Jen Goddard artist

Brilliant morning, December in Okotoks
Oil on canvas, 2020
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Montreal-based artist Jennifer Goddard works in oils and multi-medium drawing. She focuses on the natural world and on the languages of the figure, drawing on 18 years studying classical dance. Her approach is either one of response or escape: the activist responds to society’s injustices and overarching themes; the escapist revels in pure colour, line and composition.
A lifelong artist and largely self-taught, she studied for three summers (1975-78-81) at The Banff Centre, Alberta, and three stints at Studio Escalier in Paris and Argenton, France (2015-15-16). In the interim, she studied under various teachers while pursuing a career in advertising. In the 80’s and again starting in 2006, she has shown in many solo and group exhibitions and has work in private collections in Europe, Canada and the US.
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recent exhibitions

2019 Passions Galerie 2112, Montreal, QC
2019 Work of body Victoria Hall Gallery, Westmount, QC
2018 Obligate Seeder Solo, paintings&poems, Galerie ERGA, Montréal, QC
2017 Cadence Group, Galerie EK Voland, Montreal, QC
2016 Perce-voir, Duo, Galerie 1040, Montréal, QC
2016 Cadence Group, Galerie EK Voland, Montreal, QC
2015 Kingston Portrait Prize Exhibition
Group, Kingston, ON, Fredericton, NB, Drummondville, QC
2014 Coincidence Solo, Victoria Hall Gallery, Westmount, QC
2014 Arboretum Duo, GalerieEspace, Montreal, QC
2012 Minitudes Group, Galerie 2456, Montreal, QC
2012 Tons de terre Group, Studio Shatilla, Montreal, QC
2012 Victoria Hall Group Group, Victoria Hall Gallery, Westmount, QC
2012 Souvenirs Group, Atelier Quartz, Montreal, QC
2011 4X1 Group, Galerie 2456, Montreal, QC

recognition

2015 Kingston Portrait Prize, Canada - selected finalist
2015 BP Portrait Prize, London, UK – shortlisted
2014 BP Portrait Prize, London, UK – shortlisted

publications

2018 Circle Arts Quarterly Magazine
2016 INDA 10 International Drawing Annual
Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH, US
2016 INPA 6 International Painting Annual
Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH, US
MACRO - Abstracts
For me, painting is about paying attention.
Artists are generally categorized as figurative/realist or abstract, rarely both.
This series came about because I experience a thousand tiny abstract moments when painting my figurative works. I selected some of these and explored them closely for micro moments that I then made macro. This travelling between the realist and abstract worlds enriches my process and artistic approach.

It is exhilarating to dance in pure colour mixing, light and composition, using big brushes and voluptuous piles of paint.
It injects a freedom that I carry back into my figurative work.
It offers a release from the tightness and focus that comes from keen observation of a subject, and a respite from the tyranny of likeness.
It remembers and relishes the joy.
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Brilliant morning, December in Okotoks

Oil on canvas, 2020

Gallery

Click on the work for prices and availability.

About the artist

Shows/recognition

MACRO - Abstracts

Social Feed

Ongoing explorations

Contact me

Click on images for prices, and for orders, any other comments or information,please feel free to contact me. I’d love to hear from you!

Click on images for prices, and for orders, any other comments or information,
please feel free to contact me. I’d love to hear from you!