as depicting "yellowish pink and green dawns, blue noons, and red-orange sunsets that swiftly slide from purple to black".

The New York Times called Goossen "the leading expert" on the work of the visual sculptor Tony Smith. Goossen called Smith "the most important sculptor to appear in the second half of the 20th century" whose importance was not fully appreciated at the time but would be as the years passed. He was recognized as a Guggenheim Fellow in 1971