Key Works

Betty Goodwin produced a vast number of works in a range of media, from drawing and printmaking to large-scale installations. She first won recognition for her printmaking, starting with her acclaimed Vest series, 1969–74. Her prints of three-dimensional items kindled the artist’s interest in found objects and use of their material presence as an expressive metaphor. Goodwin’s inventive explorations of materials continued in her tarpaulin and installation works and in her large Swimmers series, 1982–88, which initiated the prodigious array of expressive figurative drawings for which she became best known.