Flying Goat Cellars Hosts Artist Reception for Carol Talley

On March 24th from 4-6pm, Flying Goat Cellars will host an artist reception for Carol Talley at the Tasting Room & Art Salon, located at 1520 E. Chestnut Court in Lompoc. All are invited to come by and meet the artist, view her “Luminous Landscapes” exhibit and enjoy some tasty Flying Goat wine. Talley’s paintings will be on exhibit through mid May.

Talley is currently exploring abstracted landscapes to evoke the sense of both the familiar and mysterious. Working from a background of a more realistic interpretation of place, she’s expanding into emphasizing color, texture and atmosphere to access the depth of emotional response to location. Her greatest joy is to connect with the viewer by creating paintings that express the ineffable and transcendent. Featured painting is “Radiant”, pastel, 9″x12″. Learn more about Talley at caroltalley.com.

Carol remarks, ”I explore the landscape by in-person direct observation, and by recollection of the place. I utilize these approaches as a jumping off point to create a painting that incorporates the unique feeling of a location. My aim is to capture the essential form, color and gesture of place, and then distill these elements into a compelling representation, leaving the unnecessary behind and revealing the vital core of a scene. Sometimes the location can be recognized, at other times, the reference has been morphed into a dreamlike image.”

The Flying Goat Cellars Tasting Room & Art Salon is open Thursday-Monday 11am-4pm. Winemaker Norm Yost has been in the wine industry for 45 years. He launched his own label, Flying Goat Cellars, in 2000. Yost became a Santa Barbara County pioneer by launching the first sparkling wine program, Goat Bubbles, in 2005. Yost is also know for handcrafting limited lots of single vineyard, award-winning Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris from the finest vineyards in the county.