Original order Pastel Ptg. Head Study of Stunning Brunette. Colorado artist PSA

Here is an original pastel painting..one of several paintings I have listed by deceased Colorado artist, Maggie Goodwin. Beautiful brunette woman head study done after the artist was accepted into Pastel Society of America, a prestigious group that accepts members by invitation only.

The subject looks like a ballerina with her long, swan neck and her chignon hairdo. The colors are crisp cobalt blue, pinks and deep brown. She lived in Boulder, Colorado in the early 80s..when this was most likely done. I believe Goodwin knew her from the recreation center...

Framed in a wooden frame that is light pink in color in keeping with the color scheme. Price is very reasonable. I always list original art at an affordable price so you can own it too! Please note, that it is framed with glass. I will take all precautions in packing but can't guarantee the glass won't break in shipping. If that happens, you can still take it to a framer and replace the glass for a small price. OR you can specify that it ships without glass and you can have the glass added when you receive it . But let's decide BEFORE you pay as it will affect the shipping weight. You will pay less shipping without the glass.

Art size is 12.5 x 16 but frame is bigger. This painting has wonderful brush strokes, and is bright and happy. I am listing a few more by this artist so check out all my other listings. thanks and have a wonderful holiday season! I'm new to Etsy though I have sold on Ebay under two names for almost 20 years. I have lots of positive feedback under the names Incatrader and Tailgatetrader...

Here's a bio of the artist:

BIOGRAPHY-Mary Alice "Maggie" Goodwin

Artists Name: Mary Alice "Maggie" Goodwin, signatures include Maggie Goodwin (most recently) M.A.G., Mary Alice Goodwin, Mary Alice Myers or M.A. Goodwin

Born August 12, 1924 Rapid City, SD

Died July 16, 2002, Boulder CO.


Studios in Rapid City, SD and Boulder, CO. Known for portraits and Western and Native Americana themes

STYLE: Impressionist

Preferred mediums: Oils and Pastels, also some Bronze Sculpture

MUSEUMS



Permanent Collection in Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, SD


BOOK REFERENCES



Listed: AMERICAN ARTISTS OF RENOWN 1981-82 Wilson Pub.

HOW TO FEED A STARVING ARTIST,1983 Montana Press Pub. Co. B/W Featured.

BEST OF PASTEL, Rockport Press 1996 Featured. Colored Plates.

PORTRAIT INSPIRATIONS, Rockport Press 1997 pg 59 Featured. Colored Plates.

PERIODICALS



PASTEL ARTIST INTERNATIONAL May/June/July 2000 Title: "Master Pastel Artists of the World, United States Showcase" Color Plate Page 66

AMERICAN ARTIST May 1985, Title: "Women Artists of the American West" by Diane Casella Hines, page 72 Color plate.

COLORADO HOMES AND LIFESTYLES, Feature article Sept./Oct/ 1985 Pages 76-77 Title: "Portraiture: The Look of Posterity" by Andrea Rabin. Color plates



AWARDS

South Dakota State Fair 1952, 57 and 58 Best in Show

Nebraska Five State Show-1962 First Place, Oils

Poudre Valley Art League 1964, Honorable Mention

Colorado State Fair (Not sure of the date)

Cheyenne Western Show, 1975 and 1985 Awards

Boulder (CO) Artists Guild 51st Annual Show, 1976 Pastel Award

Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY 1986, 1989 ANNA HUNTINGTON HYATT Bronze Medal Award for Pastel (1986)

Women Artists of the American West--1978 and 1981. Awards

Death Valley 49ers Show, Death Valley, CA 1987. First Place Award

N.V.A. L. Juried Art Show-1988 First Place


ASSOCIATION EXHIBITIONS

Featured Artist, One Woman Show, Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, SD 1975

Boulder Art Association Art Mart, Boulder, CO

Boulder Artists Guild 51st annual Show, Boulder, CO 1976

Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY 1975,76, 78, 1980, 82, 1986

Allied Artists of America, Inc. New York, NY 1978-79

Women Artists of the American West, Las Vegas NV, 1978,79,80,81,82,83,84 and 1985

Death Valley 49ers Show, Death Valley, CA 1987

Salmagundi Club National Open, New York, NY 1978 and 1980



ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

Boulder Art Association, Boulder, CO

Boulder Artists Guild, Boulder, CO

Women Artists of the American West

Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY

Pastel Society of America, New York, NY

International Pastel Society


BIOGRAPHY/ Mary Alice "Maggie" Goodwin

In the fifth grade, Maggie Goodwin recalls, the teacher came to scold her for doodling in class. When she saw that Maggie had captured a good likeness of her classmate, though, she stopped in mid sentence.

"I knew then I was an artist and I have worked ever since to go beyond order merely getting a likeness of the subject. I have worked to become a "painterly painter"; that is, to produce a good painting that also happens to be a good portrait," Goodwin said.

Growing up in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Goodwin was mentored by Della and O. A. Vik, trading work in their studio for art lessons. While there, she sold supplies to Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of Mount Rushmore and won her first award, The National High School Art Exhibit Certificate of Merit. The love of the Black Hills and its people would later be the subjects of her best paintings: Western landscapes and cowboys and indians: the faces and places of the American west.

She studied under Boardman Robinson at Colorado College during the early 40s before getting married. Despite having four children, she continued to hone her skills, painting after midnight when they were asleep. She painted many portraits on commission and showed regionally.

In 1962 they moved to Boulder, Colorado where she studied at University of Colorado experimenting with abstraction, collage and mediums other than oils and pastels. In 1966, she studied in San Miguel Allende, GTO, Mexico at the Instituto Allende and fell in love with Mexico and would return years later to teach and paint there.

In 1975 and 77, she took workshops with Ben Konis and co-taught with him. Other important workshops she attended were with Sergei Bongart in 1979, Donald "Putt" Putnam in 1984 and Albert Handell in 1986.

In 1978, she was asked to judge the Amarillo Artist Association Show, Amarillo, Texas.

During the 1980s, her children now grown, Goodwin's art career flourished. She was travelling, teaching and exhibiting nationally and producing her best work. She focused on pastels and they brought her national awards and new recognition.

Being asked to join the Pastel Society of America was a crowning achievement. Then she was featured in several important magazines and two book features followed. She was teaching in Mexico and at her Boulder, Colorado studio and she started to sculpt, eventually producing six limited edition bronze sculptures. She was listed in American Artists of Renown.

This prolific period ended when she was stricken with Meniere's disease, and had to stop painting because of vertigo. The dizziness eventually subsided and she returned to work. In the year 2000, she was diagnosed with lung cancer and died in 2002.

Goodwin preferred to paint from life. She usually finished paintings in three sittings and only used photos as reference when she couldn't complete a painting on site. Preferred mediums were oils and pastels. She painted the poorest and the richest of society but portrayed them all with equal nobility. Her work reflects her love for nature and for those who live in harmony with it. In her words: "I have no interest in art fads or art only as commerce. Painting for me is a joyful, exciting attempt to interpret my passion for the subject. When I am painting a portrait, my subject becomes the most interesting and beautiful person in the world."

Her work hangs in the collection of the late Joan and Ray Kroc of Mc Donald's fame. Her enduring legacy will be the many portraits that have become family heirlooms. (from askart.com)