Dan Goad: Where is he now?

Snapshots In My Time...
Of My Time.....Hauntings.

When I first moved away from home after college art was my big thing. I would spend hours and hours going to art galleries and then going to art stores trying to find real and interesting art for my walls. I found lots of art and bought lots of art as well. And of course I still have it. Some of my wall art is now over 20 years old. Is it getting more valuable? Less? I do not know.

All I do know is that now I am ready for some new art. I used to be into the whole oreintal motiff and use dot have lots of oriental art. When I was in that phase, I got some nature art as well that would blend. Thus the name of my post Dan Goad. Dan Goad had/had great artwork and I fell in love with his work. I bought 2 signed and numbered pieces of his about 20 years ago. Are they now priceless works of art? Is he still living? I looked on the web to see if I could see about any new work of his and did not find much. I could barely find anything on the man himself. I found the following but how old is it? Is he still in north Carolina?

Dan Goad:
Dan Goad is best known for his watercolors of wading birds found along the coast of the Carolinas. Since he is currently spending part of the year in the mountains of North Carolina a few other creatures, like this bear, is creeping into his repertoire.

If anyone has an updated information on Dan Goad, please let me know. The following picture is of the two pieces of his that I bought 20 years ago that are signed and numered. They are in mint condition and have been my living room pictures all this time. I just love them.
I tried to get a good picture but the flash on glass does no do too well at times.

The print on the left is called 3 baby egrets. Signed and is 105 of 750.
The print on the right is called Snowy Egret and is 579 of 750. It is also signed by Dan Goad himself. They are triple matted and are from the Design Factory in California. I cannot recall at all what I paid for them. I just remember that they were several hundred dollars apiece at the time. They are pretty big pictures.

I also have some photograph prints that are also signed and dated by Douglas Busch.

I have a print that is signed and dated from 1983. It is not in his current collection at all. It is a Blakc and white picture of a very old, dilapidated house that is falling apart. A shack really. It is beautiful if a house like that could be. I guess that is why it is an object de'art! What was my motivation for buying that? Well I had just gotten my very first BIG job that paid over 30k back in 1987. I got it because it was a reminder that if not for my hard work, parents and education, I could be living in a shack like that one. That is still why I have the picture today. It is no longer in the living room but in the upstairs hallway with my other black and white prints....Ansel Adams. It is a picture that always gets lots of comments from people who see it.

I did get into abstract art for a quick minute and bought a beautiful 3 part work of art. The name and the artist I cannot recall. I no longer have the print. It got damaged in a move and I did not replace it. It was all swilrs and primary colors. All 3 together made the entire picture complete.

I also have a beautiful picture of an orchid called Brazilian Blue. It is also a signed and numbered original. 148 out of 300. The artist name is scribbled and I cannot make it out. Just the first part Lee and the rest is gibberish. So I am not sure who that is at all.

I am ready for some new art. I guess I will have to hop on down to the art stores and see what I can turn up.