Marston Clough
My first art classes were at the Tisbury School in the early 1950’s and more than thirty years later I took a drawing course at the Massachusetts College of Art and loved it. I continued to draw something every day, for a year. Drawing still comes first for me and I generally have a sketchbook handy, making small sketches while riding the ferry, or around the docks in Vineyard Haven, where I grew up.
While teaching science on the mainland I began taking a variety of courses at the Worcester Art Museum, experimenting with various media and techniques. Printmaking was my primary medium for years.
Now I work in oils, primarily studio painting but plein air with my friends in the summer. I am generally trying to capture a mood or feeling more than a specific place. I am inspired year round by the beauty found on this Island.
