IN 2016 HUGH MOVED HIS STUDIO TO COLCHESTER AND SOON IMMERSED HIMSELF IN THE ART COMMUNITY OF THE AREA.
He has travelled globally on painting tours, in places as diverse as Bosnia, Rome, India Helmand and Estonia, Hugh has produced many works from life. He has won prizes for his military work and in between commissions, he also focuses on North Essex picturesque. His latest commissions have been family portraits and portraits of leading Chindits of the Burma campaigns.