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"I'm constantly evolving and my body of work keeps changing. One thing that's consistent is the use of vivid colors. Original mixed media abstract oil painting by Stevenjohn McHugh titled "Bold Abstraction". Measures 19.5" x 15" x 1.5. Framed size is 20.25" x 15.75 x 2.5". Mixed media with oil stick, marker, oil, graphite, charcoal and cold wax on Arches oil paper glued on wood panel with PH balance glue. Side of wood cradle (solid wood) is varished natural. Signed on front and back. Framed is a vanished gallery frame solid wood. "Bold Abstraction" is an abstract landscape painting with a vibrant color palette and depict a horizon. It is divided into two main horizontal sections. The upper section consists of a bright yellow field, creating the effect of a luminous sky. This area features energetically applied yellow paint with subtle hints of white and pink near the horizon line, suggesting possible distant clouds or atmospheric conditions. The lower, more expansive section is dominated by intense shades of red, with a rich textural quality achieved through vigorous brushwork that reveals underlayers of blue and orange paint. The distinct boundary between the two sections implies a horizon, evoking a powerful landscape scene or a metaphorical division. The overall impression is one of emotional immediacy and dynamic contrast. #madelineisland #stevemchughart.com #bayfieldwi #apostleislands #wisconsinartist #mixedmedia #modernart #contemporaryart #painting #contemporarypainter #paintstudio #artgallery #fineart #abstractart #artcollector #originalart #contemporaryartwork #studio #artgallery #artcollector #artadvisor #artcurator #abstraction #abstractart #abstractpainting #artcollector #artistoninstagram #stevenjohnmchugh #Aninhinabewakilands #artistinthewoods #lakegitchegumee #madelineislandartist #madelineislandpainter

"Bold Abstraction"

Mixed media oil and cold wax on paper on wood panel
19.5 x 15 x 1.5 in
Steven McHugh

"I'm constantly evolving and my body of work keeps changing. One thing that's consistent is the use of vivid colors."

Original mixed media abstract oil painting by Stevenjohn McHugh titled "Bold Abstraction". Measures 19.5" x 15" x 1.5. Framed size is 20.25" x 15.75 x 2.5". Mixed media with oil stick, marker, oil, graphite, charcoal and cold wax on Arches oil paper glued on wood panel with PH balance glue. Side of wood cradle (solid wood) is varished natural. Signed on front and back. Framed is a vanished gallery frame solid wood.

"Bold Abstraction" is an abstract landscape painting with a vibrant color palette and depict a horizon. It is divided into two main horizontal sections. The upper section consists of a bright yellow field, creating the effect of a luminous sky. This area features energetically applied yellow paint with subtle hints of white and pink near the horizon line, suggesting possible distant clouds or atmospheric conditions. The lower, more expansive section is dominated by intense shades of red, with a rich textural quality achieved through vigorous brushwork that reveals underlayers of blue and orange paint. The distinct boundary between the two sections implies a horizon, evoking a powerful landscape scene or a metaphorical division. The overall impression is one of emotional immediacy and dynamic contrast.

#madelineisland #stevemchughart.com #bayfieldwi #apostleislands #wisconsinartist #mixedmedia #modernart #contemporaryart #painting #contemporarypainter #paintstudio #artgallery #fineart #abstractart #artcollector #originalart #contemporaryartwork #studio #artgallery #artcollector #artadvisor #artcurator #abstraction #abstractart #abstractpainting #artcollector #artistoninstagram #stevenjohnmchugh #Aninhinabewakilands #artistinthewoods #lakegitchegumee #madelineislandartist #madelineislandpainter

Framed: 20.25 x 15.75 x 2.5 in
Subject Matter: Landscape, abstract, oil painting
Collections: Abstract, Landscapes

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I am a mixed media non-representational abstract painter. I’m inspired by looking at broken asphalt roads, pushed ice sheets in the bay, lichens on old trees, mangled flattened soda cans and the unintended compositions created.

I start all my paintings with intuitive marks and gestures, then the layering of colors, creating textures; scraping away adding marks, subtracting and reconstructing, then repeating. In this process I will chose clashing colors, change the composition and will break all the rules. First comes the chaos, then some order and clarity.

I want the viewer to constantly discover new elements and details in my paintings, and bring their own interpretations and reactions to my thousands and thousands of actions.

You’ll find charcoal, graphite, gunpowder, sand, crayons, oil stick, oil and cold wax, even photography within and on paper and canvas, primed and un-primed, sandwiched on to wood panels.

I live and work on a very small Island in Lake Superior, Madeline. I spent my first three decades creating photographic advertising images. I plan to spend my last decades creating soul driven images. The act of painting, creating, is as essential to me as air and water.

Steven McHugh

La Pointe , WI

"Bold Abstraction"

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