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North Elba depicts the High Peaks region of New york State's Adirondack Mountains, looking south from the Lake Placid area. Coughtry's landscape of Adirondack scenery is both an accurate representation and a romantic expression. In this, he shares a direct kinship with, and participates in a continuation of, the Hudson River School of the 19th century. Coughtry is considered a contemporary artist who portrays his subjects in a picturesque, painterly manner.
David Coughtry was born in Albany and received an MA and an MFA from the State University of New York at Albany. He received a BA from Principia College in Illinois where he currently teaches painting.
North Elba, Adirondacks
David Coughtry
Oil on canvas, 1984
AIHA Collection: Purchase Mohawk-Hudson Regional Exhibition
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