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Original mixed media abstract oil painting by Stevenjohn McHugh titled "Impulsive". Measures 19.5" x 15.25" x 1.5. Framed size is 20.25 x 16" 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. "Impulsive" is an abstract painting with a rich texture and a dynamic composition that includes an array of colors and forms. The dominant colors include shades of blue, yellow, purple, and orange, with notable splashes, drips, and strokes of white throughout the piece. A distinctive feature is a prominent white circular gesture that swirls in the right-center of the composition, providing a sense of movement against the otherwise dense color field. The painting is framed with a simple gallery floating wooden frame which has a narrow strip of purple at the bottom edge, contrasting with the painting's palette. The layering and variety of marks suggest an energetic process of application by the artist, offering a visual experience open to interpretation. #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

"Impulsive"

Oil, graphite and cold wax on paper mounted on wood panel
19.5 x 15.25 x 1.5 in
Steven McHugh

"Impulsive" is an abstract painting with a rich texture and a dynamic composition that includes an array of colors and forms. The dominant colors include shades of blue, yellow, purple, and orange, with notable splashes, drips, and strokes of white throughout the piece. A distinctive feature is a prominent white circular gesture that swirls in the right-center of the composition, providing a sense of movement against the otherwise dense color field. The painting is framed with a simple gallery floating wooden frame which has a narrow strip of purple at the bottom edge, contrasting with the painting's palette. The layering and variety of marks suggest an energetic process of application by the artist, offering a visual experience open to interpretation.

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Framed: 20.25 x 16 x 2.5 in
Subject Matter: abstract, oil painting, original, mixed media
Collections: Abstract, ARTifact

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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

"Impulsive"

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