In his abstract painting, Joseph Goody is interested in the authenticity of paint as a medium. In the wake of control and contrivance, there is a suggestion of something systemic within his paintings.  Joseph’s compositions of painterly geometric forms and broad kinetic curves provide an opportunity for the figurative and emotive characteristics of paint to operate. The momentum, posture and form, whether as mediation upon previous layering or something spontaneous, can provide the opportunity for a seemingly authentic response.