"A Slice of Life"
found wood and copper, bent glass, wire, wood
23" L x 71" H x 8" W
Ben Goodman:
Bodies of Work
When something grabs my attention, I chew on it like a dog with a bone. If the interest stays with me it usually means that I will have a number of responses to the idea so I tend to work in series. Images such as bridges (the Connection series), the beauty of found wood (the Collaboration series) have a strong influence on my work. A series can carry over for several years and overlap with other bodies of work; a change of environment (travel or a move) can refocus the interest that got my attention in the first place. Several of the series I have worked on over the past few years are described in the next sections.