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Original mixed media abstract oil painting by Stevenjohn McHugh titled "Clear Seeing Place". Measures 15" x 19.5" x 1.5. Framed size is 15.75" x 20.25 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. "Clear Seeing Place" is an abstract landscape painting dominated by vertical brushstrokes that create a sense of tall plants or trees. The color palette comprises warm oranges and yellows, contrasting with various shades of blue and touches of green, suggesting a vibrant, perhaps autumnal setting. The gestural strokes and splashes of color convey movement and energy, as if capturing the essence of a thriving natural space with light filtering through. The piece is framed with a simple gallery floating light wood frame, lending it a finished look while the intense colors draw the viewer's eye to the dynamic composition within. #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

"Clear Seeing Place"

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

"Clear Seeing Place" is an abstract landscape painting dominated by vertical brushstrokes that create a sense of tall plants or trees. The color palette comprises warm oranges and yellows, contrasting with various shades of blue and touches of green, suggesting a vibrant, perhaps autumnal setting. The gestural strokes and splashes of color convey movement and energy, as if capturing the essence of a thriving natural space with light filtering through. The piece is framed with a simple gallery floating light wood frame, lending it a finished look while the intense colors draw the viewer's eye to the dynamic composition within.

#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: 15.75 x 20.25 x 2.5 in
Subject Matter: Landscape, abstract, oil paintina
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

"Clear Seeing Place"

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