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"The outside edges of this painting is as important as what's taking place in the center. I look at my paintings as a living and breathing being. This being and I do a dance together, I lead and it follows." Original mixed media abstract oil painting by Stevenjohn McHugh titled "Life's Complicated". Measures 48" x 36" x 1.5. Framed size is 48.75 x 36.75" x 2.5". Mixed media with oil stick, marker, oil, graphite, charcoal and cold wax on canvas on wood panel. Side of wood cradle (solid wood) is varished natural. Signed on front and back. Framed is a vanished gallery frame solid wood. Shipping is extra and will be determined after purchase. "Life's Complicated" is an abstract painting featuring a complex overlay of colors and brushstrokes creating a dynamic visual texture. Bold patches of blue, red, yellow, and pink interact with swathes of white and black, interspersed with areas of exposed canvas. The gestural black lines add an element of movement and depth, crossing over and under the other colors, contributing to a sense of organized chaos. Certain sections show more concentrated color, while others are lighter and more subdued, suggesting layering and scraping back of the paint as part of the creative process. There is no discernible subject; instead, the artwork invites interpretation through its energetic application of paint and emotive color palette. #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

"Life's Complicated"

Mixed media oil and cold wax on wood panel
48 x 36 x 1.5 in
Steven McHugh

Original mixed media abstract oil painting by Stevenjohn McHugh titled "Life's Complicated". Measures 48" x 36" x 1.5. Framed size is 48.75 x 36.75" x 2.5". Mixed media with oil stick, marker, oil, graphite, charcoal and cold wax on canvas on wood panel. Side of wood cradle (solid wood) is varished natural. Signed on front and back. Framed is a vanished gallery frame solid wood. Shipping is extra and will be determined after purchase.

"Life's Complicated" is an abstract painting featuring a complex overlay of colors and brushstrokes creating a dynamic visual texture. Bold patches of blue, red, yellow, and pink interact with swathes of white and black, interspersed with areas of exposed canvas. The gestural black lines add an element of movement and depth, crossing over and under the other colors, contributing to a sense of organized chaos. Certain sections show more concentrated color, while others are lighter and more subdued, suggesting layering and scraping back of the paint as part of the creative process. There is no discernible subject; instead, the artwork invites interpretation through its energetic application of paint and emotive color palette.

#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: 48.75 x 36.75 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

"Life's Complicated"

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