Trudy Good was surrounded by artists growing up; her grandfather was a respected wildlife painter in South Africa and her father was a landscape artist in his free time. Good grew up with a "creative mind" and expressed herself through different media like drawing and poetry. Trudy Good had no formal training besides a college foundation course, which only served to disillusion her from the art world. Good believed that she could not make a living creating art, so instead she found a "proper job," but never felt truly fulfilled. Good returned to her artistic roots when she decided to take a life drawing class. Feeling completely invigorated, Trudy Good spent the next few years cultivating her talent and learning the trade.

Trudy Good uses charcoal and limited color in selected areas is inspired by the haunting quality of antique photographs and monochrome qualities of Grisaille. 'Grisaille has a mysterious quality to it, and that mysterious quality is also hopefully carried into the way I will treat the human form. The pictures become a living, breathing thing to me when the fabric only is in color and the charcoal is quiet. It seems to me that this use of an adaptation of Grisaille, against the punctuation of color can give the sense of a very surreal space and unnatural quality and depth within the work'. Good works instinctively, with a heavy focus on lighting and the female form. With a delicate hand, Trudy Good captures the graceful movement of dancers. With a delicate hand, Trudy Good captures the graceful movement of dancers. With pieces that capture the beauty of movement, particularly in her "Ballroom Series," Good asserts that her pieces are "never narratives; merely moments."