"Regarding my painting process, I’ve been experimenting with the ideas of effortlessness and the unintended. My painting titled September is a continuation of this exploration.  I approached the painting with a sense of curiosity.  I only knew I wanted it to be a white horse.  I allowed the medium I applied randomly on the canvas to form the horse itself.  As for the content of the painting, I can say that the horse is symbolic, reminding me of both the fragility and strength I have inside of me." 

--Maura McHugh

Thesis Show March 2008:  Three-legged Horse

Completed Fall 2007 - Oil - 36in x 42in       #37   --Done during a paint-out in Balboa Park  9x12in

Bronco  Completed Fall 2007 - Oil - 36in x 42in                                        Clown Horse  Completed Fall 2007 - Oil - in x 42in

Yellow Ribbon  Completed Fall 2007 - Oil - 6ft x 14 ft (approximately)

Watching  Completed Fall 2007 - 3 details - - Oil - 6ft x 14 ft (approximately)

Telling's Evolution

Telling--Completed 6/07--oil---5ft x 12ft.

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Blue Horse-oil (4ft x 6ft)            Caged -oil (4ft x 6ft)       Dark Horses - oil  (4ft x 6ft)       How Many Horses? --oil (5ft x 6ft)

Staged ?  oil                   Pink Horse (acrylic)     Untitled (acrylic)      September--mixed  (6ft x 4ft)     

Shake it off-oil (6ft x 4ft )           Survivor - oil (6ftx4ft)

   Midnight                   In the Distance         Dripping                     Don Coyote              Nice Curves    

Wha'cha lookin' at?            Hercules                  Kahlua                        Horsin' Around