Artist's Portfolio

Jill Goodman

Changing seasons, daily walks in the valley, the open hills of Bodmin Moor, experiences and knowledge of a place explored and revisited, nature’s cycle of growth, harvest, decay and renewal - all these may be starting points and the inspiration for my work. 

From the first marks on the canvas and layers of colour, my work is a process of searching, questioning and refinement; the mark-making and the interplay of form, line and gesture. Sometimes rubbing or scratching through the paint to reveal underlying colours, remnants of what was there before. 

I make abstract paintings as well as landscape and still life. Painting for me is a fluid process, allowing for the unplanned and unexpected, leaving space to reflect and respond, leading to a connection with the sense of time and place, and our common concerns about environment and biodiversity.