The light shines in the darkness

An Exhibition of 60 Drawings and Paintings by Ruth Goodheir (http://www.ruthgoodheir.net/ ) will be held at Wellington Church, just off University Avenue. Glasgow. http://wc.thischurch.org/ from 19 November till 29 November, 2010.

Half of the money from sales at this exhibition will go to the Iona Community Growing Hope Appeal. http://www.iona.org.uk/growing_hope.php

Please Note : All the works being offered for sale can be bought in advance, to be collected or delivered at the end of the exhibition. Please contact Ruth Goodheir at ruth.goodheir3@virgin.net

Also : 19 of the oil paintings in this catalogue are a series, and are reproduced in a book titled "The Light Shines in the Darkness", available at £10.00 per copy softback, £17.00 hardback (more details on Ruth Goodheir's website). The book (softback only) can also be bought through Amazon Uk: please click HERE.

If anyone, or several people, would like to buy all the 19 paintings in this series they can do so at a reduced price - £6000. Please let Ruth know by the beginning of November.

A4 posters to publicise this exhibition are available to download and print.

Poster 1    Poster 2    Poster 3

Drawings -

Clicking on the small reproductions ("thumbnails") will enlarge them.

(((The dimensions, which are approximate, are in centimetres)))


1. Windowsill, Iona Abbey - Ink and wash. Unframed. 50 by 37. £225 - SOLD

2. Original Blessing (drawing) - Charcoal. Framed. 33 by 50. £525

3. Sheep and Lambs Penifiler - Charcoal. Unframed. 51 by 37. £250

4. Eternity Dips into Time (drawing) - Pen and ink. Framed. 39 by 29. £550

5. Lamb of God (drawing) - Pen and ink. framed. 33 by 24. £375

6. Juniper Tree at the Grand Canyon - Charcoal. Unframed. 59 by 38. £350

7. Cherry Trees, Black Forest - Charcoal. Unframed. 59 by 41. £250

8. Hebridean Sheep - Charcoal. Unframed. 45 by 36. £250

9. Gospel Writer - Conte chalk. Unframed. 46 by 40. £100 - SOLD

10. Javanese Mother and Child - Charcoal. Unframed. 40 by 55. £200

11. Avocado Tree - Charcoal. unframed. 30 by 42. £150

12. Rose - Pen and ink. unframed. 27 by 36. £150

13. Native American Woman (1) - Charcoal. unframed. 42 by 53. £275

14. Native American Woman (2) - Pen and ink. unframed. 28 by 31. £325

15. Ruined Black House, Suisinish - Pen and ink. unframed. 39 by 28. £250

16. Knotted Tree - Charcoal. unframed. 33 by 59. £350

17. Birch Forest - Charcoal. unframed. 41 by 54. £250

18. Mary Ann - Charcoal. framed. 35 by 38. £550

19. Peter - Charcoal. framed. 24 by 34. £525

20. Tree Study 1 - Charcoal. framed. 40 by 56. £450

21. Tree Study 2 - Charcoal. unframed. 42 by 48. £425

22. Pushing the Boat Out (drawing) - Charcoal and watercolour. unframed. 43 by 36. £450

23. Born Again (drawing) - Charcoal and watercolour. unframed. 35 by 39. £350

24. Dream Messengers (drawing) - Charcoal and watercolour. unframed. 50 by 36. £450

25. Into the Night (drawing) - Charcoal and watercolour. unframed. 42 by 24. £300

26. Let there be Light (drawing) - Charcoal and watercolour. unframed. 69 by 58. £600

Paintings - Various

27. Original Blessing (painting) - on board. 50 by 59. £675

28. Afghan Woman - on board. 37 by 48. £475

29. Orchard, Black Forest (Spring) - on board. 41 by 61. £450

30. Orchard, Black Forest (Autumn) - on board. 76 by 59. £500

31. Cyclamen Plant with Peacock Feathers - on canvass. 35 by 45. £300

32. Portrait of Lucillo. on board - 40 by 45. £275

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33. Portrait of Aurora. on board - 40 by 43. £275

34. Cosmic Dance - on canvass. 69 by 90. £575

35. The Haunted Grove - on board. 50 by 66. £575

36. The Mind has Mountains, Sheer Cliffs of Fall - on canvass. 88 by 78. £625

37. You Search Me and Know Me - on board. 50 by 63. £575

38. Grace and Power - on board. 39 by 49 £500

39. Eternity Dips into Time (painting) - on canvass. 100 by 75. £800

40. Lamb of God (painting) - on canvass. 89 by 69. £800

41. Portrait of Roseanne - on board. 37 by 39. £275 - SOLD


Oil Paintings - The Light Shines in the Darkness


42. Prophesying to the Bones - on board. 50 by 60. £175

43. Singing over the Bones - on board. 50 by 56. £250

44. Incarnation - on board. 62 by 75. £475

45. The Mother Root - on board. 63 by 77. £650

46. Shadow Self - on board. 55 by 75. £450

47. Stand up - on canvass. 60 by 75. £450

48. Holy Anger - on board. 55 by 75. £450

49. Pushing the Boat Out (painting) - on board. 75 by 64. £1400

50. Into the Night (painting) - on board. 60 by 50. £575

51. The Dying Child - on board. 54 by 75. £200

52. Born Again - on board. 50 by 54. £550

53. Journey to the Beginning of Creation - on canvass. 60 by 75. £775

54. The Blind Sower - on canvass. 90 by 70. £1150

55. The Child Makes Mud Pies - on canvass. 90 by 70. £650

56. Broken Communion - on canvass. 74 by 60. £450

57. An Ordinary Miracle - on board. 62 by 75. £675

58. Dream Messengers (painting) - on canvass. 75 by 60. £875

59. Joy and Sorrow - on canvass. 77 by 100. £900

60. Let there be Light (painting) - on board. 75 by 63. £1150






Original Blessing (Cross) - Not for sale

Original Blessing will go to the Coach House Retreat Centre in the Black Isle. http://www.coachhousekilmuir.org

The whole work, the five paintings mounted on a cross is nearly six feet across.
Original Blessing (top)

Original Blessing (left)

Original Blessing (center)

Original Blessing (right)

Original Blessing (bottom)