PRINTS:
Hahnemuehle 308 gsm photo rag paper
11” x 17” paper
image size 10” x 15”
$800
Photos printed on wood panels by Magnolia Editions
(shellac & gesso)
30” x 45”
framed
$5500
Statement
For nearly five decades, photography has remained a constant companion, shaping my perception of the world. From time to time I’ve stepped away from it to delve into the immersive and sensual realm of oil painting, but it’s always been to the camera I return. Last time, it was to the digital world, far from the confines of analog photography, chemistry and film. It was here that I discovered a profound sense of liberation, embracing the unparalleled creative freedom and endless possibility it offered.
My new body of work weaves together fragments from a vast collection of imagery from paintings and photographs—they are constructed landscapes—digital assemblages. Original photo images were captured primarily with intentional cameral movement, still lifes, others from straight landscape photography.
It is within the delicate and transient life force found in the botanical and natural worlds that my art finds its genesis. In a world that can often be cruel and unforgiving, beauty—though undervalued in the contemporary art scene regrettably—it remains an immensely powerful force. It is not the pursuit of perfection that captivates me, but rather the intricate dance between beauty and imperfection—and how in nature’s senescing, our own life force is reflected.
Artist Bio
Lisa received a BFA in Photography and Printmaking from CCA, in 1979, studying with Charlie Gill, Patricia Tobacco Forrester, Vilem Kriz, Sue Ciriclio and Chris Johnson. She became a successful fine art photographer, represented by The Susan Spiritus Gallery in Newport Beach, The Photographer's Gallery in Palo Alto, and The Foster Goldstrom Gallery in San Francisco, Suzy Locke and Associates in Oakland and The Andrea Schwartz Gallery in San Francisco.
Lisa (AKA Lisa Toby Goodman) studied Horticulture at Merritt College and has been designing and building Bay Area landscapes for Goodman Landscape Design, with her husband, Tim Goodman, also a fine art photographer, since 1986. She turned to oil painting soon after their son, Cole, was born, in 1992. In 2012 Lisa returned to the camera and began taking photographs once again.
Recent Exhibitions
Arts Guild of Sonoma, Sonoma, CA October 3 -November 3, 2019 Alchemy
Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA March 2 – April 6, 2019 48 Pillars invitational show
Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland CA February 16 - March 23 2019 Something Blue
Benicia Art Center, Benicia, CA November 10 - December 21, 2018 In The Fields: Botanical Lore
Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA July 15 - October 14, 2018 2nd International Photography Exhibit
East Bay Express - Critic's Pick June 6-12, 2018
Freshly Cut Florist, Berkeley, CA June 10 - 30 2018 hope's bouquet
Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland CA February 9 - March 9, 2018 Seeing Red
Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA November 11 - December 9, 2017 Luminous (juror's choice award)
Arts Guild of Sonoma, Sonoma, CA August 31 – October 2, 2017 Celebrate
Photography Presentation and Talk by Lisa Toby Goodman, El Cerrito Art Association Community Center, El Cerrito, CA, July 10, 2017
Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado May 19 - July 1, 2017 Landscapes 2017
Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes, CA January 27- February 19, 2017 Beginnings
1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA December 2016 Flower Power
Sticks Framing, Berkeley, CA June 1 - August 15, 2016 Nectar
Nan Phelps Photography Gallery, Kensington, CA May 2016 Found in Time
Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA November 13 - December 11, 2015 Nature (re) Defined
Photo – Fine Art Gallery, Oakland, CA May 14 - June 27, 2015 Flora
Sticks Framing, Berkeley, CA February 2015 - to present
Photo – Fine Art Gallery, Oakland, CA July – August 2014 Summer Breeze
Photo – Fine Art Gallery, Oakland, CA Best of Botanicals National Juried Exhibition May – July 2014
Nan Phelps Photography Gallery, Kensington, CA May 2014
Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CAApril – May 2014 Flora and Form
Sticks Framing, Berkeley, CA January – May 2014