About the Artist: Pan Goodhand

EXHIBITIONS AND GALLERIES

May 2004 - Conn Gallery, Landrum, SC
January 2005-February 2006 - Warren Wilson Store, Grove Arcade Building, Asheville, NC
March 2005-March 2006 - Carolina Foothills Artisan Center, Chesnee, SC
June 2006 - Rock School Arts Foundation, Valdese, NC
September 2006 - Spartanburg "Art in the Park"
November 2006 - "Art Gala", Artists Guild of Spartanburg, SC
December 2006 - Artists Guild Christmas Show, Spartanburg, SC
December 2006 - "Seven Sisters Gallery", Black Mountain, NC
March 2007 - "A Celebration of Women in the Arts", Blue Ridge Community College
March 2007 - The Funky Bungalow Art Gallery, Flat Rock, NC
October 2007 - "The Design Gallery" Burnsville, NC
October 2007 - "Simply Irresistible Gallery" Tryon, NC

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

September 2004 - Western North Carolina Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, NC
December 2005 - Upstate Visual Arts Greenville, SC
April 2006 - Upstate Visual Arts Greenville, SC
August 2006 - Western North Carolina Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, NC

NAME and ART RECOGNITION

November 2005 - Southern Living Magazine “Handcrafted in Carolina” (Article)
Aug/Sept, 2006 - Carolina Homes and Interiors "Crafted in the Carolinas" (Article)
Fall/Winter, 2006 - "At Home in the Upstate" ( p.25)
Fall 2007 "Spartanburg" Magazine, "Translucent Treasures" (pp 70-76)

ARTIST STATEMENT

When considering the significance of my imagination for design, I sometimes jokingly assert, “I DON’T DO BUTTERFLIES!” In other words, I realize that my art will not always excite and delight everyone. Nor will it always be understood. I receive personal satisfaction in designing unusual, sometimes whimsical, and once in a while, remarkable pieces.

When I was young (I hope I still am), I loved to sing, dance, play the piano and perform on the stage. I could play most sports more skillfully than the average Jane, but I didn’t think I could draw a stick!

I graduated from WARREN WILSON PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, which was a community college at that time, and I quickly learned that my most worthy education came NOT from the classroom, but from my interactions with all the students at WWC who came from many diverse cultures. These experiences carved an integral part of the foundation of my life, allowing me to become the woman I am today. And when I graduated from WWC, I still couldn’t draw a stick!

In 1987, my husband, Bob, and I had the opportunity to live in PARIS for a year. Yes, there was still hope for me! ANGELICA CAPARASO, an art teacher at an atelier in Paris, taught me that there are so many different ways to draw a stick, and that I would find much joy in learning all the varied techniques: acrylics, oil, pastels, ink, pencil and watercolors! And as the variety of shapes and colors began to form, I saw beauty and surprises around each new corner. I always painted these images first, in my mind, and then, year after year, on the blank, yet inviting canvasses.

After our return to the United States, I continued taking art classes at KENYON COLLEGE, in Gambier, Ohio, where my husband, Bob, was a Professor of French Literature. Bob, who knew the fundamentals for STAINED GLASS TECHNIQUES, taught me the basics of this LESS COMMON and fascinating art medium. Although stained glass compositions are not as prevalent in galleries as paintings, they can, with the addition of light, become intriguing and resplendent creations of art. My curiosity was piqued for GLASS FUSING when I became a student of CAROL MASON, a well known glass artist in the Midwest. Years later, I found it rewarding to participate in a FUSED GLASS class at ARROWMONT SCHOOL of ARTS in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Since 1996, Bob and I have worked together to design and execute many commissioned pieces, including the creation in the Cliffs at Glassy clubhouse in Landrum, S.C. Our work has been shown during the holidays at the Upstairs Gallery, at Simply Irresistible and “Art Escape”, all in Tryon, N.C.

Although I do almost all the design work for our creations, I affectionately admit that Bob is my righthand man, which really comes in handy, since I am lefthanded! I am also a sixteen year CANCER SURVIVOR, and believe that this remarkable endurance has had a tremendous influence in the application of the FEMALE FIGURES in many of my designs.