OPENING RECEPTION: 1st THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5th | FROM 5-8pm
SANTA BARBARA, CA - Sullivan Goss is excited to announce the gallery’s sixth solo exhibition for visionary landscape painter PHOEBE BRUNNER.
In an increasingly busy world, Phoebe Brunner’s mythical landscapes and spritely botanicals offer a grand day of outdoor adventure. Looking at her newest body of paintings, you can escape along an untraveled road, skim across mountain peaks alive with alpenglow, breathe easy in the violet mists, or lose yourself in a walk along an undulating shoreline. While Phoebe’s landscapes are unpeopled, they are never lonely or still. Wild flowers come alive, dancing their seedlings into the wind. The smell of rain fills the air. Daring brushstrokes full of juicy paint animate the world, from flora in the foreground to the light on the horizon. All of these qualities are hallmarks of Phoebe’s distinctive way of showcasing her reimagined landscapes: a bit of magic, a dash of remembered California places, and a whole lot of radiant solitude.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Phoebe lives and works in California. As an accomplished equestrian, Phoebe has ridden deep into the local land ranches and hills of the central coast, gathering inspiration for her next great painting. She earned a BFA from UCSB and she also trained at Otis Art Institute, Chouinard, and the University of Guadalajara. Her work has shown extensively in galleries and museums across the American West. She is represented at Sullivan Goss.
Phoebe Brunner’s enlivening new show at Sullivan Goss Art Gallery — titled A Radiant Solitude — surveys the hidden, transcendent and emotional depths within our familiar Santa Barbara scenery. She uses dream logic and unexpected juxtapositions to reveal the true fundamental nature of a place we think we know so well. Within this extremely mature, cohesive, and sophisticated exhibit, she explores the universal cycles of life, death, and rebirth — making nature’s mystery and beauty palpable and disquieting. She combines surrealism with her innate quixotic connection to the land — using magic realism to represent inner experiences and resonance.
“In the history of Santa Barbara painting, Phoebe’s vision is unique,” said Nathan Vonk, owner of Sullivan Goss. “She creates scenes that are a fascinating and beguiling combination of the familiar and the imagined...."
