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April Issue 2004
Rabold Gallery in Aiken, SC, Hosts Works by Harriet Marshall Goode
Rabold Gallery in Aiken, SC, presents Personal History Box, an exhibit of paintings by Harriet Marshall Goode, of Rock Hill, SC, from Apr. 15 to May 29, 2004. The exhibition includes figurative works in a variety of mediums. Goode's signature figurative style is at once relaxed and contemplative.
The figures in her paintings are impressionistic and are not actual people; rather they are her "spirit sisters," as she puts it. Her most recent body of work is spare and more abstract, sometimes with the figure suspended in mid air or floating. Most of the work done in the last two years is autobiographical, but not intended to be self portraits, she said. The message is arcane and the viewer is invited to consider possible meanings, to plumb the quiet depths of her muse.
"The women in my paintings are my spiritual and poetic sisters, and do not represent actual people," Goode said. "Rather, they are dream images created in my imagination. Each painting has personal meaning, inspired by a unique circumstance, person or event." But Goode does not disclose her secrets overtly.
"My paintings are intended to be narrative, and the stories they tell are personalso personal, in fact, that I'm not usually forthcoming with an analysis or interpretation," she said. "Instead, I hope viewers will recognize something from their own lives and interpret the figures within their personal situations."
The pieces in this exhibit were produced in the last three years. Some of the paintings, however, were created over older works from a previous series, or on top of a piece that, in the artist's words, "never quite came together." Something from the earlier work exists in the current work, she notes, giving the new pieces a bit of personal history and a connection to her earlier work. Goode's work is an evolving, living record.
Goode is a Rock Hill native who has been winning awards in regional and national art competitions since the early 1980s. Known for her paintings of women, she also conducts painting workshops on design using the figure as subject matter. In addition, she serves as juror for art competitions and presents programs for art organizations.
Goode has served as president of the South Carolina Watercolor Society and on the board of the Rock Hill Arts Council. She recently rotated off the Board of Trustees of the Culture and Heritage Commission after a nine year commitment. She is currently on the Advisory Board of the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Winthrop University and serves on the Alumnae Board of Converse College. She is on the Downtown Rock Hill Board of Directors and is active in promoting the arts in her hometown.
Paintings by Goode are owned by corporate and individual collectors all over the US and in Europe, China, and Mexico. Her work has been published in books and magazines, and on the covers of two CDs. She owns Gallery 5, a contemporary artspace, the only commercial art gallery in Rock Hill that deals exclusively in original art. Gallery 5 represents about 33 award winning American artists. Open by appointment, the gallery is on the 5th floor of a historic bank building in downtown Rock Hill where the artist also has her painting studio. She and her husband, Martin Goode, live there, and enjoy being residents in revitalized historic downtown Rock Hill.
For more information check our SC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery at 843/641-4405 or e-mail to (raboldgallery@bellsouth.net).
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