About Me
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Music, words, figures, botanical symbolism, spiritual concepts and emotions often work together to inspire the visual work I create. I tend to paint ‘in a minor key’—reflecting both brokenness and hope.
I work from a place of intuition and listening, often approaching painting without a preconceived idea and allowing the process to guide me. Through gesture, color, and form, I enter into a dialogue with the paint—one that is rooted in emotion, Spirit, and discovery as I explore the space between the seen and the unseen. Abstract figures surface unexpectedly, dissolving and re-forming through layers of paint, texture, and mark-making. Words often appear, offering a glimpse into the emotional and spiritual undercurrents moving through the work.
My practice is an ongoing journey of uncovering and trust—of surrendering to the unknown and allowing meaning to reveal itself. Each painting is both a mirror and a vessel, holding traces of vulnerability, transformation, and the quiet truths that emerge.
I seek to create work that resonates not just visually, but viscerally—inviting viewers into a shared space of reflection, feeling, and presence.
Bio
Half of Chrys Corn Goodman’s family heritage is in Western North Carolina, while the other half were first-generation immigrants from Germany. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California where she studied under Corban LePell and graduated with a B.A. in Fine Art, cum laude. Through LePell’s mentorship, her affinity for realism morphed into a love of figurative abstraction and responding to the work as it evolves, regularly incorporating words or lyrics which so often suggest the meaning behind each piece.
Whether primarily oil or encaustic, her work includes a balance of drawing, painting, writing, embedded found objects and gold leaf, and combines both representational and abstract elements.
She takes inspiration from music, poetry, and contemplating memories and emotional and spiritual truths.
Today, she has returned to the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina, and you can visit her studio at 362 Depot Studios in Asheville’s River Arts District.
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Please feel free to reach out with any questions or comments, I'd love to hear from you