CC GODAR
'I am an artist....As far as I know, that word
means 'I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.' '
~Vincent Van Gogh
CC has been drawing and painting since she was old enough to grab a
crayon and scribble on the walls. At age 5, when her family
lived in California, one of her finger-paintings was chosen to hang in
a display of kindergarten artwork at the San Diego Museum of
Art. Growing up (mostly around Greene County), she enjoyed
showing her drawings, paintings, and photography in Central Illinois
county fair art exhibits.
CC graduated from North Greene High School in 1971. She
attended college at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and
Parkland College in Champaign, but it wasn't until she enrolled in
Illinois Central College in East Peoria that she decided to major in
art. She holds an Associate in Applied Sciences: Graphic
Design and an Associate in Art from Lincoln Land Community College in
Springfield, Illinois.
In the mid-1980s she won a competition to design the Greene County
flag. She painted with the Jacksonville Art League for a few
years and participated in a group show with them at the Strawn Gallery.
Later she did an oil painting of the old Liberty Church that was being
moved to the Prairieland Heritage Center grounds and donated it to the
group to be auctioned off to help raise funds for the project.
Her work has been featured in solo and group shows at Lincoln Land
Community College, the Imagine Gallery (Jacksonville, IL), and The
Eclectic Gallery where she is a charter co-op member.
Her paintings are in private collections across the Midwest, as well as
in Colorado and Australia.
CC paints what she loves best: disappearing remnants of the
past and the beauty of the landscapes she discovers in her
travels. She also accepts commissions for farm, home, and pet
portraits. While she paints mostly in a realistic style using acrylics
or oils, she loves to experiment with different media, including
collage and watercolor.
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