For many years, as one of Santa Barbara’s more intriguing left-of-landscape-tradition painters, Nicole Strasburg has been building an artistic voice and substantive body of work. “A Smell of Salt” by Nicole Strasburg | Photo: CourtesyAnother atmospheric evocation hangs across the room in the gallery, with “A Smell of Salt.” “Tide of Possibility” by Nicole Strasburg | Photo: CourtesyInto these slices of Californian paradisiacal visions comes evidence of man’s toxic footprint in the form of small paintings of illuminated oil derricks, in “romantic” nocturnal views, in “Modern Icons.” Next to that painting, as a point of companionship and contrast, there hangs “Tides of Possibility,” with its experimental twist attached. Nicole Strasburg, The Whole Is Greater, is on view at Sullivan Goss Gallery (11 E. Anapamu St.) through August 24.