OPENING RECEPTION: 1ST THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2018, FROM 5 - 8PM

Sullivan Goss is excited to announce our inaugural exhibition featuring the work of locally celebrated artist Whitney Brooks Abbott . Hailing from a family legacy of local artists and ranchers, Whitney joins the roster of artists at Sullivan Goss after a successful tenure with the Ellen Easton Gallery.

Thanks to Mother Nature, this past year in Santa Barbara County has been an exciting and challenging one especially if you are a plein air painter, like Whitney Abbott. The first part of the year was normal and a seven year drought was actually eased in our rainy months. But the end of the year and on into the early part of 2018 brought California’s largest wildfire followed by disruptive and tragic debris flows. Through evacuations from the fire and preparation for the floods, Whitney added paintings to the exhibition that included smoke diffused light reflected on the ocean, ash covered hills, moisture filled clouds, and alluvial plains. When viewing this exhibition as a whole and taking into consideration what was going on out of doors, it becomes apparent that she sees the interior of her home as a place of refuge from Mother Nature’s chaotic whims.