Art has been Paul Goodnight's saving grace in his recovery from his
traumatic experience in Viet Nam when he lost his ability to speak
from seeing the horrors of war.
Though some thought he had lost his mind, he knew he hadn't and began
to communicate with his drawings of the horrors of war. With the
regaining of his voice, he enrolled in Vesper George School of Art
and eventually earned a Bachelor's Degree from Massachusetts College
of Art in 1976.
Goodnight has developed his own unique aesthetic philosophy
to document the
humanity of Black people around the world. He often incorporates
African themes and symbols to
provide depths of history and culture. He has traveled extensively,
living among the people of Russia, China, Haiti, Nicaragua and Brazil.
In his work, Goodnight creates univeral themes seen through diverse cultural lenses.