works capture moments from sea to ridge to quiet inland valley—scenes of serenity and resilience amidst the chaos. For me, they evoke a timeless sense of calm, a reminder of what it means to live in harmony with the land, to care deeply for your family, and to find joy in the essentials.
Fog Bank, Santa Cruz Island, 10×48”, oil on birch panel, 2011.
Nature has always been my medicine—the salve for a soul worn thin by the world. Recently, I had the chance to retreat to a pine-covered mountainside, the air thick with the sweet, unexpected scent of butterscotch. A variety of birds were in residence while ravens swooped in and out of the canopies, their calls carrying on the wind like old stories being retold. Whether perched on a mountain or standing at the ocean’s edge, nature whispers to us—offering comfort, perspective, and a path back to ourselves.
Wherever this summer takes you, I hope you discover a moment of peace. A chance to remember the carefree magic of childhood, or simply the joy of a shared picnic in the company of those you love. May you find, if only briefly, the hope that summer promises—and the quiet strength to carry it forward.
Valley Floor, Santa Cruz Island, 16×72”, oil on birch panel, 2011.
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This trio of island images were created for the exhibition Island I Valleys I Home hosted by Sullivan Goss in Santa Barbara, Fall 2011. The video brochure is still available on the Sullivan Goss YouTube channel. Although Fog Bank migrated back to my studio after the closing of the exhibit, Valley Floor spent a year in San Diego at Susan Street Fine Art and Winter, Santa Cruz participated in the National Park juried exhibition at the Wildling Museum in 2016; both returning home in early 2017.
Revisit July 2024 Spotlight: Island Hike, another view from Santa Cruz Island.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Santa Cruz Island is largest in the chain of five islands making up the Channel Island National Park. The trusty guides at Island Packers, out of Ventura Harbor, take multitudes of interested adventurers out daily on the short boat ride to Scorpion Anchorage on the north side of the island. Stay for the day or pack your gear to camp, hike, and kayak for several days in this idyllic environment.
Find me this July in Lotusland Celebrates: Jardin des Rêves at Sullivan Goss, June 27-July 28. Also look for me at the Seattle Art Fair showing with Ocotillo, July 17-20.
Welsh Stick Chairs made by Bill Marazita at Santa Barbara Woodworker dot com
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Rediscovery in the Stacks
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Strasburg Studio Archives: You're Swell
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Rediscovery in the Stacks
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Y O U ’ R E S W E L L
JUNE SPOTLIGHT : "You’re Swell"
30 x 48", oil on birch panel, 2023.
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You’re Swell, 30 x 48”, oil on birch panel, 2023.
It’s June and summer is just around the corner, bringing with it a familiar pull—those sweet, restless memories of wanting to break free. The final stretch of school, the rush of last exams, and then at last, release—into the warmth of endless days. Sunbaked skin, ocean salt lingering in your hair and on your lips, time stretching out like a shimmering ribbon. Days spent outside, unburdened by homework or deadlines, filled instead with the laughter of friends and quiet hours lost in books in the shade of trees. Everything felt open. Anything felt possible.
This month’s spotlight, You’re Swell, calls the viewer into the cool foam of the sea, evoking a sense of freedom and lightness that so often accompanies the summer months. The colors, textures, and movements of the ocean serve as a reminder of the carefree days of our youth, when time seemed to stretch on endlessly and the demands of adulthood hadn’t yet taken hold.
But how can we, as adults, bring more of that feeling into our daily lives? How can we tap into the same sense of joy and ease that summer once provided, even when the hustle and bustle of work, responsibilities, and constant connectivity threaten to overwhelm us? Is it possible to let go of the never-ending list of tasks and obligations?
Perhaps now, it takes intention—a conscious choice to create space for joy. To deliberately carve out time for rest, for play, for those unexpected moments that become lasting memories.
Let’s bring more of that summer spirit into adulthood, making the space for adventure, spontaneity, and simple pleasures. Why not? And why not now-infuse our lives with the same joy and freedom that summer so effortlessly provides.
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You’re Swell was created in 2023 for the solo exhibition SURFacing at Sullivan Goss. This piece was part of a broader dialogue—one that began with my 2021 show SEA CHANGE. Both exhibitions explored the local shoreline — the places where land meets sky and sea, where boundaries blur and freedom feels just within reach. The painting was again exhibited in the Spring Salon of 2024 and can still be viewed at Sullivan Goss in Santa Barbara, you need only ask to see it.
Did you know?
I happen to be one of two creatives in my current household – and I’m not talking about the dog! While I spend most days in my studio painting, my husband, Bill, is busy in his own shop creating amazing, one-of-a-kind chairs. When the house began to fill with furniture, Bill decided to learn photography and web design, building a website to share his growing collection, as well as how these wonderful, bespoke objects are constructed.
You can peruse all the different versions of the chair at Santa Barbara Woodworker dot com.
Make sure to check out the construction page! You can watch Bill make a chair from start to finish in under 30 minutes.
The chairs can be be seen, touched, sat in by private showing with the artist.
Welsh Stick Chairs made by Bill Marazita at Santa Barbara Woodworker dot com
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Rediscovery in the Stacks
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Patterns
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P A T T E R N S
MAY SPOTLIGHT : "Shore Patterns"
48 x 24", oil on birch panel, 2009.
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Shore Patterns, 48 x 24”, oil on birch panel, 2009.
When thinking of my favorite times of year, it is most often the quieter seasons that call to me—the hush of winter, when cold, snowy, or rain-soaked days invite a slower pace, and the world turns inward. Autumn, too, leaves its imprint: September and October stir the spirit with the thrill of travel and the vivid shift from warmth to crisp, golden air.
May, however, was always an afterthought—noticed only in childhood as a sign that summer, and the end of school, was near. It was a month of waiting, not wonder.
It is only through slowing down—through the habit of writing these newsletters and truly reflecting on each passing month—that I have begun to see May differently. There is something quietly luminous about it. May carries the first real promise of summer, wrapped not in urgency but in hope. The days stretch longer, and there is the gift of time: time enough to be productive, and still time to be joyful.
The light shifts, softening the world. The sun warms but has not yet hardened the earth. Flowers bloom with bright defiance, bees hum steadily from blossom to blossom, and the air is filled with the earnest songs of birds, grateful for cool mornings and the slow-warming afternoons. Everything feels poised—alive, but not hurried.
At the shoreline, winter's memory is still etched into the land. Long shadows stretch across the sand, and the water glistens with new life. The waves begin their slow, steady work of smoothing the landscape, replacing the sand over the rugged shale laid bare by winter’s storms.
This month’s spotlight, Shore Patterns, captures such a moment at UCSB’s Campus Point—a late spring day just after the season’s final rain. The deep tidepools, once carved sharp by winter storms, are beginning to soften and fill again, their surfaces holding the drifting reflections of passing clouds. It is a place—and a season—where the last traces of winter surrender to warmth, and the world leans gently toward the unfolding promise of summer.
Shore Patterns was created in 2009 for the exhibit AIR I EARTH I FIRE I WATER in Santa Barbara. It then travelled to Solana Beach in 2011 where it resided with Susan Street Fine Art while being considered for a corporate collection. Returning home, it now hangs on the wall in the Spring Salon - once again - at Sullivan Goss. The exhibition runs through May 26, 2025.
There will be a second reception on First Thursday, May 1st from 5-8pm.
I will be in attendance for the first half of the opening - hope to see you at the gallery.
Image from Spring Salon 2025 at Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbarra.
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Strasburg Studio Archives: Rediscovery in the Stacks
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Second Chances on First Thursday
SURFACING @Sullivan Goss
Second Reception: THURSDAY, September 7th from 5-8pm
September is widely recognized as the official kickoff of the art season. Some galleries, reopening after a summer hiatus, offer up fresh exhibitions curated during the period of August's scorching hot days. Artists and galleries alike, eagerly await the return of art enthusiasts who have been away on their summer sojourns.
And, as we transition from one season to the next, while children settle back into the routine of a fresh school term, it is an ideal moment to reunite with friends and explore the vast array of exciting new exhibitions on display.
September First Thursday events mark the launch of Santa Barbara’s own art season. SULLIVAN GOSS at 11 East Anapamu will host a brand new show in the main gallery titled SPACE while in the back and front gallery is the second chance to see my show SURFACING and Holli Harmon’s exhibit To Feast on Clouds. Most of the artists will be in attendance, myself included.
If you need some enticing JOE WOODARD has written a fabulous review of SURFACING in the Independent.
A Bit of Perspective 14x14” oil on cradled birch panel
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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
Rick Rubin: The Creative Act
There’s a reason we are drawn
to gazing at the ocean.
It is said the ocean provides
a closer reflection of who
we are than any mirror.
Radiant Heat (Campus Point Tide) 20x40” oil on panel, on view now at Sullivan Goss
It's finally here! THIS week opening reception at Sullivan Goss
First Thursday, August 3rd from 5-8pm
S U R F A C I N G
at Sullivan Goss, 11 East Anapumu, Santa Barbara
Something’s Brewing 14x14” Oil on birch panel ©2023
Something's Brewing: Paintings will be on the move this week. Stay tuned!
The wait is nearly over, the paintings are ready to travel to the gallery in downtown Santa Barbara. They are making quite the racket in the studio, ready to leave the nest. The are dressed, raring to go and looking forward to their debut on the gallery walls.
Sullivan Goss will be sending out a preview THIS Friday, July 20. Click the link below to be added!
Radiant Heat 20x40” Oil on birch panel ©2023
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
Save the date: August 3rd 2023
As many of you have guessed, from the image campaign on instagram/facebook, I have a show opening at Sullivan Goss in a few weeks. I’m busy in the studio getting the last of the paintings done and starting to turn my attention to letting people know that the work will be on the walls in August and September here in Santa Barbara. The reception will be during First Thursday openings August 3rd from 5-8 pm. The show officially opens on the Friday before, July 28th, 2023. It will feel good to emerge from the studio, see everyone and share what I’m working on.
Waiting Offshore 10x30” Oil on cradled panel ©2023
Merry wishes for the holiday!
Sulllivan Goss has done it again, another spectacular display from local artists in their annual 100 GRAND exhibition. Even though sales have been brisk there are still plenty of worthy entries waiting to be collected this holiday season.
Flight Song 1 10x10” oil on panel (FYI there is a Flight Song 2 that didn’t make the wall. You can ask to see it!)
After visiting the artpalooza in the front gallery, be sure not to miss the WINTER SALON in the back gallery. It is another space filled with myriad styles, sizes and colors for the collecting. Four of my paintings are on the wall accompanying other beauties by Nathan Huff, Phoebe Brunner, Hank Pitcher and Julika Lackner, to name a few.
When you weary of wandering the streets and stores in search of that perfect gift, stop in at the gallery to recharge your holiday spirit. Happy merry holiday!
Summer heat has arrived. The sizzle of August meets us before sliding into fall.
It has been such a mild summer here on our piece of coastline. I’ve been wondering when the hot days would arrive. So often we get a good blast of heat in October and as the summer ticked away, with cooler than usual temperatures, I kept wondering if September and October were going to be blazing. The heat always shows up, it’s just a matter of when.
Evening Sizzle, 14x14”, oil on birch panel
Summer and the longest day of the year
Summer is closing in and the longest day of the year is on the horizon. Sullivan Goss is launching new shows at the gallery with an opening reception happening this week for First Thursday events. I have a brand new painting fresh off the easel being shown in the Summer Salon in their back gallery. I’m so honored to be hanging with artists John Nava, Hank Pitcher, Nathan Huff and Susan McDonnell, to name just a few. AND I get to be on the wall next two lovely Lockwood DeForest paintings.
Patricia Chidlaw is in the front gallery with a beautiful show celebrating the swimming pool and the in main gallery FORMALIZE: Strategies for Abstraction, an exhibition that emphasizes the formalist view of abstract art.
So much to see and enjoy as we slide into the new season.
Western Shore 48x24” Oil on Birch Panel
Post Show Disappearance
My show concluded at the end of September of this year and what an amazing show. I felt like I ran a marathon at a sprint putting together the 54 pieces that were delivered to the gallery in July.
By the end of the show all the gas had been consumed from my tank. My normal pattern would be to celebrate by traveling somewhere and filling my eyes and heart back up before returning to the studio. Alas, it has been another grounded year.
Life continues and despite being home there are shows still on the horizon. Right now at Sullivan Goss you can find my work in both the annual 100 GRAND exhibition as well as the Winter Salon.
Sky Sea 40, 4x4”, Gouache on Arches Board - 100 GRAND Exhibition at Sullivan Goss Santa Barbara
I hope the season finds you all well and thriving. May your creativity find you hard at work. Happy Holy Days.
Campus Tide 5, 28x40”, oil on cradled birch panel - Winter Salon, Sullivan Goss
Fall Happenings
SEA CHANGE I SUNDANCE I PAPER TRAIL
NEWS FROM THE STUDIO OF NICOLE STRASBURG
May the change of the seasons find you well and thriving. There are just 5 days left to experience SEA CHANGE at Sullivan Goss in downtown Santa Barbara. The show will close on Monday, September 27th. Thank you to all the visitors who have reached out, letting me know you enjoyed the show. HUGE gratitude to clients taking work home, both to add to their collections and start new ones.
I want to thank Marilyn McMahon at the Santa Barbara Newspress for the spectacular spread in the Life section on Saturday, September 18th. Thanks also, to Kit Boise-Cossart for the wonderful studio interview in LUM Magazine. There is a catalog that accompanies the exhibit which is available both at the gallery and online HERE.
Fall means cooler weather, shorter days and often times, color! Leaves changing, clear crisp days and (fingers crossed) rain in the forecast. Honoring the change of season SUNDANCE has twelve new paintings celebrating the fall, plus a few others to choose from.
Fall Willow Tunnel, 10x30”, oil on birch
Recently opened in the main gallery at Sullivan Goss is PAPER TRAIL: The Life Story of Great Works of Art. This is an exhibition focusing on the significance of how art moves through the world and across time. My Overpass Series No. 5, a reductive wood block print created at the Atelier of Richard Tullis, can be found in this exhibit. It is a large print inspired by the San Francisco freeway system. This print traveled in 2015 with the exhibit titled California Dreaming through the Oceanside Museum of Art, Riverside Museum of Art and the Palazzo della Provincia di Frozinone before landing on the walls at Sullivan Goss. Exhibition runs through October 27, 2021.
Overpass Series No. 5, 30x30.5”, reductive woodblock monoprint