NeXtime - Mark Hughes

Iconic figures from the world of film and music provided the inspiration for the work of Mark Hughes.

The impact of each of his paintings is emotional as much as visual, evoking responses triggered by nostalgia, colour and technical perfection.
Hughes first explored this style of painting in 1997 when receiving regular commissions from private clients.

As an artist, he took his first steps into the public eye by showing his work on London’s Bayswater Road each Sunday.

He was a regular exhibitor and continued to show his work for nearly 15 months before the attention and commissions from galleries took him into the next phase.
The momentum which has continued to gather since this time has propelled Hughes into the limelight as one of the hottest Artists working today.

Hughes has sold to a number of celebrities who have fallen in love with the seamless execution of his work and his paintings now hang in some of London’s finest homes and have graced the pages of Vogue, Tatler and GQ.

The humble days of showing work on London’s Bayswater Road now seem a long way away from the international recognition Hughes now enjoys.
Hughes now lives and works out of a converted water mill in the Derbyshire countryside, the tranquil setting providing a compelling contrast to the dynamic pieces of art that he is currently creating.

Hughes has always been keen to produce one-off pieces alongside a range of works that he will reproduce in limited numbers and his work continues to generate demand as a highly collectable addition to the most stylish of homes and prestigious establishments internationally.

The effortless move between colours has been the strength of this truly exceptional artist and his recent move from monochrome into multi tonal layers is producing what is undoubtedly some of his strongest and most exciting work.