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Hugh O'Mara
hugho@earthlink.net
www.hughomara.com
On October 31, 1974, while viewing a comprehensive exhibit of prints by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Hugh O'Mara experienced a decisive and defining moment that would be a major turning point in his life. That day it became abundantly clear to him that he would become an artist.
His first works were charcoal drawings - and rather macabre in nature. Besides Goya, Hugh credits such artists as Hieronymous Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, Henri Rousseau, Mati Klarwein, Max Ernst and Salvador Dali for inspiration and as influences on his varied style which, himself, describes as "symbolism and surrealism meets folk art and some other things."
Hugh creates in a variety of media including digital. His body of work includes a historical series (ex: Quito 1600 and Hirado Island) and a literary oriented project called The Golden Ass which concerns an ancient literary classic
Hugh has conceived a funny, folksie and mysterious town called Hughsterville and he is currently in the process of animating some of his paintings within this context. These can be seen on YouTube accompanied by sounds from a number of musical instruments such as acoustic guitar, a home-made double neck guitar for bass and slide and a Yamaha digital keyboard that has 482 voices including special effects.
In addition to his artistic and recording abilities Hugh is an avid photographer. He is also working on a ghost story called The Chambered Nautilus
Hugh O’Mara, the artist, is a combination of taught and self taught. He has taken classes at The Art Institute of Boston and at Rhode Island School ofDesign where he studied with the renowned artist Jennie Holzer.
He is a past member of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Boston ArtsRoundtable, The Boston Visual Artists Union and the HABLA Underground artists collaborative in Los Angeles.
Prints of some of Hugh’s paintings are available in various sizes. Please contact him for details
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Hugh welcomes commissions for portraits, animals and other subjects. Appointments can be made to see his work at his live/work space in the Wilshire Central area of Los Angeles in the northern part of Koreatown.
Hugh recently exhibited artworks on Chung King Road in Chinatown, Los Angeles in conjunction with renowned Cuban artist Lili Bernard.
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* None of the artworks may be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Artist