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Laurie Goddard's
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Price Range: $1,000 - $8,000
Style
As a mixed media painter, I combine many different processes in my work. Gessoed hardwood panels are often gilded with combinations of semi-precious leaf such as silver, copper, Dutch metal, and metallic
powders. The leaf is prepared and applied in the traditional manner.
The patinas are arrived at using recipes from Henry Moore, among others, over a period of days. There is sometimes underpainting below the leaf, which I then reveal in the gilding process. Over painting
follows using wash and glazing techniques, all with water based mediums. Finally they are varnished.
I am currently exploring similar work on paper - back to my roots.
Artist Statement
This body of abstract landscapes comprises reflections of time spent in Italy, Japan and Western Massachusetts as well as distillations of
their cultures. The gilding and patination of each panel requires intense deliberation, while the under and over painting is gestural and expressionistic. The result can be seen as a cool amalgam of both a moment or a lifetime.
This process, the addition and subtraction of color and the manipulation of the leaf through patination, pushes the limits of water based mediums, and forces their compatibility with metals.
Through this tension and transformation the work becomes a travelogue of modern and antique imagery.
The Asian influence on my work comes from study of Japanese architecture and calligraphy. The Italian influence is from a few wonderful years living there, and subsequent return visits. Western Massachusetts, where I now live, provides inspiration in the form of
ever changing beauty and urgency.
In my attempt to reveal underlying structures and reconnect eras, I have come to realize that these three
references are wonderfully compatible.
Corporate Collections
Eli Lily Corp.,
Public Collections
Amherst College,
Emerson College
Consulate of the Netherlands
Museum Collections
Permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Private Collections
Sargent Shriver
Donna Karan
Raymond S. Hartman
Claude Picasso
Dwight Emanuelson
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