Ralph Goings (b. 1928)

"What comes through in Ralph Going's work itself, and in all of his comments about it, is a sense of harmony--a oneness of thought and feeling, form and content, intention and execution. He is at peace with the world he chooses to depict--and with the challenges he has set up for himself and for us. But it is a harmony that is, nevertheless, infused with a dynamic tension... Goings has always enjoyed treading on "dangerous" ground artistically, and it has consistently proved fruitful. But if he is a rebel he is not an embattled one; and though he has chosen the role of dispassionate chronicler, he is far from cold. His is a clear-eyed vision married to a painstaking and loving execution" (L. Chase, Ralph Goings, New York, 1988, p. 15).