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Stephen Goodfellow; A short
biography
In 1967, when Stephen was fourteen, he and his family moved to Monterrey, Mexico. Here he enjoyed a freedom hitherto not experienced; it was in Mexico that Goodfellow seriously started to sketch. At the age of fifteen (1969,) he applied for and was accepted to East Ham Technical College (Foundation Course,) in London, England. With a full grant and awarded for exceptional merit, he obtained a Diploma for Art and Design (BFA) at Hull Regional College of Art in the North-East of England in 1974. In 1975
Goodfellow came to Wayne State University in Detroit to pursue his Post graduate
degree. He graduated from Wayne State University in 1977 an M.F.A. having concentrated
on painting and printmaking. During his studies at Wayne State
University, Stephen discovered that it was possible to transfer his primary
color printing technique to conventional surfaces. This technique is called 'Primary
Micropointillism'. Micropointillism
uses only the primary colors (yellow, red and blue,) which are applied to the
surface in small spatters of color. By using different intensities of these
three colors one can produce an almost limitless palate of colors. Several
examples of these works have been acquired by the Detroit Institute of Art and
further work was recently in the "Interventions" Exhibition at the DIA in 1995.
This institution has purchased three of
Goodfellow's paintings Even before the advent of the World Wide Web, Stephen demonstrated that the
principles of Micropointillism are perfectly suited for the electronic medium;
that the manipulation of primary colors make for a seamless transition between
the reflective and the radiative image. By 1999, Goodfellow had launched into Macropointillism a technique similar to Micropointillism, but executed with sizable dabs of primary color on large canvases. Goodfellow moved to Ann Arbor in 2008 and is presently working on digital art. More Information
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