DBG Goodwin 
DBG (Dave) Goodwin was born and educated in Manurewa. Despite his love for art, he studied geology at university but a car accident forced him to give up his studies. He devoted his time to becoming a full time artist, which he achieved in 1987, travelling the country in a horse float/mobile studio painting the landforms of the North Island. His passion and fascination for the land has deep-rooted foundations in his childhood holidays and his early geological studies. Goodwin has also been strongly influenced by New Zealand's most noted regionalist painters: Colin McCahon, Rita Angus and Doris Lusk; and in his own definitive style has further intensified the strength, lyricism and light that is so characteristic of this country's landscape. His deeply backlit landforms, suggestive of anatomical forms are his trademark, yet Goodwin is now moving towards a more abstracted view of the land, depicting pebbles and skies and continuing his fascination with light and shade. A renewed interest in art theory has seen Goodwin further develop concepts with the picture plane, construction of the canvas and issues of space within his works. The paintings are fast gaining interest from art critics and theorists as they become more academic, abstract and thoughtful. Goodwin's latest works capture the daily life and local events of the small coastal town where he lives. The scenes - children playing, calf day and a plane crash are all imbued with a poetic mood that suggests emotions lying beyond the paintings' surface appearances. Goodwin has retained the rough edges of the painting that are usually cropped out once the canvas has been stretched, giving the painting space before it is boxed off by the frame. It also creates the sense of the painting as an object in its own right rather than a landscape. Goodwin was a finalist in the Waikato National Art Award in 2004.
DBG Goodwin is represented exclusively by Ferner Galleries.
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