Gary Hughes, Artist

Gary Hughes, animator, sculptor & painter, was born in Columbia, SC, in 1930 and was raised in Baltimore where he graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art. After serving in the Army, Gary worked as Art Director for a film production company.   In 1963 he founded his own animation company, Gary Hughes, Inc., in Kensington, MD.  He produced many award-winning animation sequences for large variety of clients; among them top ad agencies, the National Geographic Society, Smithsonian Institution, PBS and NBC.

In the 1980s Gary was drawn back to his early interest in sculpture; he began creating limited bronze editions of his work. Recognized for originality, humor and quality of form, Gary Hughes' work is found in a number of collections from coast to coast and abroad, including the Rehoboth (DE) Art League, the San Diego Airport terminal, Coronado Island Lake, Columbia (MD) Corporate Park (commissions) as well as hundreds of private and corporate collections. From 1985 until 2013 he worked in his Bethesda, Maryland studio producing both sculpture and paintings. In 2013 he moved both residence and studio to Rehoboth, DE where he had vacationed for much of his life. He died there in 2016. He was survived by this wife Dr. Ellen Roney Hughes, sons Jeffrey Hughes and David Christopher Hughes, several grandchildren and many works of art.


Artist C.V.

Gary Lee Hughes | Animator, Sculptor, Painter

EDUCATION

  • Catonsville High School, Catonsville, MD

  • Maryland Institute College of Art, BFA, Baltimore, MD

  • United States Army, 2 years creating training graphics and cartoons for the post newspaper


ANIMATION

  • Exhibit artist/designer, Baltimore, MD 

  • Paper mache sculptor, Baltimore MD 

  • Art Director, a film production company, creating and designing animated films for entertainment, education, and industry. Baltimore, MD

  • President/founder, Gary Hughes, Inc. (formerly Film Studio, Inc.) Kensington, MD, an animation company that produced hundreds of animated sequences for a large variety of clients; among them, top ad agencies, newspapers, the National Geographic Society, Smithsonian Institution, PBS and NBC, earning many awards along the way including a Cine Golden Eagle. 


SCULPTURE

PUBLIC INSTALATIONS:

  • “At the Gate” 7-figure installation, San Diego, CA

  • “Bus Stop” 3-figure resin sculpture, City Hall, Rehoboth Beach, DE

  • “Elefount” bronze fountain on Coronado Lake, San Diego, CA

  • Frog/Turtle & “Elefount” bronze fountains, Loudoun Technical Park, Sterling, VA

  • Frog/Turtle & “Elefount” bronze fountains, Columbia, MD

  • “Rain” 15’ bronze fountain, Columbia Corporate Park, MD

  • “Showers” bronze fountain, Rehoboth Art League, DE

GALLERY HISTORY

  • Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, MD

  • Cudahy’s Gallery, Richmond, VA

  • Jaro Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

  • Jill Vickers Gallery, Vail, CO

  • Paul Sorota, Boston, MA

  • Perry House Galleries, Alexandria, VA

  • El Prado Galleries, Sedona, AZ

  • S.R. Brennan Gallery, Palm Desert, CA and Scottsdale, AZ 

  • Sculpture House and Garden, Carmel Highlands, CA

  • Veerhoff Galleries, Washington, DC

  • Zenith Galleries, Washington, DC

EXHIBITS

  • Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY

  • Arts Club of Washington DC

  • Allied Artists of America, NYC

  • Johnson Atelier, Mercerville, NJ 

  • Knickerbocker Artists, NYC

  • Salmagundi Club, NYC

SHOWS

  • Art Expo New York, NYC

  • Danada Sculpture Gardens, Chicago, IL

  • Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DC

  • Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, CO

  • Washington Square Sculpture Exhibitions, Washington, DC

  • Water Features Show, Washington, DC

INSTITUTIONAL/CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

  • The Baylor School

  • Catonsville High School

  • The Commonwealth Company

  • Delta Company

  • Gannett Company, Inc.

  • Learner Corporation

  • The Merritt Company

  • Sallie Mae Financial

  • San Diego County Regional Airport Authority

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

of artists, actors, athletes, curators, historians, a celebrity chef, a Hollywood composer, builders, entrepreneurs, film makers, lawyers, singers, and discerning art lovers in the United States, Central America and Europe.

SPECIAL PROJECT

Participation in restoration of “Freedom”, the 20’ bronze sculpture surmounting the United States Capitol dome, Washington, DC