HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (March 31, 2016) – Linda Hartough, world-renowned golf-landscape artist (www.hartough.com), will display some of her canvas giclées as well as original water colors and drawings during the week of the RBC Heritage, a PGA Tour event to be played April 14-17 at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island, S.C. A selection of Hartough’s well-known works will be shown April 11-30 at the Legacy of Golf Gift Shop & Museum in the Shops at Sea Pines Center, 71 Lighthouse Rd., Hilton Head Island.
“Many devoted golf fans attend the RBC Heritage each year,” Hartough said, “and quite a few enjoy selecting an artwork to commemorate their visit to Harbour Town. A canvas fine art print can serve as a special memory of this famous golf destination and tournament.”
In addition to Hartough’s canvas prints, original watercolors and drawings which will be on display, her original watercolor, The 18th Hole, Harbour Town Golf Links, will be on exhibit and available for purchase. Prints of this well-known scene may be purchased at the gallery, too. Hartough’s prints also are available on her website, www.hartough.com.
Hartough will be present at a meet-the-artist reception at the Legacy of Golf on Thursday, April 14, from 3:00-5:00 p.m.
About the RBC Heritage
Known for many years as the Heritage Classic, the RBC Heritage, organized by the Heritage Classic Foundation, had its début in 1969 at the Harbour Town Golf Links at the Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island, S.C. The Harbour Town golf course was designed by Pete Dye with assistance from Jack Nicklaus. This year’s defending champion of the RBC Heritage is Jim Furyk.
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.
Contact:
Sally J. Sportsman
407-248-1144
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