The artistry of golf

ART has always been a huge part of Linda Hartough’s life, but it is only in the last 18 years that she has found a market niche producing golf paintings and she has now gained a reputation as the foremost artist in the world in this field.

However, it was almost a complete accident that she turned her hand to painting golf scenes and found not only a market for quality work, but also great personal satisfaction and fulfilment.

She was for many years a native of that golf haven, Hilton Head in South Carolina, although that had nothing to do with her eventual metamorphosis. A graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago, she had been involved in art in one shape or form throughout her life, although she confesses to having been “more of a horse person” and still takes an interest in all things equine - to the point of even breeding her own horses.