Ralph Goings

Ralph Goings ( May 9, 1928 in Corning, California) is an American painter.

Life

His training made ​​Goings 1953 at California College of the Arts, Oakland, and as an extended study to 1965 in Sacramento State College.

Goings painted early as the 1960s -realistic images and quickly found the photo realism that he turned in the 1970s to become hyper-realism. Goings theme is the American everyday life, which he often paints people, but mainly items. He uses the photographic template for your own recording. There are two major themes in his work. On the one hand automobiles, mainly trucks and pick ups. On the other hand, detailed views of objects on tables in restaurants, which means toothpick holders, salt and pepper shakers, ketchup bottles and the like.

In 1972, Ralph Goings participant in Documenta 5 in Kassel in the Department of realism.

Goings images are exhibited worldwide and is represented in collections. One of his biggest sponsors is the New York Louis K. Meisel.

Goings lives in New York and Santa Cruz.