Jeanie Gooden

Jeanie Gooden is an American painter whose work is deeply influenced by architecture and culture. Gooden lives between the United States and Central Mexico. For the past decade, most of her paintings have been created in the colonial city of San Miguel de Allende.
Her work is non-representational mixed media, which is often large in scale. In recent years, the surfaces have become very layered using a mix of paint, pigments, paper, textiles, metal, nails and hand stitching on canvas. Materials vary within a body of work offering both smoother surface paintings and deep textured pieces.


Gooden says that she pushes herself to explore texture. “I once vowed not to work with mixed media only to become fascinated by layering many materials. I like the challenge of creating a surface that is integrated but in unity”.
With roots in the performing arts, the influence of music is always present in Jeanie’s work. Charcoal details and markings are often seen in her paintings. Gooden is passionate about her desire to create a feeling of movement in her work. She sees it as “giving her paintings a voice”.


Gooden often explains her creative process as an exploration of the “Art and Heart”. The art portion is to reach beyond previous technique and materials. The heart portion speaks to the desire to explore and translate deep emotion in her work.