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“I don't know just what, but there will have to be some drastic changes made besides cutting down on boating to get my mind more on painting.”

Quote by E. J. Hughes

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E. J. Hughes was a renowned British artist known for his unique style and exquisite technique. His works, primarily depicting the sea and fishing villages, are filled with poetic and romantic elements. Born on February 17, 1913, he passed away on January 5, 2007. more

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“If I didn't have a conviction that a serious painter can portray Nature more profoundly than the best colour photography, I'd probably give it all up or go abstract or take up photography.”

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“I hope my work isn't dismissed by the critics as illustration or photography.”

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“It is... treading on dangerous ground to paint the picturesque as I am at times doing.”

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“One of the things I like about our contract is that you have relieved me of a great deal of personal interviewing and corresponding, among other things, which allows me a lot more time for painting.”

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“It takes more time to rework a painting than it takes to fill in the canvas in the first place. I wish I could get them all right with the first coat like many of the old masters could, but seem destined to have to rework to make them even passable.”

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“I've found from years of trial that the only way I can work is to make sketches in pencil from Nature, purely as reference material for future use in the studio.”

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“Unfortunately when I start to talk or when someone watches over my shoulders my pencil either stops or I draw meaningless lines.”

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“I was doing something that the officials or art commission probably didn't consider important... I was experimenting with different kinds of realistic art, impressionism and the more decorative compositions of different forms of painting, which took away from the earlier photographic realism that I was doing.”

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“As you can see, at my age - 48 - Art is still one big experiment.”

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“It would be nice once during my life to go over [to Europe] and study the original paintings of the Masters.”

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