Appreciation Quote by E. J. Hughes

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

— E. J. Hughes

The primitive style makes nature look like stage scenery.

— E. J. Hughes

It takes more time to rework a painting than it takes to fill in the canvas in the first place. I wish I could…

— E. J. Hughes

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

— E. J. Hughes

At present I am using a good sized bedroom in the 2 bedroom house here as a studio, and it is large enough to…

— E. J. Hughes

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

— E. J. Hughes

I felt landscapes would sell more readily, and not being equipped psychologically to be a teacher or commercial artist, that was important.

— E. J. Hughes

I am hoping that, with the added wisdom of old age, I can still look ahead for an improvement in tone, line, colour and…

— E. J. Hughes

I feel that when I am painting, it is a form of worship. I see how wonderful nature is and how wonderful art is...…

— E. J. Hughes

The small figures that appear in my paintings are there only because they were there when I was working from nature on my preliminary…

— E. J. Hughes

It is definitely mostly due to the invention of the camera that all this design and emphasized paint quality have come into painting.

— E. J. Hughes

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…

— E. J. Hughes