Pat Hobaugh Art

This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. From the artist: "This work depicts a Presidential talent show, with Bill Clinton receiving his scores for his saxophone judges, while Hillary (as a nutcracker) stands looking like a judge as well. The painting is really about two things. First, how we turn politics and campaigns into talent show contests, with the media/television personalities standing in as judges before we even get to the actual election. Secondly, it's called "America had Talent" because we always think past presidents were better than current ones. The Greek vase in the center is a reminder that none of this is new, this type of treatment of leaders and elections has been going on for millennia- (Judgement of Paris). And the hydrangeas, as with all of the hydrangeas in my work, represent the transience of the situation depicted when placed in relevance to overall time. " Pat Hobaugh...

This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. From the artist:" Sweet Symphony in Whites is inspired by James McNeill Whistler’s three symphony in white paintings. My paintings, like Whistler’s, have multiple layers of meaning. One is the use of a single color and its relative tones as the end intention of the work. By doing this with representational subject matter, the painting is attempting to bridge the modernist aesthetic of ‘art for art’s sake’ with traditional realism. On another level, as Whistler’s paintings have been interpreted as a loss of innocence, so too do mine deal with this loss. There is the loss of innocence in Art from its classical representation in the form of the Venus de Milo to its scientific study in the form of Da Vinci’s Vitruvian man to its final manifestation as a commercial product/celebrity in the form of Andy Warhol and Elvis. Furthermore, there is the loss of innocence of the artist himself in the form of the action figure toys and sweets he had as a kid to play with and eat but now which are used as metaphors and painting subjects. Furthermore, the hydrangea, as in all my work, symbolizes the ephemerality of life." Pat Hobaugh...

This painting has only been shown in a gallery setting. It is painted on a thick board, but the edges are not painted. It can be hung as is or framed. From the artist, " I'm using Sesame Street and Muppet characters as metaphors for the internal struggle of 'growing up'. The David painting is not only a parallel of the conflict but it's also the key to understanding the deeper meaning of the main composition." Within this painting, Hobaugh includes the 1799 painting "The Intervention of the Sabine Women" by Jaques-Louis David where Hersilia, leader of the Sabines, intervenes between her father and husband by placing her babies between them. One possible interpretation is that love prevails over all, big bird is our modern day Hersilia. Pat Hobaugh...

This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. From the artist: "This work uses the vintage board game Mousetrap to comment on Disney's trapping of the Star Wars franchise by forcing characters representing all of the star wars movies to play the game." Pat Hobaugh...