Winston Hough

1928-Michigan -USA; In the forties Surrealism hit me with psychic automatism. doodling to get imagesWorked in drawing and watercolor until 1950. Exhibited my first oil in a regional exhibit,South Bend Art Center.Ad Reinhardt selected my oil for Exhibition Momentum Midcontinental 1953 .Visited MOMA in NYC that April, Dada show was on, met Duchamp there at Sidney Janis gallery."it was a lot of fun:"he said.

Humor in visual and literary art stimulates me.Drawing is the core of all visual art.Van Gogh is important for social realism and his drawing excites me more than the oilsMy favorite English artist is Thomas Rowlandson. No one has surpassed his bustling crowds.Crowd scenes are especially challenging.Explored many art medias over the years, variety not serialism is more important.

Studied : School of the Art Instittute of Chicago 1948-1953 Taught: Virginia Commonwealth University 1956-1962 /University of Illinois Chicago 1964-1965-- Nine one man shows, NYC Wash.D.C. Richmond Va.River Forest Il. Chicago Il. Columbus Ohio, South Bend Indiana. Group show in NYC Wash. D.C. south east and midwest,