Born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1940, Guy Goodwin received a B.F.A. from Auburn University, Alabama, and an M.F.A. from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Goodwin's paintings have been exhibited in Europe and the United States, in shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, among other museums. He creates watercolor and charcoal drawings to explore compositions and colors for his paintings. The format of his paintings derives from traditional still-life and landscape compositions with elements bluntly pared down and pieced back together in interlocking patterns. Tools and household objects are recurring themes in Goodwin's work, providing the vehicle for his investigation of space, form, texture, and color.
*Excerpted from Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc.