Bridget Maria Goodman
In my world, terrestrial life is an art form and it’s important that my art convey the eccentricity of my life. It’s a life enveloped in the naturalness of spirituality. I am inspired by everything, good and not so good, although muses cascade from foundations of love as they move me and through me. I am inspired by found objects, objects with a pre-history and vivid energy that call to me in passing. I draw, paint, sculpt and love mixed media assemblages.
God, nature and trees are the air that I breathe. Jesus is the rock in my internal and eternal universe and I am bound by the stars of the Holy Spirit and all that nature nourishes, 24/7. 365, around the sun.
Thus, by the grace of God go I. This has produced me and underscores my artistic drive and tenaciously binds me to the core condition of human society to express its pains and its wonders, its ugliness and its beauty, its regressions and its progressions. It’s always both, and, always moving.
2021.
The works are about Blackness, being Black, loving Black, enjoying Black, living Black, seeing the black of the night - embracing all of life, drawing with black charcoal and transforming. Africans are children of the stars guided by the Divine Universe - there's so much to learn and remember. The mystery of the deep, dark place of Heaven reflects in the melanin in every human being, from the blue black to the snow black. So much has been forgotten. It's a journey through various and varying strata to not forget amidst the noise. There's a harmonious chord threading through the world that's so beautiful and connecting. Connecting the dots. The Black Dot is in everyone.
