Around the Region:
News & Events
Office of
Regional Higher Education
Quick LInks
Chillicothe
Eastern
Lancaster
PIckerington
Southern
Proctorville
Zanesville
Phone: 740.593.2551
Opening reception scheduled for Alan Gough exhibit
An opening reception for an exhibit by local artist Alan Gough will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on April 15 in the Patricia Scott Gallery in Ohio University-Chillicothe’s Bennett Hall.
The exhibit, “Alan Gough: The Early Years, 1958-1972,” includes more than 100 oil sketches and studies that will be on exhibit from April 15 through May 7. Many of these sketches and studies are being shown for the first time. The Scott Gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The opening reception and the exhibit are both free and open to the public. Gough has been a professional artist since 1959, when he returned to his hometown of Chillicothe to establish a studio after attending the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He has proven himself as an artist who has a flair for capturing the beauty of this region and the ability to see the interesting perspectives of everyday situations. Much of his artistic inspiration is found in the ongoing dynamics of nature in this region, which is reflected in his work.
“The significance of this exhibition of Alan's early work, focusing on field sketches and on-the-spot studies, cannot be overstated,” according to Ken Breidenbaugh, assistant professor of art history, who is assisting in the hanging of the exhibition, and who will produce an essay and brochure on the event. “I have admired Alan's work for a long time, and have encouraged him to share with the public this truly marvelous quick works in paint which so reveal the artist's eye, and his sensitive engagement with the Ross County terrain. It has been said many times that Alan has turned an eye to the local scene which masterfully revels in and reveals the lights and colors and subtleties and atmospheres of our area. These works confirm those observations.”
Regional Headlines
