Goff was born in 1949 in the small South Wales town of Brynmawr, where his artistic interests were first noticed and encouraged by his very supportive art teacher, Ken Jones, at the local grammar school. On leaving school, Goff trained at the West of England college of Art, Bristol, Cardiff College of Art and Cardiff University. He then taught at St Illtyd's College, Cardiff until moving into the management of education for a number of local authorities in South East Wales. This became his full time occupation for many years. Since then Goff has acquired a confidence in his own understanding of art to paint for his own purpose, in his own way. Fortunately, this has proven to be very successful and enabled him to explore a completely new career as a full time professional artist. His first major exhibition was at the Royal Cambrian Academy in 2000 when he was selected to exhibit alongside the likes of Sir Kyffin Williams and William Selwyn. A great honour and an important start.
Goff was born in 1949 in the small South Wales town of Brynmawr, where his artistic interests were first noticed and encouraged by his very supportive art teacher, Ken Jones, at the local grammar school. On leaving school, Goff trained at the West of England College of Art, Bristol, Cardiff College of Art and Cardiff University. He then taught at St Illtyd’s College, Cardiff until moving into the management of education for a number of local authorities in South East Wales. This became his full-time occupation for many years. Since then Goff has acquired a confidence in his own understanding of art to paint for his own purpose, in his own way. Fortunately, this has proven to be very successful and enabled him to explore a completely new career as a full-time professional artist. His first major exhibition was at the Royal Cambrian Academy in 2000 when he was selected to exhibit alongside the likes of Sir Kyffin Williams and William Selwyn. A great honour and an important start. Most of his work has personal recollections and experience as the foundation. They are ‘generalised’ in a way which makes their appeal extremely wide-ranging. “I often find myself linking past events with the development of my paintings and using familiar imagery to reinforce the connection.
Goff was born in 1949 in the small South Wales town of Brynmawr, where his artistic interests were first noticed and encouraged by his very supportive art teacher, Ken Jones, at the local grammar school. On leaving school, Goff trained at the West of England College of Art, Bristol, Cardiff College of Art and Cardiff University. He then taught at St Illtyd’s College, Cardiff until moving into the management of education for a number of local authorities in South East Wales. This became his full-time occupation for many years. Since then Goff has acquired a confidence in his own understanding of art to paint for his own purpose, in his own way. Fortunately, this has proven to be very successful and enabled him to explore a completely new career as a full-time professional artist. His first major exhibition was at the Royal Cambrian Academy in 2000 when he was selected to exhibit alongside the likes of Sir Kyffin Williams and William Selwyn. A great honour and an important start. Most of his work has personal recollections and experience as the foundation. They are ‘generalised’ in a way which makes their appeal extremely wide-ranging. I often find myself linking past events with the development of my paintings and using familiar imagery to reinforce the connection.
