In his tarpaper paintings, layers of roofing tar,
house paint and oil paint are scraped, drawn
and written into. The materials, while messy,
create a fluid, impermanent surface to be over-
painted with an oil wash in delivering works that
bend tradition notions of the beautiful. Golden is
a New York-based visual artist raised in rural
Ohio. He received his MFA in book arts from the
University of Alabama, and has been an artist-
in-residence at Platte Forum, Yaddo, and Blue
Mountain Center. In 2006 Golden was
distinguished as a National Academy of Art
Abbey Mural Workshop Fellow and an artist-in-
residence at Brooklyn Community Access
Television/Rotunda Gallery.
*BC Artist–in–Residence, 2006
