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Seeing the Light - March 9 - 30 2025

Chiesa di San Giorgio, Campo San Vio, Venice

Light and searching for the Absolute has been the focus in my artwork over many years. My materials; Venetian gold mosaic and glass and specialized mosaic glass from Ravenna have enabled me to pursue this aim, by manipulating these light reflecting materials as they are cut and positioned.

I continually seek the essence of truths in my enquiries into life, death and nature. The impermanence of the surface created, shifting with every glance and every movement adds an exciting ambiguity to my answers...for nothing it seems can be permanent or even certain. So the search for the truth, using light, becomes even more engaging.

This exhibition, held within the soft light of the church of San Giorgio in Venice - which incidentally was formerly a mosaic warehouse - gives answers to some of my perennial searches for the truth.

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Out of the Blue - with Gerald Domingue. May 2024 - March 2025

Galerie D’Art, Elaine M Goodwin, Couches, Burgundy, France.

Elaine has asked the distinguished American medical researcher Dr. Gerald Domingue, who has painted alongside his scientific academic career throughout his long life, to join her in a celebration of Nature.

Nature, is explored through paint and through glass, in its many forms, dynamics and mysteries. The predominant colour in this exhibition will centre on the colour blue.

This pigment, rarely found within nature itself, has often obsessed artists (Picasso, Matisse, Yves Klein, van Gogh) It is the colour we observe in the sky and the sea, and is rich in symbolism - evoking serenity, inspiration and contemplation.

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Rite and Ritual - 18 July - 10 August 2025

Biennale of Contemporary Sacred Art, Autun, Burgundy, France

Elaine has been invited to exhibit in the 5th International Biennale She will be exhibiting her work in the Bishop’s Palace (Evêché), 1 Place Cardinal Perraud, Autun

The diocese of Autun (Roman Augustodunum) dates from the 3rd century and the residence of the bishop, was formerly the home of the Dukes of Burgundy. It is close to the 12th century cathedral of Saint-Lazare and still retains the Saint Léger tower of the 7th century.

In the 18th century a classical residence was added with an imposing doorway and impressive entrance foyer and marble staircase. It is in this glorious part of the bishopric where Elaine is exhibiting some of her more monumental artworks.

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Les climats de 4 artistes Bourguignon May 2023 - March 2024

Atelier d’Art Elaine M Goodwin, Couches, Burgundy

An exhibition bringing together four artists who live and work in Burgundy.

Exhibiting alongside Elaine are the painters Christophe Ropion, Christian Dejeune and sculptor/painter Jean-Paul Longin.

Each artist will work under the title with its emphasis on the word climat.

This word is exclusive to the wines growing areas of Burgundy; each vine is planted in a small, very specific parcel of land, where the characteristics of the wine depend on the position (terroir) and specific soil characteristics. The resulting wines are always nuanced, capricious, and above all - exciting. Accordingly the four artists are dependent on their specific, chosen environment and their individual and explorative vision but are united under the same luminous light - unique to the Burgundy region.