Cody Goodin - The artistic and spiritual journey of Cody Goodin

An artist friend of mine Dawn of Oddfae has given me my first blog award.  It was that is supposed to be passed on to eight people whom you feel should.  It is called the "Proximidade". So to honor the receipt i have to put the following  on the blog. "This blog invests and believes in the Proximity - Nearness in space, time and relationships.  These blogs are exceedingly charming.  THese kind bloggers are to find and be friends.  They are not interested in prizes or self aggrandizement!  Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated.  Please give more attention to these blogs!" Cynjon Noah Angela Jareck i Carla at Indian Doll Artworks Li Hertzi Susie MacMahon I am afraid five is it for me.  COngrats my friends.

I have joined a fun little challenge over on Dollstreet Dreamers.  There is a curious little doll called a Dotee .  It is a smallish doll approximately 3-6 inches in length.  It is typically rectangular or oval in shape.  The idea is to sew these by hand.  So, you draw out a simple shape cut it out and sew it together and then stuff it.  The faces are usually drawn or embroidered on.  Well, not being a conformist i decided to draw my faces with colored pencil .  How I did this was similar to how I find my apparition type faces.  I just looked at some mottled fabric and found funny little faces in it.  I pulled the face out with colored pencils.  I initially decided to do this because I was sorting my large collection of colored pencils to organize them and to see what I needed to replenish.  Anyway, these little things are the result.  Oh, and you are supposed to put a little tail or dangle thing on too as well as a loop for hanging purposes. This first on here is influenced by my...

Every once in a while I like to revisit a subject I have enjoyed in the past.  For some odd reason, I am fascinated with apparitions and ghost images.  There was a time when I saw enigmatic faces in everything around me.  Sometimes in the patterns of concrete walks.  The way paint dried on paper or even worn spots in cardboard boxes.  Some of my friends thought I was getting just a little bit loopy.  One day I started to go through my huge fabric stash I had.  It was then I started to notice a variety of faces staring back at me.  So, I began cutting these fabric swatches into the size of artist trading cards. Using just colored pencils, I began to pull out the faces so that others could see them too.  Thus began my on going series "Apparitions in Everyday Life".  Above is the latest one.  It has been sitting on my computer desk for quite a while and I thought I needed to finally commit it to the card format. You know it's funny how art for me seems to go in cycles.  I ha...

Happy Valentine to all of you out there.  I thought I would post some Valentine hearts I have made today.  They are a bit different for me.  I am having dinner with three friends and my partner tonight and wanted to give a little something.  These are sculpted from polymer clay and then paitned in my style.  I used some molds I made as well as two commercial molds and then cut them out with a heart shaped cookie cutter.  I am going to wrap them and then let each person pick one. Here is a close up of two of the hearts.  Have a great romantic day. These are a bit different than I have done as far as sculpts go.  A bit of mixed media here for something a little different.  I am taking a little break from the goblins to try some other ideas out.  These are a couple of pieces I call "Ghost in the Machine" and are mixed media. I have a little stash of computer circuit boards and needed to find a use for them.  So, I have been wanting to do a haunted computer theme for a long time....

As promised I am posting some pictures of my finished and framed pieces I recently completed.  Here on top is "Wabbit" the animal spirit guide from the rabbit tribe.  He is nestled in his garden of serenity surrounded by a picket fence.  Here is "Wabbit's" story. Ah, Wabbit is of the Rabbit tribe of animal spirits.   He is coming or called into your life to help you face your biggest fears.   So, if you feel inspired to take Wabbit home you are in need of some healing of the fearful kind.   What is your greatest fear or fears.   The one thing about fear is that it paralyses us from moving forward in our lives.   Rabbit energy calls this into play and helps us face the deepest darkest fears that are holding us back from the life we want.   Here Wabbit is protected by his picket fence in his garden of serenity.   Let him help you find your garden of serenity.   It will not be an easy task as fear is a powerful force to reckon with.   In one of his paws he is h...

I have been working on some new things for the studio open house coming next weekend.  I created a few wall pieces and still need to frame them.  This first one is "House Spirit #1".  He is the first one I made and is polymer clay over a canvas panel.  I used tissue paper and heavy acrylic gel medium to create the leafy texture.  I then painted and antiqued him.  He will be framed in a wide bamboo frame. This is "house Spirit #2".  He was created using the same technique.  I will frame him in the same type of frame. This is called the "Green Buddha" and is made as the house spirits above.  One thing I did not mention is that the panels were recycled failed paintings.  So, the Buddha lives up to the green theme of sorts.  I will frame him in a similar bamboo frame. Yes, I got them at a great price from a local Home Emporium store.  They were originally bamboo bowls.  Now they're frames.  I will get pictures of them on the wall once I get them framed. Ye...

Here is a picture of a bush on the side of my house.  As you can see it bears the fruit of the recent snow and ice we received earlier in the week.  I failed to capture the sun sparkling on the ice though.  It was quite beautiful.  Today it is -1 outside.  I was grateful my camera worked OK. Here is a shot I took over the house that is across the street from me.  The sunlight on the ice is more visible in this shot.  This kind of photo moment really gets my imagination stirred.  I think of ice dragons and goblins running amok.  Little ice fairies flying all over the place coating the world in ice.  Oh, fun back to the studio for me.