Martin Goold

 Martin Goold is an award-winning contemporary artist based in Devon. He was born and grew up in London and studied Fine Art at Chelsea School of Art, completing a Post Graduate MA in 1984. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the UK for over thirty-five years and his works have regularly been selected for competitive curated exhibitions. In 2018 he was elected as a member of the Pastel Society UK and in 2025 awarded membership of the National Acrylic Painters’ Association. The March 2025 volume of Kunstforum International, one of the leading cultural publications in Germany, has referenced Martin’s work. In July 2026 he was elected Vice President of the Pastel Society UK.

Experience of place is central to Martin’s artistic activity. The encounter with natural and urban landscape sets in motion a myriad of associations and prompts. He finds the dissolving of recognisable form through the action of natural and coastal elements profoundly suggestive of the frailty of foothold. Moments of transition that mark the passage of time have special importance in his work. Muted twilight, nocturnal light, vaporous air or dazzling sunlight each tune the character of environments in their own ways.

Vast expansive Cornish landscape where people have left architectural signs of industry, habitation and belief have inspired recent work. Into this evocative subject that has been a constant fascination for artists he has brought his long-held interest with poetic nocturnal atmosphere, and the mythology and symbolism of the moon.

 Oil Pastel and Pencil

43x31cm

Framed with with wooden frame and white deep cut mount, glazed with Artglass AR70