"Marbles in Glass Bowl" By Phyllis Gooche - SOLD

This painting was sold by Kennedy-Douglas Art Center this week.

 

"Bluegrass Pickers" by Phyllis Gooche

    This is a painting I did which represents by dad (who passed away in 2005)

He was a bluegrass musician who could play practically any instrument.
He was a champian harmonica player and was also very talented at hand carving his own
instruments; including violins, mandolins, and a bass fiddle.  The painting below
is how I remember him best, bluegrass picking with his musician friends.

Get Your Nick Saban/Bama Prints!!

Richard is offering prints of the Bama painting below.  If you are interested in buying
one of his prints for $20, please contact us at thegoochegallery@gmail.com.  These
prints would also make great Christmas gifts.

Award Winning Drawing

Richard took First Place in the 2012 Members Show at the Kennedy-Douglas Center
for the Arts in Florence, Alabama, with his drawing, "The Chief."

The Gooches Are Versatile - In Other Words, We Can Paint Anything on Anything

Richard specializes in detailing cars, motorcycles....or any other surface you wish to
have painted or customized.  Below, are examples of paintings he did on a car hood
and on a motorcycle.

We Paint Murals

Here is an example of a mural painted by Richard and Phyllis for a client who loved
white tigers. This mural was about three feet by four feet wide.  They can paint a mural
of any subject of any size from your photos or from an idea you might have.

Rolllll Tide!!

No painting today. It's game day! Richard is watching the Alabama vs. Texas A&M
football game....getting ideas for another "Bama" painting.

Rogers & Rogers Gallery on Facebook

One of Richard's paintings is featured today as Rogers & Rogers' Facebook avatar.
"Stalking Tiger"

Photos From Rogers & Rogers Art Gallery

These photos were made opening night of the Rogers & Rogers Fine Art Gallery on

Court Street, Florence, Alabama.  We feel very honored to be included among the great artists

who are represented in this exhibition. 

Today's Work in Progress

I hope to post on this blog not only our finished works and artwork on exhibit, but also to
show some of our works in progress.  Here is a painting I have been working on this week.
I am working on a series of paintings that I like to refer to as my "BFF's"...or Best Friends
Forever.  I did a painting (now on exhibit at Rogers & Rogers Gallery) of a little girl
fishing with her grandfather...showing the love and friendship between grandparents and
their grandchildren.  The painting I'm working on now depicts the friendship between a
child and their pet.  I hope to complete this painting this week.

"We Have a Bite" by Phyllis Gooche  24"X30" oil

Goddess In Flight...by Phyllis Gooche

This painting may be purchased at the Rogers & Rogers Art Gallery.  It is currently on exhibit there.
This is an abstract I recently finished.  It's a little different than my normal style of painting, but I think it's good to challenge yourself and try different things.  I was inspired by my husband's more
abstract style in his "sheet" paintings and began to imagine....."what if" there were a person beneath that sheet.  After a few sketches, the "Goddess in Flight" appeared and I began creating her on
canvas.  Below, is the result.

"Goddess in Flight"  36"x48"

Caution - Artist at Work

This abstract painting has been very popular.  Richard has done several commissioned paintings of various versions of it.  This is his fourth in a series. Richard paints slowly and meticulously and
will paint weeks or months on a painting this size.  (48"x 60")



Richard at work on his latest "sheet" painting
 

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.

Paintings by Phyllis

                Phyllis' painting of "Downtown" Court Street was used on the 2013 'Arts Alive' posters.

                                           "Downtown" is a good depiction of life in Florence, AL

                                             Award winning painting  "Fishing with Grandpa"

                                     "Beauty and the Beach" is on exhibit at Rogers & Rogers Gallery

                                             Phyllis takes commissions on pet portraits

                                                                            Leo

Paintings by Richard

 These paintings are currently on exhibit at Rogers & Rogers Fine Art Gallery in Florence, AL

Wading Tiger

Stalking Tiger

The Chief

Leopard at Rest

The Croc

Sports paintings by commission

Isn't it Marbelous

Auburn Football

Alabama Paintings