Portrait of Jim Hughes
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Jim Hughes

Painting, Sculpture / Installation, Visual / Media

About the Artist

I work in both sculpture and painting on canvas and Arches paper. My work follows two basic stylistic approaches; one is scattered or seemingly random shapes on a single ground. By varying the density and color, I can change the emotional trajectory and content of the composition. The second approach explores the use of spirals and loops as purely linear forms. In these paintings the pigment is applied by being extruded from plastic syringes of various sizes. By this method my work avoids the pictorial. My sculpture and painting are not burdened by stories and narratives but are objects in the world. Education: • BFA Industrial Design, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania • Study fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA

Featured Work

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This work was inspired by tangled yarn on the floor. Agitated movement of lines in the lower part of the painting creates tension between color and flow on the surface of the painting.
This work is about dynamic movement and space, and how we perceive space. And, of course, the element of time.
This work explores the infinite variations in linear imagery.
This work uses horizontal color bands in a pyramidal form to show the expressive power of color on static objects, in this case the pyramidal form. The contrast between the orientation of the concentric bands and the vertical alignment of the sculpture shows the tension between the competing forces of verticality and horizontality.
Pouring depicts vionence and turbulent movement.
Fragmented forms and dynamic positioning of forms.