She was born in Boston, MA the daughter of an art educator and granddaughter of a Boston artist, her talent was recognized, encouraged, and developed early. Formal training began when, at the age of ten, she was enrolled in Saturday Classes at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Later attending Massachusetts College of Art, she graduated with a BFA in Fashion Design and illustration.

After college, Clough worked as a free-lance Illustrator and a commercial artist in Boston before beginning a career as an art educator in Massachusetts and Maine. More than three decades as a secondary school art educator teaching a wide variety of classes from printmaking, clay, painting, drawing and design have added both depth and skill to her personal artistic vocabulary. Retired from education, Ms. Clough has been concentrating on her own work Since 2010: To her delight her work has been well received in the Southern Maine Art Community. What Is it that makes one place or time or so visually different from another and how do you communicate that vision to the audience.