Patrick Hughes was born in Birmingham, England, in October 1939. He is a self taught artist who plays with perspective, optical illusions and figure-ground relationships. Building upon the work of M.C. Escher, Rene Magritte and Richard Artschwager, Hughes' paintings form a bridge between painting which is static and two-dimensional, and sculpture which is not.
Hughes held his first exhibition in 1961 and went on to develop his distinct perspective studies in the early years of his career. In calling the main body of his work, “Reverspective,” Hughes aims to warp our perceptions by constructing solid space through the use of sculpted painting.
Hughes builds his sculptured paintings using board which is taped together, gessoed and sanded until it is a pristine wall relief which mimics the shape of space. He then goes on to compose images of rectilinear forms such as buildings, books, doorways, boxes and gallery walls. The resultant painted reliefs baffle his audience by demonstrating how deceptive appearances can be. His Surrealist horizons imply deep space while the surface of the painting appears flat. Yet upon walking toward these seemingly flat paintings, they loom out at us, creating a disorientating, moving experience. Hughes challenges the assumptions of our eye and our brain, raising important questions about human perception and the subconscious.
Soon after his first appearance on the London art scene Hughes began exhibiting with Angela Flowers Gallery and continued to do so for over 40 years. In addition, he has taken part in many solo and group exhibitions across the UK and in America. As well as painting, he has also written and collated three books on visual and verbal rhetoric.
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$1,052
Original 1981 striking screen-printed exhibition poster - Angela Flowers Gallery
By Patrick Hughes
Located in PARIS, FR
Screen printing In 1981, the Angela Flowers Gallery in London presented "A Decade of Rainbows 1970-1980," an exhibition showcasing the vibrant works of British artist Patrick Hughes...
Paper, Lithograph
Canaluscious
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes "Canaluscious" Multiple. A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by Venice. Produced in 2025. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex disp...
Archival Pigment
Golden
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes "Golden" Multiple. A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by Venice. Produced in 2022. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex display ca...
Archival Pigment
$10,640
Popsicle
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes "Popsicle" 3D Multiple. A hand painted pop culture inspired, three dimensional, reverspective print. Depicting works by Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, David ...
Digital Pigment
Pleasure Island, 3-D Painting by Patrick Hughes
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique 3-D painting by Patrick Hughes. Artist: Patrick Hughes, British (1939 - ) Title: Pleasure Island Year: 1999 Medium: Oil on Board 3-D Constr...
Oil, Board
Canaletto
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by Venice. Produced in 2024. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex display case. A limited edition of 75. Hand...
Lithograph, Offset
Studio
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by his own popart & books laid out in the studio. Produced in 2023. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex displ...
Archival Pigment
$11,458
Sea City
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Edition of 100 plus 10 AP
Archival Ink, Oil
Street Inkjet Print, Contemporary Style, Signed Edition 19 of 60
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Bristol, GB
Hand painted multiple with archival inkjet Edition 19 of 60 Signed and numbered on the front Mint, as issued Framed in Perspex Published by Reverspective Ltd
Paint, Inkjet
Warholed by Patrick Hughes
By Patrick Hughes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Patrick Hughes b. 1939 British Warholed Signed “Warholed / Patrick Hughes” (en verso) Oil on panel Almost defying definition and description, the artwork of London artist Patrick...
Oil, Panel
$90,031
Patrick Hughes - Walls Have Ears, optical art, reverspective, op art, illusion
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes (b.1939) Walls have ears 2020 oil on board construction 66.5 x 80.5 x 16 cm Price: £66,000 GBP (inc. 20% UK VAT) Provenance: Direct from the artist's studio Notes: ...
Oil, Board
1966 Patrick Hughes 'House Bricks' collage on board, inscribed and titled
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Patrick Hughes (British, b.1939) House Bricks Collage and oil on board Inscribed with title and dated ‘1966’ (on the reverse) 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.) Patrick Hughes is a British ...
Oil, Board
$11,458
Banksi
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
edition of 100 plus 15 AP
Archival Ink, Oil
$11,458
Street
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes Street 2021 hand-painted multiple 38.9 x 74.8 x 19.6 cm (15¼ x 29½ x 7¾ in.) edition of 50 Provenance Direct from the artist’s studio Notes “I have lived and worked in Shoreditch for a quarter of a century and I have watched with delight and amazement the rise of Street Art...
Oil, Board
Love (A4) Giclée Print, Abstract Geometric, Edition of 100, 2010-
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Fine Art Giclée print on Hahnemühle German Etching 21 x 29. 7 cm Edition of 100 Accompanying certificate of authenticity with the artist's digital signature Patrick Hughes is a ren...
Giclée
Hand-Painted Banksy 3D Sculpture, Signed, 21st Century Art
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Bristol, GB
Hand painted 3D multiple with archival inkjet Edition 35 of 100 Mint, as issued Signed and numbered on the front
Archival Ink
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Black Stars, Conceptual Art Aquatint by Patrick Hughes
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Patrick Hughes, British (1939 - ) Title: Black Stars Year: 1980 Medium: Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 30/90 Size: 36 x 29.25 inches
Aquatint
1970 British oil on floating panel work by Patrick Hughes, pink on white
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Patrick Hughes (British, b.1939) Assemblage, c. 1970 Oil on floating panel Unsigned 35.7/8 x 47.7/8 in. (90.8 x 121.3 cm.) Patrick Hughes is a British artist known as the creator of...
Oil, Board
Lovely Stack by Patrick Hughes
By Patrick Hughes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Patrick Hughes b. 1939 British Lovely Stack Signed, titled and dated “Lovely Stack / Patrick Hughes / 2026” (en verso) Oil on panel A striking homage to some of the most iconic w...
Oil, Panel
Sunscrapers, Geometric Abstract Aquatint Etching by Patrick Hughes
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Patrick Hughes, British (1939 - ) Title: Sunscrapers Year: 1980 Medium: Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 24/90 Size: 36 x 29.25 inches
Aquatint
Banski
By Patrick Hughes
Located in PARIS, FR
Patrick was born in Birmingham, England in October 1939. His first exhibition was in 1961 and his first reverspective, Sticking-out Room, was made in 1964. Hughes' original painted r...
Archival Ink, Acrylic
$25,918
Patrick Hughes - Hanging on a hook, rainbow, gloss, moon, contemporary, painting
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes (b.1939) Hanging on a Hook 1978 gloss paint on board 91 x 91 cm Price: £19,000 GBP Provenance: Private collection, UK (acquired directly from the artist in the late ...
Paint, Board
Faces, Black and White - Figurative Portrait
By Juan Carlos Breceda
Located in Austin, TX
This black and white original lithograph by Mexican artist Juan Carlos Breceda depicts a checkerboard of abstracted woman's face from a variety of ...
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Fishing boat, Spain
By Arthur Rider
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
Arthur Grover Rider (American 1885-1975) Offset Litho on board of fisherman in Spain. Professionally framed and matted in gilt frame. Born in Chicago, IL on March 21, 1886. Rider ...
Lithograph, Offset
Mountain Stream
By Frank Corso
Located in Greenwich, CT
Landscape oil painting of a calm stream in the mountains of Colorado.
Board, Oil
$1,500
H 39 in W 25 in
Christo - Surrounded Islands Project for Biscayne poster, hand signed by Christo
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph poster Boldly signed by Christo on the front Measurements: 39" (vertical) x 25 inches (horizontal) Published by Christo/CVJ Corp., photograph by Jeanne-Claude Unfra...
Lithograph, Offset
Florida Waterway Sketch
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
William R Davis's "Florida Waterway" is a breathtaking contemporary painting that encapsulates the vibrant atmosphere of Florida's coastal landscapes. This stunning artwork presents ...
Oil, Board
$1,500
H 20 in W 16 in
Photogenic Drawings Poster famed Japanese photographer (Hand Signed by Sugimoto)
By Hiroshi Sugimoto
Located in New York, NY
Hiroshi Sugimoto Photogenic Drawings (Hand Signed), 2012 Offset Lithograph Poster. (Hand signed by Hiroshi Sugimoto) Unframed This offset lithograph poster was hand-signed by photogr...
Offset, Lithograph, Permanent Marker
$1,000
H 22.5 in W 30 in
The MCA Wrapped, 1969, Lithograph, Lt. Ed 300, gold foil stamp Museum provenance
By Christo
Located in New York, NY
Christo The MCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) Wrapped, Chicago, 1969, 2019 Limited Edition Four-color offset lithograph on 110 lb. Crane Lettra Cover stock, with an elegant gold foil...
Foil
Lands and Waters 16, Westcombe, United Kingdom
By Mac Oller
Located in New York City, NY
Lands and Waters 16, Westcombe, United Kingdom, 2016 32x40 inches Edition of 9 Archival Pigment Print UNFRAMED Also available in: 48x60 inches Edition of 5 Archival Pigment Print U...
Archival Pigment
$250
H 22 in W 17.5 in
Vintage Rene Ricard Mal de Fin: Paintings 1989-1990 poster with poetry and ocean
By Rene Ricard
Located in New York, NY
Original poster commemorating Rene Ricard's 1990 exhibition Mal de Fin: Paintings 1989-1990 at the Petersburg Press Gallery, New York. The image reproduces his painting, Mal de Fin, ...
Lithograph, Offset
Ansel Adams and the West
By Ansel Adams
Located in New York, NY
Ansel Adams and the West, 1979 Offset Lithograph Poster 23 × 36 inches Unframed This offset lithograph poster was created on the occasion of the Ansel Adams exhibition, Ansel Adams and the West, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York from September 8 - October 28, 1979. The photograph featured in this poster is Old Faithful...
Lithograph, Offset
$13,000
H 25 in W 31.5 in
"Guys and Dolls" Broadway Musical Tony Awards Signed Nathan Lane & Faith Prince
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
"Guys and Dolls" Broadway Musical Tony Awards Signed Nathan Lane & Faith Prince Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003) "Guys and Dolls" Lithograph on heavy pape...
Paper, Etching, Lithograph
$16,500
H 29 in W 29 in
Ellsworth Kelly Black Variation 3 Lithograph Limited Edition of 25
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Ellsworth Kelly Title: Black Variation 3 Medium: Lithograph with Intaglio on Rives Paper Year: 1975 Image Size: 29" x 29" Sheet Size: 39.75" x 39" Edition: A.P. IX (aside fro...
Paper, Lithograph
The Floating City by Patrick Hughes
By Patrick Hughes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Patrick Hughes b. 1939 British The Floating City Oil and collage on panel Signed, titled, editioned and dated “The Floating City / 2/5 / Patrick Hughes / 2026” (en verso) Part pa...
Oil, Panel
Titles
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes "Titles" 3D Multiple. Hand-painted multiple with archival inkjet, presented in a perspex box. Produced in 2024. Edition of 35 + APp's. Hand signed and numbered by Pat...
Archival Pigment
Bookstack
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes "Bookstack" 3D Multiple. Hand-painted multiple with archival inkjet, presented in a perspex box. Produced in 2025. Edition of 50 + 7AP. Bookstack, forms part of a new...
Archival Pigment
Writ on Water by Patrick Hughes
By Patrick Hughes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Patrick Hughes b. 1939 British Writ on Water Oil on panel Signed, titled, and dated “Writ on Water / Patrick Hughes / 2025” (en verso) In Writ on Water, Patrick Hughes transforms...
Oil, Panel
Paree
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by Paris. Produced in 2023. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex display case. A limited edition of 75 pieces....
Archival Pigment
Cannaregio by Patrick Hughes
By Patrick Hughes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Patrick Hughes b. 1939 British Cannaregio Oil on panel Signed, titled and dated “Cannaregio / Patrick Hughes / 2024” (en verso) This intricately detailed, three-dimensional illus...
Oil, Panel
Paree
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by Paris. Produced in 2023. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex display case. A limited edition of 75 pieces....
Archival Pigment
Nature And Culture By Patrick Hughes
By Patrick Hughes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Patrick Hughes b. 1939 British Nature and Culture Signed, dated "Nature and Culture / Patrick Hughes / 2000-2023" Oil on board construction Another success from the artist, Natur...
Oil, Board
A Newer Perspective By Patrick Hughes
By Patrick Hughes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Patrick Hughes b. 1939 British A Newer Perspective Oil on panel Signed, titled and dated “A Newer Perspective / Patrick Hughes / 2017” Part painting, part sculpture and part opti...
Oil, Panel
Ideal Home By Patrick Hughes
By Patrick Hughes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Patrick Hughes b. 1939 British Ideal Home Oil on panel Signed, titled and dated “Ideal Home / Patrick Hughes / 2023” Patrick Hughes, a London artist, creates works that blend pai...
Oil, Panel
Popsee
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
A hand painted pop culture inspired, three dimensional, reverspective print. Incorporating work by Warhol, Vasarely, Thiebaud, Hughes, Lichtenstein, Koons, Banksy, Haring, and fina...
Archival Pigment
Paree
By Patrick Hughes
Located in London, GB
A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by Paris. Produced in 2023. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex display case. A limited edition of 75 pieces....
Archival Pigment