Darryl Goldman is a retired US Army Chaplain and retired Presbyterian minister. He served as a paratrooper chaplain, a chaplain to several infantry units, and spent 5 years in the Pentagon assigning and managing the careers of 1,200 other chaplains. He was promoted to Colonel and traveled the country providing supervision for Reserve and National Guard chaplains. After serving his country, Darryl served several civilian churches as senior minister until his retirement in 2018.
His love of painting goes back to a very early age, but his ministry career came first--until he retired! Then he picked up his brushes and never looked back. Although he paints a variety of motifs, from Wisconsin farms to fishing boats to marine life and people doing extraordinary things, he says his primary subject is really the same--the light. "I paint the light as the leading actor in all my paintings," he said. "Humans naturally seek the light because light is warmth and clarity and hope."
Darryl's art may be seen at Island Gallery and Studios, 456 Old Main Street in Bradenton, FL. Collectors from both the US and outside the US have obtained his paintings saying they were attracted by the warmth of his subjects and the light in the paintings. He was recently featured on a major Tampa news station on their "What's Right with Tampa Bay" segment, which can be viewed on this website. 
