early life and education charles sidney clough, an american painter, was born on february 2, 1951, in buffalo, new york. his artistic journey began with a brief attendance at pratt institute in brooklyn from 1969 to 1970, where he was introduced to artforum magazine by his two-dimensional design teacher joseph phillips. this sparked a profound interest in art, leading clough to devote his life to it. artistic career and style clough's artwork has been exhibited in over 70 solo and 150 group exhibitions across north america and europe, featured in the permanent collections of over 70 museums,…