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Garth Herrick · 03-05-2006, 04:31 PM

Dear Enzie, Kim, Michele, and Alex,

Thank you kindly. I guess this is a little outside the box for a portrait.

I believe one of the principal jurors (the artist component of the jury) was Sydney Goodman, a Philadelphia artist and teacher of international repute, that I once studied with at PAFA. 25 years ago, he'd wander into my student studio cubicle, not say a thing about my work, but praise the art postcards I had taped up to my wall. He took some of them for his own inspiration. In 1994 I painted the ancestral version of Apotheoun, "Apotheosis of the Chunnel". Sydney Goodman awarded this as the top prize best of show in a local exhibiton in 1996. Whenever we'd cross paths, we would nod hello to each other. He seems to remember me, and acknowledged that when he autographed his monograph book for me during a retrospective exhibition of his at the Philadelphia Museum of Art eight or nine years ago. Naturally I thought he might like Apotheoun if I entered it. Perhaps he did to an extent; it is hard to know what the other three judges had in mind for the final selection. I thought this painting would be as good a gamble as any, given his role on the jury. I have not personally been in contact with Mr. Goodman in several years. Some day it would be interesting to sit down with him and hear how he viewed this jurying process for the National Portrait Gallery.

Below is the original life-sized (1994) painting Sydney Goodman liked, and a detail. I think I have changed a lot in twelve years. Below that is a detail of Apotheoun (2004). And finally, Lesser Apotheoun (2006). Gosh, I have worked this subject to death! Time to move on!

Garth

03-05-2006, 04:31 PM	#42
Garth Herrick SOG Member FT Professional '09 Honors, Finalist, PSOA '07 Cert of Excel PSOA '06 Cert of Excel PSOA '06 Semifinalist, Smithsonian OBPC '05 Finalist, PSOA Joined: Mar 2004 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,445	One reason I entered this. Dear Enzie, Kim, Michele, and Alex, Thank you kindly. I guess this is a little outside the box for a portrait. I believe one of the principal jurors (the artist component of the jury) was Sydney Goodman, a Philadelphia artist and teacher of international repute, that I once studied with at PAFA. 25 years ago, he'd wander into my student studio cubicle, not say a thing about my work, but praise the art postcards I had taped up to my wall. He took some of them for his own inspiration. In 1994 I painted the ancestral version of Apotheoun, "Apotheosis of the Chunnel". Sydney Goodman awarded this as the top prize best of show in a local exhibiton in 1996. Whenever we'd cross paths, we would nod hello to each other. He seems to remember me, and acknowledged that when he autographed his monograph book for me during a retrospective exhibition of his at the Philadelphia Museum of Art eight or nine years ago. Naturally I thought he might like Apotheoun if I entered it. Perhaps he did to an extent; it is hard to know what the other three judges had in mind for the final selection. I thought this painting would be as good a gamble as any, given his role on the jury. I have not personally been in contact with Mr. Goodman in several years. Some day it would be interesting to sit down with him and hear how he viewed this jurying process for the National Portrait Gallery. Below is the original life-sized (1994) painting Sydney Goodman liked, and a detail. I think I have changed a lot in twelve years. Below that is a detail of Apotheoun (2004). And finally, Lesser Apotheoun (2006). Gosh, I have worked this subject to death! Time to move on! Garth Attached Images __________________ www.garthherrick.com