Artworks by Penelope Moore

“Painted Tasting Notes” Art of Taste.

Contemporary Artist Penelope Moore Transforms TASTE into Visual Expression:  Art of Taste | Synesthesia Artist | Abstract Expressionist of FLAVOR

“I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them.” ―Jackson Pollock

What if you could taste a painting?

I am a Contemporary Artist from Napa Valley, California, most recently based in Northern Italy. We recently moved to Italy to simultaneously expand our careers in art and wine. I graduated with my BFA in Fine Art Painting from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 2004. Although I am classically trained in fine art, I no longer wish to emulate reality in the form of representational paintings; my creative calling is to understand and express the truest essence and soul of flavor onto canvas. Today, I paint taste.

What does sour look like?

My oil paintings are abstract expressions of taste: capturing flavor through color, texture, movement and palette knife strokes in oil paint onto the canvas. Through my “Palette of the Palate” series and my roots in the food and wine industry, I am interested in exploring total immersive, sensory experiences; understanding how multi-sensory exhibits can transcend traditional perspectives of fine art by how it is presented, to cultivate fresh dialogue and to create lasting memory impressions associated with experiencing art vs viewing it.

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

creative 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. With oil paint, I capture the soul of TASTE onto canvas.