In 1965 she received a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant which allowed her to travel to the United Kingdom and attend the Hornsey College of Art.[2]
Career
Goldberg's paintings combined approaches to abstract and representational art. She experimented with painting techniques and effects including washing paint off with turpentine; a process called decalcomania (also used by the Surrealists), in which paper is used to apply paint by taking impressions from paint layered on board.[4]
Known for landscapes of New Zealand, Goldberg has also painted portraits. Well known works include Landscape (1964),[5]Life (1960)[6] and BDG No 1 (1969).[7] Her paintings of birds were featured in James McNeish's book An Albatross Too Many.[8]
Exhibitions
In 1961, Goldberg exhibited with The Group,[9][10] an informal art association from Christchurch, New Zealand, that formed to provide a freer alternative to the Canterbury Society of Arts. Goldberg's first solo show was in 1962, an exhibition entitled "Two New Names" (also exhibiting with Pat Hanly).[2] In 1963, three of her paintings were included in the Auckland City Art Gallery's Contemporary New Zealand Painting exhibition.[11] She was one of fifteen New Zealand artists to have their work selected for the 1965 Commonwealth exhibition in London.[2] Goldberg also exhibited at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.[1] In 1999 the Dowse Museum, in Lower Hutt, hosted a major retrospective of Goldberg's art.[2]
Fellow artist Barry Lett promoted her work, including her in exhibitions at the Barry Lett Galleries.[12]