Artist Patricia Hobson

Please allow me to introduce myself. I am a self taught artist and life long resident of the foothills of North Carolina. My artwork is very realistic. Some folks even say they feel like they could walk right into each scene. The paintings I have done span a wide variety of subject matter, from still life to to seascapes and are available as original paintings, limited edition prints and sculptures. There is something for all your decorating and collecting needs.

Since childhood, I have enjoyed the many aspects of the gift of creativity that I was born with. As a young girl, I can remember asking for plain drawing paper instead of coloring books. Even at that age, I wanted to create my own visual world. My first noted honor came for a picture I did at the age of eleven. The scene depicted a mare and her foal in a stable. After winning honors here in the USA, this piece was part of a European tour called "Young American Art" and now resides in the department of archives in Raleigh, NC.

In the 1971, I married my high school sweetheart, Felix, and moved to the dairy farm where he grew up. I loved acrylic paints even then. But, my style and subject matter was completely abstract. Most of my paintings were done just using the primary colors. The brighter the better. Yes, I was and will remain one of the original "Hippies."

As time would have it, in October, 1976 I gave birth to our first child, Natalie. Even with a new baby, I still found the time for my painting. At that time, I began to incorporate a bit of realism here and there. Then in April of 1978 came our first born son, Nathan. Two babies began to put a strain on my ability to crank out the ole artwork. Finally, in August of 1979, our youngest son was born. We named him Julian. It was then, that I chose to put the brushes and paint in the closet to be able to for fill my motherly duties with the proper attention I felt necessary. Motherhood was and still is one of the best parts of my life.

As our children grew into their teens and no longer needed all of my attention, I pulled the old brushes, paints and canvas out of the closet and began to paint once more. By this time my interests were in capturing the beautiful world around me. Having our three children and living on the farm had given me a love of life and nature that I felt I needed to put on canvas. Every where I looked, from seeing a newborn calf in the barn to a historical village, I saw a potential painting. My desire to paint was even greater now than ever. Within a year of picking the brushes back up, I had a waiting list of people desiring one of my creations. As time moved on, I quickly realized I could not do enough originals to satisfy the need. I also realized that not everyone could afford an original painting and that I needed to seriously consider doing limited edition prints of my more popular pieces. In 1989 my first limited edition was released to the public. The subject of the painting was an old country store in a little historic village, called "Rockford," near my home. From that point I had prints and original paintings in most of the art galleries in the Piedmont area of NC.

Not only did the prints allow more people to acquire my work, they were an opportunity for me to broaden my base of popularity. In 1999, Felix and I bought a motor home and went on to road. We set up and presented my work to folks from Florida to Canada and as far west as Texas. Now, I am proud to say that my work is in many public and private collections in this country as well as many foreign countries.

In 1998, I was presented with the North Carolina Governor's Award by the honorable James Hunt, governor of NC, for my contributions to charity and my help for the less fortunate in our state.

The children are grown now and have all moved to California. But, I'm still painting and doing shows on the road as well as having my own gallery out here in the beautiful countryside of NC. If you are ever in our area, I would like to cordially invite you to come by my Gallery & Frame Shop here on the farm. Don't worry. If you can get to our small town of Yadkinville, NC, there should not be a problem finding me and my shop. So, you never know, I might just meet up with you one of these days either here or there.

Patricia Hobson

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