It will be biased because we were married on 3rd March 2006. I am not
an artist and make no claim to be creative or talented, but I can
observe and know what I like, what is good.
Describe the colour “blue” to someone who has never seen the sky,
the sea or a pair of blue eyes. You can’t, and even if you could you
would never know if you saw blue in the same way as everyone else
does. That is how I feel when trying to describe Gosha.
There are many talented artists in the world. Gosha is more than
talented - she is gifted. I have seen her do things involving hand, eye,
and mind co-ordination that are beyond my comprehension. She has
said, and I believe it to be true, that if a student of art spends an hour
with her then they will never paint in the same way again.
It is certainly true that an hour or so in conversation with Gosha can be
a life-changing experience, so I can only try to imagine what she could
do with someone who has a little creative talent.
Gosha’s own creative talent, her gift, seems to stem from her deep
inner calmness, her ability to be still in mind and body and to see life in
a different way to the rest of us. Her speed of perception, her ability to
re-create in the mind, and then on paper, things seen fleetingly are
amazing. This walks hand in hand with the fact that Gosha also lives
her life very differently to most other people.
A pacifist? Yes, but much more. Someone who believes that life is
really sacred and that to waste a life, your own or someone else’s,
is wrong, against nature. Religious? No, not in the accepted sense of
belonging to a church and having an identifiable, labelled deity.
Just deeply spiritual; someone who walks through life without
confrontation and tries to be in complete, beautiful harmony with life
and all its elements.
A perfectionist? Yes. A bird, a tree, a sunrise - these are all perfect
creations and if we create then that, too, must be as perfect as a
mortal can achieve.
She is always working. Walk to the shops with her and, at some point,
you will notice her expression change.
She will seem preoccupied, distant, intense. She is working. Perhaps
having seen a leaf, a flower or a mother and child. That brief visual
image is being translated into some unknown code, then stored for
future reference in a folder marked “I can use this”. And use it she
does, be it in a painting of a woman’s face with round, sad eyes or in a
flowing, intricate design on glass; no image captured by her eyes is
wasted because her mind and hands work in harmony.
"Unique" is a much-abused word nowadays but it is the only fitting word
with which to describe Gosha's work.
I am not an art critic must let the words of others, and the paintings,
speak for themselves. However, when it comes to the hand-painted
glasses, I see every day the painstaking care and consummate skill
involved in their creation.
The small glasses, tea-lights, are literally "table jewels".
Gosha creates a couple of new series each year and several of her
private customers have built collections of 100 or more. Each glass is
unique and signed by Gosha.
They cannot be copied, although one retailer in Mallorca did try to
have them reproduced somewhere.
The result was a poor imitation. The true "Goshaglass" can only be
obtained from a limited number of exclusive retailers, or direct from the
artist herself.
Her big glasses, wind-lights, are masterpieces. Each one takes hours
and hours of careful hand work, layer upon layer of colour, with an
intricate design created for that glass alone. Everything is done by
hand and they represent one of the finest examples of modern
creative design that I have ever seen. I have heard of one being resold
at a Fine Art Auction House in Amsterdam, but other than that rare
opportunity, the only way to acquire one is as above.
Grahame Soden
an artist and make no claim to be creative or talented, but I can
observe and know what I like, what is good.
Describe the colour “blue” to someone who has never seen the sky,
the sea or a pair of blue eyes. You can’t, and even if you could you
would never know if you saw blue in the same way as everyone else
does. That is how I feel when trying to describe Gosha.
There are many talented artists in the world. Gosha is more than
talented - she is gifted. I have seen her do things involving hand, eye,
and mind co-ordination that are beyond my comprehension. She has
said, and I believe it to be true, that if a student of art spends an hour
with her then they will never paint in the same way again.
It is certainly true that an hour or so in conversation with Gosha can be
a life-changing experience, so I can only try to imagine what she could
do with someone who has a little creative talent.
Gosha’s own creative talent, her gift, seems to stem from her deep
inner calmness, her ability to be still in mind and body and to see life in
a different way to the rest of us. Her speed of perception, her ability to
re-create in the mind, and then on paper, things seen fleetingly are
amazing. This walks hand in hand with the fact that Gosha also lives
her life very differently to most other people.
A pacifist? Yes, but much more. Someone who believes that life is
really sacred and that to waste a life, your own or someone else’s,
is wrong, against nature. Religious? No, not in the accepted sense of
belonging to a church and having an identifiable, labelled deity.
Just deeply spiritual; someone who walks through life without
confrontation and tries to be in complete, beautiful harmony with life
and all its elements.
A perfectionist? Yes. A bird, a tree, a sunrise - these are all perfect
creations and if we create then that, too, must be as perfect as a
mortal can achieve.
She is always working. Walk to the shops with her and, at some point,
you will notice her expression change.
She will seem preoccupied, distant, intense. She is working. Perhaps
having seen a leaf, a flower or a mother and child. That brief visual
image is being translated into some unknown code, then stored for
future reference in a folder marked “I can use this”. And use it she
does, be it in a painting of a woman’s face with round, sad eyes or in a
flowing, intricate design on glass; no image captured by her eyes is
wasted because her mind and hands work in harmony.
"Unique" is a much-abused word nowadays but it is the only fitting word
with which to describe Gosha's work.
I am not an art critic must let the words of others, and the paintings,
speak for themselves. However, when it comes to the hand-painted
glasses, I see every day the painstaking care and consummate skill
involved in their creation.
The small glasses, tea-lights, are literally "table jewels".
Gosha creates a couple of new series each year and several of her
private customers have built collections of 100 or more. Each glass is
unique and signed by Gosha.
They cannot be copied, although one retailer in Mallorca did try to
have them reproduced somewhere.
The result was a poor imitation. The true "Goshaglass" can only be
obtained from a limited number of exclusive retailers, or direct from the
artist herself.
Her big glasses, wind-lights, are masterpieces. Each one takes hours
and hours of careful hand work, layer upon layer of colour, with an
intricate design created for that glass alone. Everything is done by
hand and they represent one of the finest examples of modern
creative design that I have ever seen. I have heard of one being resold
at a Fine Art Auction House in Amsterdam, but other than that rare
opportunity, the only way to acquire one is as above.
Grahame Soden
A PICTURE of GOSHA
... my own, very biased, word picture
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
Update November 2011
Gosha and I have now separated and will walk our own paths through
life.
It is reasonably amicable and we hope that we will, in the future,
continue to help and support each other as artist and photographer.
I have the greatest of respect for Gosha as an artist and as a peaceful,
kind and generous person and I wish her the success that she
deserves in the years ahead.
Grahame Soden
Gosha and I have now separated and will walk our own paths through
life.
It is reasonably amicable and we hope that we will, in the future,
continue to help and support each other as artist and photographer.
I have the greatest of respect for Gosha as an artist and as a peaceful,
kind and generous person and I wish her the success that she
deserves in the years ahead.
Grahame Soden