Art of Taste | OFFICIAL VIDEO | Abstract Expressionist, Painter of FLAVOR

Contemporary Artist of Napa Valley, Penelope Moore Transforms Taste into Visual Expression. Abstract Expressionist Painter of FLAVOR.

Art of Taste OFFICIAL VIDEO:
Film Production: RAWSPEKTIV
Event Production: BetaService Eventi
Location: Conti Thun Winery Estate
Fashion: POÈME Couture
Contemporary Art: Penelope Moore

Abstract Expressionist Penelope Moore pushes the boundaries of sensory experience by fusing art and wine; innovating an entirely new form of abstract expression: FLAVOR and the Art of Taste. She transforms taste into dynamic, large-scale abstract expressionist oil paintings onto canvas, an urban city mural and two street pianos. Her series, “Palette of the Palate” is a visual interpretation of the palate, exploring how color, texture and movement relate to the experience of taste. In the culinary world of wine, Penelope is an established Action Painter, where she paints LIVE during events as guests intermingle and sip what she is painting alongside her as she paints; confusing the senses and creating a new type of dialogue altogether. With her background in the food/wine industry, her creative interest expands beyond the canvas into exploring sensory, total immersive art + culinary experiences and understanding how the combining of the senses creates lasting memory impressions. Her exhibitions are curated where guests experience art and taste simultaneously as they move through the exhibit to “taste the art.” Her multi-sensory approach is “an entanglement of the senses,” where she invites viewers to delve deeper into the glass, to see what they are tasting and to taste what they are seeing: to experience the “ Art of Taste.” As Wassilly Kandinsky painted the sound of music, Penelope transforms flavor and aroma into large-scale abstract expressionist oil paintings on canvas.

Artist Statement:
I see taste. When I paint, I can taste the colors as I squeeze them from the tube and mix them on my palette. My oil paints are like a spice rack; when I paint, it feels like I am cooking. When I taste wine, I imagine an array of spices and fresh ingredients at my fingertips while I visualize the nuances of color and texture that correlate. I taste and simultaneously create a dish in my mind that would pair perfectly, I see it all in vivid color and texture and paint it. I love to watch chefs and mixologists work with beautiful ingredients as the paints of their culinary practice. This “mixing of the senses” experience is what I have discovered to be synesthesia. My process for my “Palette of the Palate” paintings always begins with a blank canvas and a sip of wine. It is my responsibility as an artist to be present and to listen to my subject, which is wine; to listen to it, to understand the essence of it, to honor it: it is alive and it does have a voice. My job is to tell its story, to transcribe it onto canvas. Although similar at first glance, every wine is unique like a fingerprint. I am merely a conduit of its story; the visual voice. I capture the soul of taste onto canvas.

“The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but a reality of the same intensity.” --Alberto Giacometti

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