The Gretchen Show art of Gretchen Goetz

I am a serious book-loving artist and a proud library freak. Art and books are two of my biggest passions. When I can combine my love of both, as in this bookmark, it makes me very happy. I’m also a bit of a Luddite when it comes to books: I like to read them printed [...]

  I’ve been working on a very fun project creating brand images for a new product. These are the prototypes and are sure to evolve in the coming weeks. They may eventually have more proper names, but as I work on them I think of them as Lime Boy, Strawberry Lady, Grape Men, Lemon Boy [...]

I’ve not posted here for some time because, well, I’ve had my hands full with giant puppetry. Yes, that is correct. In late January, I was selected by La Reunion, a Dallas arts organization, as one of 15 local artists to create massive puppets for The Parade of Giants, one of several signature event

It’s fun to see Garden District Bloody Marys (for which I created the brand image of Mary) showing up on retail shelves. This particular shelf is at Bolsa Mercado in the cool neighborhood of Oak Cliff in Dallas, Texas. To read a bit more about Mary and see her in color and some seasonal getups, [...

I’ve been thinking a lot about iconography since my last post, where I discussed the symbolism in Renewal. I love symbols, signs, icons and pictograms and incorporate them often into my work but I don’t point them out. I like leaving them as little secrets for viewers to discover on their own. But I

Symbolism plays a big part in my life and my art (yes, I’ve got a little of that hippie thing going). Celebrating a new year is in itself a form of symbolism. It represents new beginnings and hope for a better future. Life is constant renewal and we have the opportunity to renew and reinvent [...]

Yes, Melissa, there IS a Latte Lounge!  This commissioned piece has a great story behind it. As I love my art to be narrative, it was a joy to create. My client and his wife met online several years ago. After a few emails and phone conversations, they agreed to meet for coffee at a [...]

Last year I was commissioned to do a series of Italian Greyhounds (which you can see here). I did many preliminary sketches – I loved their graceful lines and the possibilities they presented my imagination. This masked and Mercury-winged Greyhound came from one of the sketches that didn’t make the