08/06/2026
This summer, your beach walk might end with a handful of shells🐚. For artist Janis Goodman, it begins a work of art.
When the tide recedes at Greenlaw Cove in Maine, Goodman heads to the exposed mudflats with sticks, shells, and branches in hand. She draws directly into the earth, creating intricate, temporary compositions that the returning tide will soon wash away.🌊
These fleeting moments aren't the finished artwork; they're only the beginning. Back in her studio, Goodman transforms the memory, movement, and rhythms of those ephemeral drawings into monumental graphite works that capture the ever-changing relationship between land and water.
Experience the remarkable process behind Where Water Keeps Time: Graphite Drawings by Janis Goodman, where impermanence becomes inspiration and every drawing reflects decades of observing a single landscape in constant transformation.
📍 American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, on view through August 9, 2026
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Janis Goodman drawing in the mudflats at low tide, 2006. Photo by Dennis Weller.
Janis Goodman tossing rocks into the cove, 2025. Photo by Laura Rostad.
