Ardith Goodwin

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About — Ardith Goodwin Contemporary Fine Art

As a self-taught artist of 15 years, she found her gift of painting and visual transfer by accident. Elementary education was her path right out of college, but she unexpectedly faced multiple medical challenges and was forced to give up teaching and go on disability while her body healed. As luck would have it, a visit to the library and some time spent with her favorite watercolor books showed her that she had a gift for not only drawing, but the use of color and imagination. That experience transformed her life. Now a full time working artist, Ardith views her scope of focus a bit differently than most. Mastery of craft to her is using her technical framework as she creates figurative, abstracts, and sports art in mixed media and acrylics connected to creative narratives. She builds paintings with fractured line, dynamic movement, transparent layers, complexity, and details from rich life experiences on canvas and paper. As an artist who teaches, she travels the U.S and abroad conducting art workshops, hosting creative travel journeys, as well as small group academic study for professional artists in her studio in Mobile, Al. She is a passionate advocate for teaching adults that their creative points of view and visual language matter as well as finding joy in the devotion and mastery of fundamentals. Ardith holds true to her faith and the belief that no matter what challenge life throws her way, nothing will quench her spirit to continue creating, sharing, and inspiring. With joyful determination, she shares her love of art with children and adults and actively promotes the lifestyle of moving through life as a creative. Her full time working gallery, Ardithian Arts Studio, is located at 1260 Dauphin St., Mobile, Al. 36604 251 - 232-1015 Ardith’s Insight “I truly believe that I am blessed with being an ordinary person living an extraordinary life. Yes, there have been huge challenges, but there has never been one that my faith and belief in my artistic spirit, along with the support of family and friends, couldn't be met with head on. Life will be hard, it will place obstacles in our lives that seem devastating and life altering. My belief, in fact my knowing, is that in every person we hold the key to look within, believe our truths, embrace our gifts, and rise above any circumstance. Being a creative is a state of mind, being optimistic is as well, and the two are a powerful combination in turning anyone’s life from ordinary to extraordinary.” My paintings and writings are my way of taking that courageous spirit, mixing it in with an insane love of color, experience, and story, and creating works of art that inspire others to see the world as intrinsically beautiful no matter their place or station in life. My hope is that through my marks and my practice, my work will resonate with the viewer so that they sense a connection with the way of life in the south, its geographical influence, and the myriad of colors and marks that make being a southern artist magical. Professional Bio Masters in Education National Writing Fellow Watercolor Graphic and Art Society Member CEO - Ardithian Arts Inc. Gallery Representation: CURRENT REPRESENTATION Sophiella Gallery, Mobile, Al. 2018-Present www.sophiellagallery.com Previous Representation: Arts Blanche Mobile, Al. 2003-2005 Cathedral Square Gallery, Mobile, Al - 2005-2008 Art(ology)Mobile, Al. 2009-2012 Lyons Share Gallery, Fairhope, Al. 2016-2018 Gallery 43 - Roswell, Ga. 2017-2018 Awards/Shows VSA Art Program Professional Member 2005-2012 VSA Art Purchase Award, Birmingham, Al. 2005 VSA Arts Best of Show, Mobile, Al. 2004 Featured Artist, 2008 Cathedral Square Gallery Solo Show - Wilkins Miller 2009 Fairhope, Al. Postcards From the Gulf Show - 2011 World of Wearable Art Finalist, New Zealand 2011 ST JOSEPH CHAPEL: 100 YEARS AS THE LIGHT ON THE HILL Art Show Spring Hill College 2011 "Yellow" Art Show Spring Hill College Eichold Gallery 2012 "Mixed" Mixed Media Show with Mary Elizabeth Kimbrough, 2012 The Artists Place Gallery Oyster Trail Artist, Mobile, Al. 2013 "Women of History" Show, Mobile History Museum, Mobile, Al. 2014 Solo Show - Wilkins Miller 2014 Fairhope, Al. ArtWorks Throwdown 3 Dress Design - Mobile Arts Council 2014 Art:work BAAE Juried Show Mobile Museum of Art July-October 2015 Solo Show - Expandorendative Nov. 2015 Eastern Shore Art Center Artys Visual Artist of the Year Award 2015 Solo Show - Red Energy, The Dynamic Movement In Competitive Sports June 2016 Mobile Arts Council, Mobile, Al. Art Works Throwdown 5 Champion Mobile Arts Council 2017 Edmond's Fine Art Solo Show - Abstract Figurative Works Oklahoma City, Ok. 2017 Lyon's Share Gallery Solo Show - The Exploration of Mascherata Fairhope, Al. 2018 Group Show - Masquerade Sway Downtown, Mobile, Al. 2018 Group Show - Mobile Bay Educators, Mobile Arts Council Group Show - Throwdown Showcase Artists, Mobile Arts Council September 2018 Sophiella Opening Show - October 3, 2018, Mobile, Al 2018 Group Show - Gulf Artists, Eastern Shore Art Center, October 2018 Publications Record Gazette 2010 Mobile Press Register January 2011 Haiku Diem The Best of Year One 2012 Sense, November 2014 Mobile Bay Monthly, December 2014 A World of Artists Journal Pages by Dawn Devries Sokol 2015 Art Galleries & Artists of the South - Emerging Artist Volume 13 Issue 1 Southern Rambler 2016 Feature Article Mobile Bay Monthly 2016 - The Land of Ardithian Feature Oklahoma City Newspaper - 2017 The Scout Guide Mobile Bay Volume 2 Fall 2018 Awakening Your Creative Soul: A 52-Week Journey to Artistic Discovery Upcoming Where Women Create Magazine Winter 2018

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+12512321015

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1260 Dauphin St, Mobile, AL 36604

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http://www.ardithgoodwin.com/contact/