hope you all had a beautiful weekend - we had a productive weekend and I can't wait to show you what we've been up to - more tomorrow and the next days. thanks so much for taking out the time to leave such nice comments -the giveaway goes to comment no.9
pebbledash - congratulations!! please email me with your shipping info. not to fret I will have another giveaway soon and it will be for three winners.
a little story - when I graduated from grad school I moved to montreal to start my art career - it was soon halted with the reality of not being able to speak fluent french and having to get a job washing windows. the highlight of this job was I got to spend the day at
Betty Goodwin's house/studio - being around her art and her beautiful art collection was really quite amazing. She has her work along with Eva Hesse + Agnes Martin at the
AGO till january. Goodwin's father was a tailor and she did a series of vests and other garments as etchings and I find the construction of these garments so meticulous and she was able to capture that as well as the shapes and lines. Goodwin died a few years ago at the age of 85 three weeks after her husband of 60 years died. She also had a late start in her art career and what she accomplished in that time was really inspiring.
a little story - when I graduated from grad school I moved to montreal to start my art career - it was soon halted with the reality of not being able to speak fluent french and having to get a job washing windows. the highlight of this job was I got to spend the day at Betty Goodwin's house/studio - being around her art and her beautiful art collection was really quite amazing. She has her work along with Eva Hesse + Agnes Martin at the AGO till january. Goodwin's father was a tailor and she did a series of vests and other garments as etchings and I find the construction of these garments so meticulous and she was able to capture that as well as the shapes and lines. Goodwin died a few years ago at the age of 85 three weeks after her husband of 60 years died. She also had a late start in her art career and what she accomplished in that time was really inspiring.
These images are so beautiful, very inspiring indeed. I wish I was close enough to go and see the art you talk about here and have in your shop. Thanks for showing us.
ReplyDeleteI'll need to spend a whole day in your shop, Arounna, to appreciate the entirety of its goodness.
ReplyDeletethis lady was very talented indeed. Thank you very much for sharing her art here, with us. xoxo
i am almost certain one of her painting hung in my aunt's home in Montreal. She was an avid art collector.
ReplyDeleteBetty Goodwin is my favourite artist. I can't wait to visit Toronto at Christmas to see the show at the AGO. And to visit Bookhoo too!
ReplyDeleteLove the loose flowing style, but also the studied detail in the waistcoat. Betty sounds like a special lady and it takes a brave person to destroy work, even if you are dissatisfied with it!
ReplyDeleteCongrats Pebbledash!
Great art....
ReplyDeleteBest wishes from Buenos Aires...
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Arounna, I'm thrilled to bits, thanks so much. You've made my monday just perfect! Email coming...
ReplyDeleteLove the images from that sketchbook, the detail is stunning.
Diana x
It's always so nice to see an artist's thought process, thank you so much for sharing. Love the free style of the drawing in the first picture.
ReplyDeleteInspiring, beautiful artwork- I wish I could visit the AGO as well!
ReplyDeleteI have been reading your blog as often as I can, like a book, going through the archives- there is so much interesting stuff you have shared over the years - I am really loving it! Thank you !
These are very inspiring pieces of work. Goodwin's figures remind me of the British artist Hughie O'Donoghue's work:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.jameshymangallery.com/pages/artistworks/13/paintings/hughie_o'donoghue.html
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hughie-ODonoghue-James-Hamilton/dp/1858942047
I wish I could fly right up there and see your shop and that show! I wasn't familiar with Goodwin but Hesse and Martin are two of my favorite artists! Thanks for sharing. I hope you take some pics of the show. Curious to know which of Eva's pieces they display since I know a lot of them are fragile.
ReplyDeletehi Kathryn
ReplyDeleteokay I will post some pics of the show
I heard it was really good.
her work is stunning
ReplyDeletethe floating figure seems solemn
I have been sent to your blog by LaRue Palooza, and Im very glad she did, this is a great site and I love the artist you presented. I will look into her work more often.
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