Patrick Hughes was born in Birmingham, England, in October 1939. He is a self taught artist who plays with perspective, optical illusions and figure-ground relationships. Building upon the work of M.C. Escher, Rene Magritte and Richard Artschwager, Hughes' paintings form a bridge between painting which is static and two-dimensional, and sculpture which is not.
Hughes held his first exhibition in 1961 and went on to develop his distinct perspective studies in the early years of his career. In calling the main body of his work, “Reverspective,” Hughes aims to warp our perceptions by constructing solid space through the use of sculpted painting.
Hughes builds his sculptured paintings using board which is taped together, gessoed and sanded until it is a pristine wall relief which mimics the shape of space. He then goes on to compose images of rectilinear forms such as buildings, books, doorways, boxes and gallery walls. The resultant painted reliefs baffle his audience by demonstrating how deceptive appearances can be. His Surrealist horizons imply deep space while the surface of the painting appears flat. Yet upon walking toward these seemingly flat paintings, they loom out at us, creating a disorientating, moving experience. Hughes challenges the assumptions of our eye and our brain, raising important questions about human perception and the subconscious.
Soon after his first appearance on the London art scene Hughes began exhibiting with Angela Flowers Gallery and continued to do so for over 40 years. In addition, he has taken part in many solo and group exhibitions across the UK and in America. As well as painting, he has also written and collated three books on visual and verbal rhetoric.
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(Biography provided by Alon Zakaim Fine Art)
Canaluscious
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes "Canaluscious" Multiple. A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by Venice. Produced in 2025. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex disp...
Archival Pigment
$1,049
Original 1981 striking screen-printed exhibition poster - Angela Flowers Gallery
By Patrick Hughes
Located in PARIS, FR
Screen printing In 1981, the Angela Flowers Gallery in London presented "A Decade of Rainbows 1970-1980," an exhibition showcasing the vibrant works of British artist Patrick Hughes...
Paper, Lithograph
Golden
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes "Golden" Multiple. A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by Venice. Produced in 2022. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex display ca...
Archival Pigment
Canaletto
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by Venice. Produced in 2024. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex display case. A limited edition of 75. Hand...
Lithograph, Offset
$10,700
Popsicle
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes "Popsicle" 3D Multiple. A hand painted pop culture inspired, three dimensional, reverspective print. Depicting works by Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, David ...
Digital Pigment
Studio
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by his own popart & books laid out in the studio. Produced in 2023. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex displ...
Archival Pigment
$11,523
Sea City
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Edition of 100 plus 10 AP
Archival Ink, Oil
Street Inkjet Print, Contemporary Style, Signed Edition 19 of 60
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Bristol, GB
Hand painted multiple with archival inkjet Edition 19 of 60 Signed and numbered on the front Mint, as issued Framed in Perspex Published by Reverspective Ltd
Inkjet, Paint
$11,523
Banksi
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
edition of 100 plus 15 AP
Archival Ink, Oil
$11,523
Street
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes Street 2021 hand-painted multiple 38.9 x 74.8 x 19.6 cm (15¼ x 29½ x 7¾ in.) edition of 50 Provenance Direct from the artist’s studio Notes “I have lived and worked in Shoreditch for a quarter of a century and I have watched with delight and amazement the rise of Street Art...
Oil, Board
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
Black Stars, Conceptual Art Aquatint by Patrick Hughes
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Patrick Hughes, British (1939 - ) Title: Black Stars Year: 1980 Medium: Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 30/90 Size: 36 x 29.25 inches
Aquatint
Love (A4)
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Fine Art Giclée print on Hahnemühle German Etching 21 x 29. 7 cm Edition of 100 Accompanying certificate of authenticity with the artist's digital signature Patrick Hughes is a ren...
Giclée
Sunscrapers, Geometric Abstract Aquatint Etching by Patrick Hughes
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Patrick Hughes, British (1939 - ) Title: Sunscrapers Year: 1980 Medium: Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 24/90 Size: 36 x 29.25 inches
Aquatint
Tswana at Dawn
By Zack Seckler
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print Signed and numbered, verso 26.7 x 40 inches (Edition of 10) 40 x 60 inches (Edition of 5) 48 x 72 inches (Edition of 3) This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Please note that prices increase as editions sell. Zack Seckler's series, “Botswana,” is comprised of a series of exquisite aerial photographs taken in the Kalahari basin in south central Africa between 2009 and 2010. The body of work offers a quite different and almost magical view of the much-photographed and iconic landscape. In order to be able to capture these breathtaking images, Seckler enlisted the services of an expert pilot who flew a small, ultra-lightweight aircraft at low altitudes under...
Archival Pigment
$4,400
H 60 in W 48 in
Standing Ovation - conceptual vignette with red velvet curtain and marble floor
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large scale interior photograph of conceptual vignette with dark red velvet curtain and white Carrara marble floor Standing Ovation (2016) by Frank S...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
$4,400
H 48 in W 75 in
LA Parking - large scale photograph of midcentury urban architectural element
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
LA Parking by Frank Schott a burst of red in an urban landscape of striking minimalism from a series of photographs capturing the mid century modern architecture and architectural el...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
$875
H 20 in W 30 in D 0.5 in
Metal Print, Contemporary Color Photography, 20x30 Inch, "Book Beauty 5"
By Rebecca Skinner
Located in Franklin, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “Book Beauty 5” is a 20 x 30 inch metal print of plant life growing on books left to decay in a deserted school. The color photograph with hues of green and blue is...
Metal
$1,425
H 20 in W 24 in
Arrow With Red End, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 100, Framed, 1967
By Allan D'Arcangelo 1
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, dated and numbered lithograph. Sheet size 20 x 24 inches. Custom framed as pictured. From the edition of 100. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authen...
Paper, Lithograph
$1,250
H 30.75 in W 23.5 in
A New Tomorrow Lithograph Print, Cubist Style, Signed, 2008
By Alexandra Nechita
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition of 195. Image size: 27.5 x 18.5 i...
Paper, Lithograph
$2,800
H 35.5 in W 55 in
Rosignano Dawn Diptych, Set of 2 Offset Lithographs, 2006, Edition of 120
By Massimo Vitali
Located in Aventura, FL
Offset lithograph on paper. Each stamped and numbered on verso. Edition of 120. Size: 35.5 x 27.5 inches (each); 35.5 x 55 inches (total). Artwork is in excellent condition. Certif...
Lithograph, Offset
$59,500
H 31.875 in W 39.5 in
One Plate from Three Lithographs Suite, Hand Signed, Edition of 80, 1985
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
From the Three Lithographs Suite. Lithograph in black and red, on BFK Rives paper. Edition 25/80 (there were also 20 artist's proofs). Sheet size 31.875 x 39.5 inches. Image size...
Paper, Lithograph
Interior: Red Couch and Landscape
By Mickalene Thomas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Mickalene Thomas (b.1971) is an American artist exploring the intersection of popular culture and art history, through a contemporary Black female gaze. As an openly gay Black woman,...
Varnish, Glitter, Archival Pigment, Screen
H9-1 Justice - Damien Hirst Cherry Blossoms
Located in Manchester, GB
Damien Hirst, Justice, Laminated Giclée Print on Aluminium Composite Panel 120.1 × 96 cm (47 3/10 × 37 4/5 in) Limited edition of 1005 Hand-signed and numbered by the artist The Vi...
Acrylic, Archival Pigment
$4,389
H 39.97 in W 26.58 in
I Had Fun Once It Was Awful, Mixed Media Print, Edition of 95, 2022
By James McQueen
Located in Manchester, GB
James McQueen, I had fun once it was awful, 2022 Mixed media, archival pigment and silkscreen on 410gsm Somerset Satin paper 101.5 × 67.5 cm (40 × 26 3/5 in) Edition of 95 James ...
Pigment
$210
H 17.52 in W 20.48 in D 0.08 in
Landscape - Offset and Lithograph by Unknown Master Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original print on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of XX century. In good condition except for some foxes that shows the trace of time. Sheet dimension:44.5 x 52 cm The artwork represents a beautiful scenery of a village down below the green mountain, dream-like peaceful village with red roof houses beside the yellow road.
Lithograph, Offset
Titles
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes "Titles" 3D Multiple. Hand-painted multiple with archival inkjet, presented in a perspex box. Produced in 2024. Edition of 35 + APp's. Hand signed and numbered by Pat...
Archival Pigment
Bookstack
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes "Bookstack" 3D Multiple. Hand-painted multiple with archival inkjet, presented in a perspex box. Produced in 2025. Edition of 50 + 7AP. Bookstack, forms part of a new...
Archival Pigment
Paree
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by Paris. Produced in 2023. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex display case. A limited edition of 75 pieces....
Archival Pigment
Paree
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by Paris. Produced in 2023. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex display case. A limited edition of 75 pieces....
Archival Pigment
Popsee
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
A hand painted pop culture inspired, three dimensional, reverspective print. Incorporating work by Warhol, Vasarely, Thiebaud, Hughes, Lichtenstein, Koons, Banksy, Haring, and fina...
Archival Pigment
Paree
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by Paris. Produced in 2023. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex display case. A limited edition of 75 pieces....
Archival Pigment
In Tents
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
hand painted multiple with lithography 44.5 x 96 x 15 cm (17½ x 37¾ x 6 in.) edition of 45 'In Tents' is presented in a perspex box
Lithograph
Golden
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Bristol, GB
Hand-painted multiple with archival inkjet Edition of 60 Signed and numbered on the front New, as issued by the publisher Please note that this artwork is sold on consignment from t...
Inkjet
Sold
H 18.12 in W 24.41 in D 6.7 in
Patrick Hughes - Palazzina, venice, landscape, italy, op art, reverspective
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes (b.1939) Palazzina 2019 hand painted multiple with archival inkjet 46 x 62 x 17 cm edition of 75 plus 10 AP Price: £4,800 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT) Provenance: Direct f...
Paint, Archival Ink
Sold
H 18.12 in W 24.41 in D 6.7 in
Patrick Hughes - Palazzina, venice, landscape, italy, op art, reverspective
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes (b.1939) Palazzina 2019 hand painted multiple with archival inkjet 46 x 62 x 17 cm edition of 75 plus 10 AP Price: £4,800 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT) Provenance: Direct f...
Paint, Archival Ink
Sold
H 17.72 in W 35.44 in D 7.09 in
Patrick Hughes - Maeght, contemporary, op art, optical, reverspective, fondation
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes (b.1939) Maeght 2019 hand painted multiple with archival inkjet 45 x 90 x 18 cm edition of 75 plus 10 AP Price: £7,200 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT) Provenance: Direct from...
Paint, Archival Ink, Inkjet
Sold
H 17.33 in W 37.8 in D 5.32 in
Patrick Hughes - Collection, contemporary, op art, optical, reverspective
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes (b.1939) Collection 2018 hand painted multiple with archival inkjet 44 x 96 x 13.5 cm edition of 50 plus 10 AP Price: £7,200 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT) Provenance: Direct...
Paint, Archival Ink