A glance at the artist behind the canvas…
Lindsay Goodwin is an American classical oil painter celebrated for her luminous European interiors, romantic atmosphere, and masterful interpretation of light. Working in oils on canvas, Goodwin captures historic interiors, opulent ballrooms, rustic farmhouses, bustling street cafés and intimate architectural moments with a sensitivity that recalls the elegance of nineteenth-century painting traditions.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Goodwin demonstrated an artistic inclination from an early age. By sixteen, she was already teaching charcoal drawing and oil painting at O’Neill’s Fine Arts in Malibu, where she first encountered the work of John Singer Sargent — an influence that continues to echo throughout her paintings today.
Although initially awarded a full scholarship to the University of San Diego, Goodwin soon realized her artistic ambitions required more rigorous classical training. She left to attend the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and was selected as one of the top emerging artists in her graduating class. She quickly caught the attention of the art world with her sell-out solo exhibitions and was named one of Southwest Art Magazine’s coveted Top 21 under 31, and featured in an 8-page spread in American Art Collector Magazine. Since then she has graced the pages of many magazines including her feature as International Artist’s “Master Painters of the World: United States” and received many awards for her work.
Goodwin’s signature style evolved through extensive travels throughout France every year. Immersing herself in the decorative heritage of Parisian cafés, historic castles, rustic kitchens, she developed a body of work that balances painterly looseness with remarkable detail. Her paintings are deeply rooted in the alla prima tradition, allowing her to preserve spontaneity, atmosphere, and the fleeting effects of natural light. She has a career most dare not dream possible. She is daring to make an art of living. She has a career most dare not dream possible. She is daring to make an art of living.
“The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both.” -Lawrence Pearsall Jacks "