TITLE: LENGTHENING SHADOWS
ARTIST: BETTIE GOOSMAN

"Rural scenes have always drawn me and I strive to open people's eyes to the beauty around them that they are too busy to really see and enjoy. Painting lets me forget everything else, and looking at a completed painting fills me with peace and tranquility. I am constantly amazed at how God intervenes and the joy He has and is still giving me through painting — the beauty I see and the people I meet."

Bettie was born and raised in South Africa and after her marriage settled in Livermore, California. She grew up on a ranch and relates emotionally to both California and South Africa, having lived equal years in both countries.

She is self-taught and turned to art as means of recovering from TB that she contracted while completing her D.Sc. Numerous times her painting has helped her overcome setbacks and injuries. Her time is divided between growing food crops and painting. Her love of nature is evident in her paintings where she strives to capture what is typical of a particular season, time or place. She tends to favor paintings depicting depth and keeps searching for great views. This requires patience, good timing, physical stamina and then technical ability to achieve the right values.