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"Irregular" is an abstract painting that employs bold colors and geometric shapes interspersed with textured strokes and scratches. Dominant colors include blue, red, yellow, and white, with areas of overlap creating additional hues and a sense of depth. In the central portion of the panel, there's a dense black silhouette resembling a cityscape or industrial structures. The rest of the composition is balanced with blocks of color, some containing scribbles and marks that contribute to a dynamic and layered visual effect. The paintings in natural wood finish frame that defines its boundaries without detracting from the vibrant artwork itself. Original mixed media abstract oil painting by Stevenjohn McHugh titled "Irregular". Measures 15.5" x 11.5" x 1.5. Framed size is 16.25" x 12.25 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 floating frame solid wood. #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

"Irregular"

Mixed media oil and cold wax on paper mounted on wood panel
15.5 x 11.5 x 1.5 in
Steven McHugh

In the central portion of the panel, there's a dense black silhouette resembling a cityscape or industrial structures. The rest of the composition is balanced with blocks of color, some containing scribbles and marks that contribute to a dynamic and layered visual effect. The paintings in natural wood finish frame that defines its boundaries without detracting from the vibrant artwork itself.

Original mixed media abstract oil painting by Stevenjohn McHugh titled "Irregular". Measures 15.5" x 11.5" x 1.5. Framed size is 16.25" x 12.25 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 floating frame solid wood.

#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

Framed: 16.25 x 12.25 x 2.5 in
Subject Matter: abstract, oil painting, original
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

"Irregular"

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