Berry Campbell announced the passing of John Goodyear (1930 - 2019). He was a wonderful man, a gifted teacher, and a brilliant and innovative artist. He will be missed immeasurably. `John Goodyear`s way not so much makes art as it allows art to happen, as if art were somehow there all along, as if latent, awaiting activation.` -Carl Belz. In a career that spans more than six decades, John Goodyear has utilized painting, drawing, light, optics, installation, and heat to engage his audience and re-contextualize the viewer`s present observation. These shifting views created throughout his career reveal a body of work that lends itself to both reflection on the inner self and discovery of the outside world. Goodyear said it simply and best: `Art makes one see, what one sees makes art.` John Goodyear was born in Los Angeles, California in 1930 and later moved
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