HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (February 10, 2011) – Linda Hartough, world-renowned golf-landscape artist (www.hartough.com), will display three of her original paintings at the Lighthouse ArtCenter in Tequesta, Fla., Feb. 17-April 6, 2011, during an exhibit featuring the golf collection of Dr. Gary Wiren and The Academy of Golf Art exhibitions. Golf enthusiasts and art lovers will enjoy an impressive historic collection of books, golf clubs, golf balls, postcards, stamps, tees, magazines, sheet music and works of art.
“I am honored to have my work included in this fine exhibition,” said Linda Hartough, whose paintings and prints grace the collections of golf-art lovers the world over.
This year marks 22 years since Hartough first was commissioned by the USGA to create annual paintings and prints of U.S. Open venues.
The original paintings Linda Hartough will have on display and for sale at the exhibition are The 18th Hole, Pebble Beach Golf Links; The 4th Hole, Black Course, Bethpage State Park, 2002 U.S. Open Championship; and The 18th Hole, Lake Course, Olympic Club, 1998 U.S. Open Championship.
Also available for sale at the exhibition will be various gift items and prints from Linda Hartough Golf Landscapes.
About the Exhibition
Dr. Gary Wiren is a golf educator, a Master member of the PGA of America, a former national PGA staff director and a member of the PGA Hall of Fame. Dr. Wiren’s collection will be displayed alongside some of the nation’s finest golf art from the Academy of Golf Art. In addition to Hartough, participating artists include: painters David Coolidge, Leslie B. DeMille and George T. Lawrence; photographers Dick Durrance II, Dom Forore and Larry Lambrecht; and sculptor Brad Pearson.
A number of special events are planned in conjunction with the exhibition. The Lighthouse ArtCenter Museum and School of Art (www.LighthouseArts.org ) is located in Gallery Square North, 373 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, Fla. The exhibition is open to the public.
About Linda Hartough
Hartough painted the first of her U.S. Open series in 1990, when Hale Irwin won at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill.
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.
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