[1] Woodward has also written extensively on the Art of the circumpolar North and has curated exhibitions which have toured Alaska, California, Oregon,[2] Washington,[3] and Georgia.
[4] The North dominates Woodward's oeuvre and his iconography of ravens, canyons, sandbars and black spruce has been described as “deeply evocative of Alaska”.
[5] Considered one of "Alaska's most innovative artists", author Julie Decker noted that, unlike traditional landscape painters, "His focus is as much on the character of the media as it is on the subject matter.
[9] Although a "realist", his graphic compositions prompted ARTnews reviewer Richard Maschal to add, "his interest and strategy veer toward abstraction.
Whether the spaces are wide-open or confined, Woodward depicts them as flattened areas with foreground and background pressed together and the whole reduced to pattern.
[7] He continued his studies in painting and printmaking and graduated in 1977 with a Master of Fine Art from Idaho State University, (Pocatello).
[11] In 1991, Woodward was appointed Academic Affiliate Fine Arts Collection at the University of Alaska Museum (Fairbanks).
[11] His paintings also illustrated Frank Soos' 1999 book Bamboo Fly Rod Suite: Reflections on Fishing and the Geography of Grace.
[4] His painting drew national attention when his work was reviewed in ARTnews[10] in July 2001 and appeared in Harper's Magazine in January 2002.
[15] Woodward was commissioned to provide four large paintings for the Holy Family Chapel at Immaculate Conception Catholic School in Fairbanks in 2002.