Publications & Press
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
Sommer Toffle
May, 2009
Paintings of Indiana County Pennsylvania
Michael Hood, Dean, College of Fine Arts
The University Museum at Indiana University Of PA
April, 2010
Pittsburgh City Paper
A Conversation with Ron Donoughe,
July, 2007 » Read the story
LaRoche College Magazine
A Solitary Endeavor: Experiencing the Work of Ron Donoughe
Summer 2007 » Read the story (PDF - 2.5mb)
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Artist Ron Donoughe magnifies subtleies of local landscape
November, 2006 » Read the story
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Artist captures city’s soul in its landscape
November, 2001 » Read the story
Roselind MacLennan
Western Pennsylvania Art Writer
September, 1993
Alice Winn
Contrast Magazine
October, 1999
Donoughe has a gift of turning the mundane into something spectular, whether that is an overcast spring morning with deep dramatic grays or a vibrant multi-colored alleyway. His work emits a tranquil beauty that only a keen eye and exceptional talent can create. His application of lighting and color appears effortless in his compositions and his use of color theory is brillant as he blurs the line between impressionism and realism. The dedication to his craft of plein air painting is inspirational.
Sommer Toffle
Curator's Statement, A Changing Landscape from the City to the Countryside
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art,
May, 2009
Ron Donoughe is a painter whose work deserves careful viewing. Many of the paintings are small, intimate, and particular, but in aggregate, they speak to a larger vision, one that transcends the specific, the local, even the regional. I think they demonstrate what plein air painting ought to be. Ron captures moments in time and space and emotion that connect us not only to those times, spaces and places, but to each other as observers and as feeling human beings.
This body of work gives me a feeling of comfort as I recognize the familiar sights we associate with Indiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana County, and IUP. I believe they can bring the same sense of belonging and of home to viewers far removed from here. This work also serves as a fine example to those who practice the craft of plein air painting: No matter the subject of the depicted scene, or the technical gifts of the painter, the person and the soul of the artist must be present if the painting is to achieve its full potential. These paintings speak to a technically talented craftsman whose choices and insights go beyond technique. They speak to art and to a personal truth that is as warm and inviting and generous as Ron Donoughe is as a person. I am proud to claim Ron as a graduate of IUP's fine program in Art and pleased to introduce this new collection to all of you.
Michael Hood
Dean
IUP College of Fine Arts
Foreword to the book,
Paintings of Indiana County, Pennsylvania
April, 2010
