CodeOrange Studio

Kia ora, my name is Ruth Hickman-Goodall and welcome to my website! Painting, Sculpture, Textiles and Art Education are all part of my artistic process, with paintings and Threadlings available for purchase. 

Paintings investigate pictorial space through painterly and geometric abstraction, questioning our relationships with the natural world and the structures we put in place to separate ourselves from the elements.

Threadlings are unique characters lovingly handmade from upcycled materials. These can be customized on request with name patches, eye colour and fabric choice.

“Predominantly large in format and abstract in mode, the artist is interested in spatial relationships when it comes to the forms that she works with, ones that are often achieved using contrast - butting up flat geometric shapes against more painterly apllications of paint on canvas, allowing the brushwork to show.

These are landscapes with a difference and are all the better for that; an exploration of space, structure and texture where the subtle hint of a grid helps keep the composition alive and dynamic"

Peter Dornauf  "101 Contemporary Waikato Artists" 2024