April 7 - May 6, 2018
​OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, APRIL 7 FROM 6 TO 8 PM - GALLERY TALKS AT 7 PM
SPECIAL PAINTING DEMO AT 2 PM

Grit and Grace: Pittsburgh Paintings by Ron Donoughe

Ron Donoughe, a native of Loretto, PA, now living in Pittsburgh has been painting the Western Pennsylvania landscape for nearly 30 years. His work features the many textures of the region. Ron is a full-time professional artist. He has taught outdoor painting workshops throughout the United States and France. Ron is a Distinguished Alumni of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Additional painting studies have included the California College of Arts & Crafts in Oakland, California, (Now California College of the Arts) The Plein Air Painters of America and workshops with various painters including Wolf Kahn. Ron was awarded best of show at Three Rivers Arts Festival, 2003, and his work was selected for Salon International, Masters of Contemporary Fine Art, 2004. He was a featured artist on a special for PBS, Visionaries, which showcased the Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Ron’s work was also featured in a one-person exhibition at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts in November 2006 with his first book released at that time, Essence of Pittsburgh. Ron is a member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh and his paintings can be found in many corporate and private collections as well as The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, The Duquesne Club and The University Museum at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. His work was featured at the Pennsylvania Governor’s residence in 2011, in an exhibition titled Across the Alleghenies. Most recently, his collection of 90 Pittsburgh Neighborhoods has been acquired by the Heinz History Center as a permanent exhibition.

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​"For the last 30 years I’ve used the language of painting to communicate a specific time, place, and experience. For this exhibition, I’m using the strong and determined city of Pittsburgh as my inspiration. The idea has always been to capture a moment, a felt experience. I’ve imagined that the paintings I’ve created represent a time capsule. The landscape is always in a state of flux: changing time of day, climate, and seasons, shifting from construction to demolition and back again. My calling is to document my time here, especially as the city loses much of the grit and grace it once had. My hope is that the spirit of the place I love is reflected in the work."
--R. Donoughe