Ian Hughes
Ian Hughes
Ian Hughes’ paintings exploit the anatomical link between the brain and the viscera. Fluid, intertwining, and semi-transparent forms exude a bodily presence while suggesting a tangle of shifting associations. Hughes seduces the viewer with sensuous textures and a luscious palette of chromatic pinks, yellows and turquoise blues modulated by pearl whites and carbon blacks. For Hughes, the color field is a stage on which to choreograph a visual and psychological drama. In Hughes’ paintings, we could be frolicking in a garden of earthly delights or wallowing in the heat of the netherworld.
