PAUL CARTER GOODNOW – born in Providence in 1958, grew up and lives in Lincoln, RI. He was very much influenced by his parents who were both art school graduates – father Gordon from RISD and mother Doris who studied with Charles Gordon Harris.

In addition to being an artist, Paul is the maker of hand-carved gold leafed frames. He studied painting with John Loughlin and Herman Itchkawich, and the art of gilding with Nils Johnson in Boston.

Paul is a member of Rockport Art Association and the Connecticut Plein Air Painter’s Society. Many of his paintings and picture frames hang in private collections.