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Concrete Slide

acrylic painting on stretched canvas
Painting wraps around edges
ready to hang
Signed on Side
2025
One-of-a-kind
 x .75" d 36" h  x 20" w
2 lbs. 16 oz.
$2,000
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About this artwork

This surreal landscape painting by artist Edward McHugh was inspired by a photograph he took in the small town of Concrete, Washington, a gateway to the scenic North Cascades Highway. The image was captured from an unusual vantage point beneath the slide of an abandoned children's playground, giving the composition a distinctive perspective. Layers of local history surround the setting, from author Tobias Wolff's connection to the town to nearby Desolation Peak, where Jack Kerouac once worked as a fire lookout. The result feels both rural and dreamlike, shaped by memory, place, and imagination.