HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (December 4, 2009) – Linda Hartough, world-renowned golf-landscape artist, will give a live celebrity interview on GolfTalk Live Dec.12 at the Golf Club at Indigo Run on Hilton Head Island, S.C. She will be interviewed by Tony Leodora, host of the popular award-winning radio show of long standing in the Philadelphia area. The show featuring Hartough will be broadcast live from the Golf Club at Indigo Run from 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. EST.
“It will be a pleasure to share with GolfTalk Live listeners updates on my artwork and my recent special projects,” says Hartough.
This year marks 20 years since Hartough first was commissioned by the USGA to create annual paintings and prints of the U.S. Open. She is the only artist ever commissioned by the USGA and the R&A to do the annual paintings and prints for the U.S. Open and the British Open Championships. Hartough painted the first of her U.S. Open series in 1990, when Hale Irwin won at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill.
Last month Hartough joined Lucas Glover, 2009 U.S. Open winner, at a special signing event of a fine-art commemorative edition of her prints commissioned by the South Carolina Junior Golf Association. Hartough and Glover co-signed the numbered pieces, 276 in all, representing Glover’s winning score. Each print features a portrait of Glover holding the U.S. Open trophy after his victory and the painting of the 17th Hole at Bethpage State Park’s Black Course in Farmingdale, NY. The original oil painting, Hartough’s 20th in her U.S. Open Series commissioned by the USGA, was on display at the event. A portion of proceeds from sales will support the South Carolina Junior Golf Association, of which Glover is a graduate.
Hartough’s 2010 U.S. Open painting, her 21st commissioned by the USGA, is of the 9th hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, Calif. In addition to the original painting, limited-edition prints and artist proofs are available.
A confirmed artist since childhood, early in her career Hartough painted landscapes, portraits and horses. In 1984, Augusta National Golf Club commissioned her to paint its famous 13th hole, an event which propelled Hartough toward specialization as a golf-landscape painter. Since then, her work has achieved a distinguished status, displayed in the permanent collections of such legendary clubs as Augusta National, Laurel Valley, Pinehurst and Pine Valley, as well as in the personal collections of such golf notables as Jack Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd and Robert Trent Jones, Sr. Known for extraordinary attention to detail in her recreation of some of golf’s most beautiful holes, Hartough imbues her paintings with admiration for the scenery’s natural beauty and respect for the game’s history and tradition, elements which seem to emerge from the canvas.
Hartough is a Founding Trustee of the Academy of Golf Art, a professional society of golf artists established in 2004 to create an awareness and appreciation of golf art as a valuable segment of fine art.
For more information, visit www.hartough.com or www.lindahartoughoriginals.com.
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