Carola L. Gough
April 17th 1911 - July 25th 2007
Remembered as a Loving Daughter, Friend, Artist, Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother,
Great-Great-Grandmother, Volunteer, and Mentor
May her life and example continue to live within us and inspire us all
Carola Gough passed away on Wednesday July 25th, 2007, passing on to her surviving
descendants an astonishing legacy of love and commitment. The photographs of her
paintings and newspaper appearances contained on this web site are just the beginning
of what will be made available in the coming years. Carola and her husband Gene
of 65 years kept meticulous records of their world travels, including hundreds of
letters, thousands of photographs, and hours of film. The Gough family is currently
working to digitize all this material as per Carola's wishes in order to preserve
their legacy. Their body of work communicates their wholehearted embrace of life
in hopes that they can continue to inspire not only their descendants, but also
their friends and families as well.
In order to further the appreciation of her artwork and express to young people
the beauty and potential of life in this world, we will create The Carola L. Gough
Foundation for Arts & Sciences. This organization will strive to bring art and
science education and appreciation to young people in person and through the web.
Carola L. Gough's Artwork
Visit http://www.GoughFamily.com to see
Carola's paintings and storybooks. You can also visit her virtual gallery in Second
Life at this SLURL: slurl.com/secondlife/Foxfield/158/51/29/.
About Carola Gough
Carola Gough has been drawing and painting since grammar school days. She received
her early formal training as a protégé of Los Angeles Commercial Artist, Annette
Honeywell. Later she studied at Long Beach City College and Compton College, taking
life, design, and drawing and painting classes. She also studied with Rex Brandt
and Helen Reed, as well as other well known artists of the area.
Having lived in various parts of the world Carola enjoys painting the Native scene.
While living in Alaska Carola did ink sketches of Eskimo life and scenery. She designed
Christmas cards for the Alaska Crippled Children's Society. Her watercolors of wildflowers
and still life arrangements using Eskimo artifacts are very popular. In Africa,
Carola tried to capture the look of the countryside and the village life of the
people.
Like Carola, her paintings have gotten around. They hang in homes from Alaska to
California, from Africa to Switzerland and Denmark.
A note from Carola:
Please email if you have comments, this is my first attempt at a web site and at
91 years old I'm not too disappointed. If you are interested in any of the artwork
displayed in this site, I am sorry to say that all of my original prints have been
sold--in some cases decades ago. I do, however, enjoy my work as a professional
artist. I will not work on commission, but if something you see interests you, please
let me know. I might play around with your ideas and possibly we can work something
out. Again, thank you for your interest.
The original version of this web site was created for me by Carl Johnson, my granddaughter
Suzanna's, husband. My son, Gene, created and maintains this version using the original
home page and the images that Carl created from photos of my work. My great grandson
Josh, my son Gene's daugther Kathi's son, has built a 3D virtual gallery in Second
Life using these images. This is a place where people can visit and interact! If
you own land in Second Life, you can even purchase a copy of my art to hang in your
virtual abode.
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