Gloria Goguen

My New England Roots

Inspired by: Lionel Reinford, Winter in New England Winslow Homer, Gathering Berries Robert Adams, Bulldozed Slash

mixed media: block prints, watercolor, and acrylic on cradled wood panel

12″ x 16″

2023

Inspired artists who have endeavored to capture the beauty of the natural world through art. I have captured my “New England Roots” in a folk-art style with inspiration from Lionel Reinford’s “Winter in New England”. They are views of my cherished landscape. Block prints capture the casual wonder my environment holds for me. Like Winslow Homer’s “Gathering Berries” wood engraving, they are my observations of the beguiling nature existing in daily life. The margins depict familiar medicinal plants. Our ancestors considered them sacred for health wellbeing, therefore protected them. They can endure once left alone to reestablish in spite of all our wanton destruction of their habitats. Taking a cue from Robert Adams photo “Bulldozed Slash, Tillamook County, Oregon” the regrowth of our natural environments holds the key to our vitality. We knew it many generations ago and we hope it is always there for those who come after us.

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Gloria Goguen

Saucer Magnolia Life Cycle

Mixed Media – acrylic and color pencil

29”x 9”

2023

This work is inspired by the Japanese Kano School of painting, which began c. 15th Century. This form was favored by Samurai, Buddhist clergy and Shinto Shrines. Traditional themes in this style are images of nature or landscapes representational of Zen philosophies. The gold ground symbolizes energy, elegance, and power. I enjoy exploring new techniques to express my view of nature thereby extending traditional botanical practice and form. I have merged traditional botanical drawing in the color pencil medium with acrylic paint for the gold ground. Saucer Magnolia Life Cycle is my personal interpretation of the stylistic Kano School.

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Hardy Sour Orange

color pencil and watercolor

8″ x 10″

2023

Imagine my surprise to find this cold hardy orange growing wild in the woods of the Catskills New York. The perfume from the fruit is intoxicating. A sweet tart bright sensation of musky floral essence. (Poncirus trifoliata) known in Asian countries as Flying Dragon for its fruit born in a tangle of thorny branches.

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Gloria Goguen

Dancing Queen of the Forest

mixed media: repurposed antique kimono silk, colored pencil, thread, beads

10” x 10”

2024

Under the canopy of the spring forest, before the fluttering leaves emerge, you may find these dancing ladies: silken slippers dancing in the wind.

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