Arts

Brush up on pastels with Carol Talley at Lompoc’s Sunburst Sanctuary

By Caleb Wiseblood

Since the analytical brain doesn’t play a huge role when semi-abstract artist Carol Talley begins a painting, it’s fitting that one of her most memorable clients is someone well-known in the wizarding community as nearly headless. “This guy walks by, and I was like, ‘Oh shit, that’s John Cleese,” the local pastelist said, recalling an outdoor Santa Barbara art fair she participated in years ago...