Marvelous Contemporary Art by Mike Hedges

Friedman Fine Art and http://www.chicago-artists.com are pleased to represent the marvelous works of contemporary Chicago Artist Mike Hedges.

 A Million Ways #30 Oil Acrylic on Canvas 2013 60″ x 48″

Born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois, Mike Hedges uses oil-based paint or pastels to create vibrant colleges of color on each of his canvases. He is known for working on many paintings at the same time to work the paint in different directions and convey energy on the canvases. His paintings contain intense color relationships, balanced by form and texture.

Hedges begins his painting with drawing the form, which acts as a skeleton supporting the finished work. Then he applies mixed media with paints in energetic motions, making a surface with texture and color. His abstract, mixed media landscapes represent movement, vibrations, and conflict through color relationships. His works are admired for their elegant sense of control combined with chaotic movement.

Hedges spent two years studying at the Art Institute of Chicago and earned a B.A. in Studio Art at Loras College in Dubuque, IA in 1998. Since that time, Hedges has exhibited and sold his artwork throughout the Chicago area. His most recent exhibition was in 2013 at the Collage Collage Collage (Group Show) at McCormick Gallery Chicago. His works have been featured in private and corporate collections including Oak Park District Administration Building, Community Bank in River Forest, IL, and Delaney Law in Chicago.

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