Rochester NH scratchboard artist

Artist Bob Goudreau from Rochester, NH, works with a relatively unknown medium called scratchboard.  Scratchboards are mason boards coated with a layer of white China clay and then top-coated with black India ink.  Scratchboard art is created by using a scribing tool to literally scratch thousands of marks through the black layer into the white clay.  Bob has completed his second of a six part series of scenes of Rochester, New Hampshire.  The first piece is titled, “Bandstand on the Commons” which shows a familiar sight from the park in the center of the City of Rochester.  The second piece is titled “Opera House – Rochester, NH.”.  This piece is a commemorative to the Rochester Opera House which turns one hundred years old in 2008.  Bob has also won a number of awards from the Rochester Fair which is a 10 day fair running in mid-September.  Bob sells note cards, small and large prints along with original works at various fairs around the state and neighboring states.  To see some of his works and learn more about Bob visit his website at: www.bobgoudreau.com