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Hilliard Society Gallery of Miniature Art

Robert Hughes RMS HS SLm, miniature painter and landscape artist

December sunset Actual size 5.4 inches x 3.5 inches (13.7cm x 8.9 cm) Oil	Robert started painting professionally in 1982 without ever having received any formal training. His first exhibitions in Marlborough, UK soon gained him a reputation in the art world.
Robert works at home and displays his paintings in a gallery adjoining his studio. Like many artists, he listens to music while painting, a combination which helps him produce some of the finest miniatures available today. The detail in Robert's paintings is achieved without the aid of a magnifying glass, but he uses up to twelve brushes for each one. He mostly works in oils but varies his media with gouache and watercolour. The palette he uses is based on eight earth colours, such as yellow ochre and burnt sienna, plus black and white. Once he has painted the main scene he will often add figures and animals.	Geraniums in the rain Actual size 5 ins x 3.5 ins [12.8 cm x 9 cm] Oil
Sledging Actual size 5.5 inches x 3.5 inches (14 cm x 8.9 cm) Oil	Robert also exhibits with galleries in other parts of the country and occasionally will undertake commissions. Robert Hughes delivers lectures to art societies and other interested groups, and he has published a book, in conjunction with Elizabeth Johnson, entitled "How to paint miniatures" [published by the Apple Press, 1994]

This artist can be contacted c/o:
carolinehayes@onetel.com
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