Poplar Springs Gallery: 09/07/13

Inspiration on the Beach

A trip to the beach inspired several paintings. I observed children playing on the beach and one hyper little girl caught my eye. She darted to and fro with her pail of water and I was hard pressed to get a snapshot of her. Luckily for me, she stopped long enough for me to get this shot. It was fun
painting her later in my studio. A grandmother in Gulf Shores saw my painting of her and wanted a
portrait of her granddaughter on the beach. The second painting posted here is a commissioned
painting I did of her grandaughter.

Inspiration on the beach...by Phyllis Gooche

Commissioned portrait

On Exhibit at TennesseeValley Art Association - through September

'Portrait of James'....by Phyllis Gooche

"Portrait of James" was inspired by a photograph I made at Sweetwater Mansion
during a Civil War re-enactment of one of the actors. James was resting on a
bale of hay between two gigantic magnolia trees on the Sweetwater grounds when
I snapped his photo. I was going to give him this painting, but when it was completed
he had left for Hollywood. I understand he is now an actor in movies. Maybe
someday he will be famous and it will increase the value of this painting!

Richard's Sheet Painting

One of Richard's paintings sold on opening night of the Rogers & Rogers Art Gallery. The buyer
wanted an explanation of how Richard was inspired to do this painting. The story he told still
makes me chuckle.

Painting SOLD at Rogers & Rogers Art Gallery....

This painting sold at the Rogers and Rogers Art Gallery last month.

Welcome to the GOOCHE GALLERY featuring art by Richard and Phyllis Gooche

Works by art team, Richard Gooche and Phyllis White-Gooche, are currently being exhibited by
Rogers & Rogers Fine Art Gallery in Florence, Alabama. The also have art on
display at the Tennessee Valley Art Association in Tuscumbia, Alabama and at
Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts in Florence, Alabama.