Works by Christine McHugh

Brick Yard Gallery brings you, CHRISTINE MCHUGH Christine has been painting the scenic views of Bucks County for the past fourteen years; beginning on a rainy day in 1998, after finding a pan of her daughter’s watercolors, and has been continually inspired by her surroundings ever since. She has had the opportunity to show both locally and on Cape Cod for the past 16 years. Having begun in watercolors, she now paints primarily in oil, ranging in style from representational to abstract. Her works are included in private and public collections locally, nationally, and around the world. Christine is the founder of the “First Sunday Salon” – a group of artists who gather on her farm to share, critique, and form a community of support for all types of artists. The group has been meeting for the past fourteen years. The interaction with other artists enriches and inspires her own creative process. It has had a powerful effect on the growth of her body of work. “The opportunity to paint whatever moves me on a certain day, allows me to express my many interests, as well as learn to handle new mediums. Therefore, my shows tend to have varied subject matter…I couldn’t imagine being limited to one subject.” Having had the opportunity to study the works of the Pennsylvania Impressionists, as well as other famous American painters as a member of the Gratz Gallery for several years, has greatly influenced her present works.  Many of the pieces in her current body of work seem to reflect this new found knowledge. Big Tree Studios was opened in 2010 at her farm in Upper Bucks County, the culmination of her dream to create a space that supports not only her works, but the works of the region’s many gifted artists. Christine looks forward to the opportunity to continue to support the rich artistic heritage of Bucks County, and is excited to be a part of its movement into the 21st century.                                               JUDGING EXPERIENCE: Sidetracks Gallery: “Naked in New Hope” 2010 NOVA Galaxy Show:  2013 SHOW AND EXIBITION HISTORY: Bucks County Traditional Artists Show  May 2013 Tinicum Conservancy exhibit   fall/winter 2012 – spring/summer 2013 Old York Cellars Winery Nov/Dec 2012 Stover Mill Gallery September 2012 Doylestown Hospital Women’s  Auxillary Auction. 2006, 2007, 2009 Juried Exhibits: Nantucket Airport annual juried exhibit (one year exhibit)  2005, 2006, 2007 71st & 72nd/ 75th Annual Phillips Mill fall show Sept-Oct. Bucks County Main Street Theater “Artists of Upper Bucks”         Sept- Oct.2001-2002 SOLO EXHIBITS: Nantucket Vineyards May 2004 – 2010 Solo show at The Grape in Manayunk :    Sunday April 17th 2005 Broad Street Gallery Quakertown Pa. March 2001-2007 Group Exhibits: Doylestown Bicentennial Show at Gratz Gallery 2012 New Jersey State Historic Places Exhibition Pralls Mill 2012 Friends of the Delaware Canal Show   2011, 2012, 2013 Richland Friends 300th anniversary artshow/auction 2011 Natural Dimensions, at the Laceworks April 2010 Women of First Sunday, November  2010 Fall Outdoor Show at Big Tree Studios Oct 2009 Art, Antiques and Uniques  Quakertown, Pa. 2003-2007 Naked in New Hope 2007 (Judge for 2011 show) Juried art of the Island 2 year exhibit Nantucket Airport  2005/2007 Made on Nantucket Main Street Nantucket 2003-2007 Michelyn Galleries Doylestown Pa. 2004-2005