HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (July 13, 2015) – Linda Hartough, world-renowned golf-landscape artist (www.hartough.com), has introduced a new painting she recently completed of the famed “Road Hole,” the 17th Hole of the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. A canvas giclée print of the painting will hang in an exhibit in the Old Course Hotel during this year’s Open Championship in St Andrews. The exhibit is being presented in conjunction with the release of the book Links to St Andrews by Joshua Evanson.
“I first painted the Road Hole in 1990, the start of the official Open Championship Series commissioned by the R&A,” Hartough said. “In 2009, I did a very small painting of the Road Hole in the dawn light. So this time I wanted to create another definitive image of this famous hole that would be a new look at a scene that is familiar to most golfers around the world.”
The new painting captures the memorable scene in springtime, with clear light and a dramatic sky behind the brilliantly-lit old town of St Andrews. The gorse, broom and wild flowers are in full bloom.
The painting is offered in both canvas and fine art paper giclée limited editions. The fine art paper is a new Hartough offering, featuring a better print than the offset lithographs, as the color is more true to the original oil painting. The Remarque drawing in the lower border is the famous Swilcan Bridge, looking toward the 1st Hole green with the new clubhouse beyond. The canvas giclées are the same fine reproductions that have been offered for years. The “Grande Edition” canvas prints (36″ x 60″) recreate the same scale as if the viewer were standing in front of the actual scene.
About Linda Hartough
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 Rees Jones. Her work is included in the collections of the USGA Museum, in Far Hills, N.J., and the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Ga.
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’s paintings of various holes at Augusta National Golf Club are prized by collectors the world over. In addition, Hartough painted the first of her U.S. Open series in 1990 – commissioned by the U.S. Golf Association – a 25-year series she completed in 2014, as well as her official British Open Championship series from 1990-1999.
Hartough has been honored with the Golf Digest Lifetime Achievement Award. She 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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