Ralph Goings (b. 1928)

“American Photo-Realist Ralph Goings translates his photographic images to canvas with exquisite technical precision, holding his viewer rapt with the effectiveness of his illusion. Flawlessly blending his brushstrokes into velvety-smooth pictorial surfaces, Goings breathes fresh life into his diverse, quintessentially American subject matter, which encompasses air-stream trailers, roadside food stands, still lifes of condiments, and his most popular of all-the pick-up truck. These straightforward images satiate an impulse described by Linda Chase as ‘a desire to revalue what we as a culture find easiest to dismiss.’” (L. Chase, Ralph Goings, New York, 1988, p. 9).