Denice Goldschmidt
Guild Member Salon Show
Denice Goldschmidt ABOUT: When we moved to Northport, Michigan, from Lafayette, Indiana, 20 years ago, I brought my art career along with me. I had taught various art media at the Greater Lafayette Museum of Art for 20 years, until I chose to teach drawing, painting, and printmaking in my studio in downtown Lafayette. During my later years in Lafayette, I was the principal designer for a greeting card company, First Fruits. I invented and incorporated my printmaking techniques into the card designs, and for 10 years, the business flourished. I write and illustrate faith-based children’s stories about a stuffed group of dolls called The Stufffeds. I self-published three books about them and recently began placing Stufffed short stories on Facebook. I am enjoying my connection with the Northport Arts Association, teaching drawing, oil and acrylic painting, and printmaking. My paintings and prints have been in many juried shows, having earned numerous awards. My art is in corporate and private collections across the country. THIS YEAR: Covid, more than not, gave me more time alone to create in my studio. As a studio artist, I like painting alone and taking lots of time on a painting. Also, I had lots of time to continue to write the children’s stories I author and illustrate. The characters are real stuffed dolls that have been in our family since our children were youngsters. I have never been a fan of Facebook, but I stretched myself this year by putting stories of them on Facebook, including their photos. I learned time management through this more than any other area of my art. GALLERIES: Bella Galleria, Traverse City, MI; Courtyard Fine Art, Traverse City, MI; Mullein Gallery, Northport, MI CONTACT: www.dgoldschmidt.com, Facebook, (231) 386- 9058. 14181 N. Cathead Bay Drive, Northport, MI 49670. Studio visits available by appointment.
“Forest Trek Beckons,” Oil on canvas, 2020, 16 x 20 in, $400. Developing various greens is a challenge for me. So I created this painting to meet that challenge (I like challenges), making up a woods scene I would like to trek through, perhaps at midday, to catch the dapples of sun falling on the trees and the forest floor.
“Soft Southerly,” Oil on canvas, 2020, 20 x 24 in, $500. I always wanted to paint a flimsy curtain blowing in the breeze. But I did not want to just paint a background and then paint a curtain on top. So I challenged myself to paint the “whole” painting together, developing the background and the curtain and the bottles simultaneously. Creating the negative space colors to work in the painting was at times frustrating, but kept the challenge fun.
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