Artists
David Gordon Hughes
David was born in Belfast in 1957. Married with two daughters he still lives and works in his native city.
Although receiving no formal artistic training in his youth, David took an early interest in the work of many 20th-Century Irish and European artists. Van Gogh, Monet, Renoir, Yeats, Paul Henry and the enigmatic Markey Robinson all had a profound effect on him.
Describing himself as an "Irish Colourist", subject and composition in David's paintings play an essentially secondary role to their mood, atmosphere, texture and, above all, their colour-"colour within colour"- all built on the gold leaf underlay which help to give his paintings such vibrant appeal.
In this show, we are treated to new essays in his exploration of colour and how its artistic conventions can be further extended and developed. We are shown several gorgeous still-life paintings, a large group of dramatic Irish landscapes, some delightful views of Provence and a series of atmospheric studies of Venice.
Since his first show in 1993, Hughes has exhibited not only in many of the most important galleries in Ireland but also in leading galleries in London and the USA. He has been a regular contributor to both the Royal Ulster Academy and the Royal Hibernian Academy.
His work is represented in innumerable private collections throughout the world and in several important public and corporate collections, including the Ulster Museum, Ulster Television, Bank of Ireland, Mercedes Benz and Queen's University, Belfast.
Having won acclaim several times over in London, Dublin and the USA, we present this, his first solo exhibition in Belfast for many years:a home-coming exhibition which is sure to enhance further an already fine reputation.
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