Michael Hedges
Hedges effortlessly combines color, line, and form, producing a dialogue of reverberating hues and mark-making in every canvas. He has thoroughly absorbed the push-and-pull lessons of paint and dimensionality on a flat surface as if the work emerged alongside the Abstract Expressionists of the 1950s. His love of painting is matched only by his tremendous skill and dedication.
My paintings are a synthesis of color, line, form, and texture. They begin as a problem of two or more color relationships to be explored through form. The form is loosely defined by a drawing that acts as a skeleton and exoskeleton both beneath and above the finished work. The application of the media to the painting surface is of utmost importance to me. The paint is applied with great bursts of energy, creating a surface, if I am successful, that is supercharged with texture and color.
-Michael Hedges
A native of Illinois, Hedges studied at the Art Institute of Chicago before receiving his B.A. in Studio Art from Loras College in Dubuque, IA. His paintings are in public and private collections throughout the United States.
