Lisa Pressman photo blogs a visit the studio of painter Brenda Goodman.

In 2012 interview Goodman remarked: "If my paintings didn't tap that mysterious place of a deep knowing I would feel less successful as an artist because then they would just speak to me and not those who view them. For me the most satisfying way of working is the combination of the abstract and the figure. The freedom of abstraction and the emotions that the figure (or an abstract shape representing a figure) can carry are very satisfying to me."