Exciting news!
I am slated for a one person show this summer at the Flynn Gallery in Burlington, Vermont. As there were 81 days from the day I accepted their offer until the deadline for hanging the exhibit (July 2), I’ve decided to create 81 separate paintings. This is an ambitious project for me, one I proposed with a great deal of trepidation but I feel ready for a new challenge.

As a result, I don't plan to post regularly to this blog in the near future. Instead, I've set up a new blog for people to follow my progress.

You can find it at http://spgoodman.com/blog

I'm very excited about this opportunity and plan to explore some new areas of interest. Also, with the luxury of reworking pieces as the series develops, I hope to create a unified body of work.

So I hope you check out the new site and, as always, I welcome your comments.

Into the woods #3

Acrylic on linen panel
8″x8″
$175

This is the third time in a row that I’ve posted the same subject matter and I hope you’re not too bored with it. I’ve found that the more familiar I am with a subject the less I worry about making a literal translation of it and the more freedom I feel to interpret it and use it as a launching point. I’ll probably move on to something different now but it’s been a rewarding exercise.

Into the woods #2
Acrylic on linen panel
8"x8"
$175

I’m not usually a fan of acrylics but after discovering the work of two gifted painters working in this medium, I decided to give them another try. I chose to do a new version of the image in the last post and found that I really enjoyed the looseness and spontaneity I was able to achieve. Knowing that the paint would dry quickly freed me up to take greater risks.

By the way, those two artists worth checking out are Frank Gonzales and Harry Stooshinoff. Both are doing incredible work.