About

The Result of Passion and Creation

The Beginning

My story begins in the Midwest as a simple country farm boy from Southern Illinois. I have always enjoyed working with my hands, often using my imagination to create unique items. I am proud to say I am a self-taught artist. My experience includes simple painting, pencil drawing, woodworking & carving, metal art, and now…. wire art.

Having the opportunity to live in various areas of this country, I was able to gain ideas, influences, and support from not only Illinois, but Pennsylvania, Florida, and currently North Carolina.

Loving the outdoors and nature, I have gained an admiration for trees- the landscape of them, the varieties, the unique sculpturing, and the overall natural beauty and complexity of their shape and roots.

Today I have put that interest and passion into creating my Twisted Wire Tree art and sculptures. My trees often highlight the root system as it twists into the unforeseen, buried underground, now visible.

In the beginning, I was simply twisting wire to make small tree art and then adding local rocks and driftwood to display them. I then began enlarging the tree sculptures to be displayed on marble and granite also, and most recently making twisted wire trees to be on larger driftwood, cedar, teak wood, and coral.

I have truly found love in the beauty and complexity of trees. Within each of my trees, a heart speaks to you. This love inspired me to add a hidden heart among the many branches as my signature and a personal way of spreading Love, one heart at a time.

Each piece of art is unique in every way- The Personal Touch of Jeffrey Gooden. The final display is carefully chosen to complement the style of the tree. I hope you will enjoy your work of art as much as I loved creating it.

Please visit our photo gallery to see some of my designs.