Gala.Rea

Gala.Rea Featured Artist
October 1 ~ November 30, 2008
Clinton T. Hobart
New York, New York, USA
Paintings are Available Through:
Clinton Hobart's MySpace Profile
(http://www.myspace.com/stumpstudio)
It is with great pleasure that Gala.Rea introduces our seventh Featured Artist ~ Clinton T. Hobart. Clinton is our youngest Featured Artist to date and is clearly brilliant ~ And ~ He is only thirty years of age! Check out his biography below and some of his meticulously detailed paintings in the slide show ... And ... Watch out for this guy, because HE is going places!!
~ rea ~ (President of Gala Rea ~ By Design)
"Painting is a language in which an intellectually stimulating idea is spoken with precision. Such precision transpires through painting objects from life ..."
Artist Statement ~ Clinton T Hobarts
Some Insight on Clinton T. Hobart
Clinton was born in Philadelphia, grew up in New Jersey and studied Fine Arts and figure drawing at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. It was while attending SVA that he encountered one of his most profound artistic influences. While a junior at SVA, Clinton was invited to participate in an internship at Walt Disney Feature Animation.
During his early years in New York, Clint often spent his free time attending life-drawing sessions at Spring Studio. He believed then, and continues to believe now, that excellent drawing skills are a prerequisite to the creation of great artwork.
After graduating from SVA, Clint moved to Arizona and began teaching classes at the Scottsdale Artists' School. It was there that Clinton met Daniel Greene, who became another dramatic influence upon his work. Clint spent five summers working with Daniel in his studio in North Salem, NY. Daniel purchased Clinton's first portrait, created in one of Daniel's workshops!
After several years and many heartbreaking attempts, it became clear that Clinton was not going to become "Disney material". It was only then that Clinton started to paint.
He started painting in oils for the first time upon graduation from art school. Having no job, no money to hire models, and an abundance of time, Clinton started to paint still-lifes for the sole objective of practicing his painting. He had no preconceived idea of his style, nor any desire to become known as a "Realist Painter" or a "Fine Artist". Clinton figured that while practicing, he would try to subtly incorporate the idea of adding a human quality to the objects he painted, or, "anthropomorphizing".
Clinton admits that it was initially difficult to see this element of his work from his images. However, he had always been a fan of movies and acting and had often imagined that the objects in his still-life paintings were actors on a stage. For example, the story behind the painting entitled "Curtain Call" is the pieces within this painting were finished with their performance and taking a bow, thereby the objective in their being lined up on stage.
Taking this idea further, he decided to paint a more complete narrative whereby a stage play became the main theme of the painting. "Almost" (the painting with the masks) is the first in this new series, with several more paintings to follow.
No longer living in Arizona, Clinton has returned to New York city and continues to teach workshops throughout the world.
His work is currently shown within many private collections nationally and internationally. Clinton's collectors include CEO's, actors, several well known artists, and prominent international business personnel throughout the far corners of the world.
Please join me in welcoming this very talented man, Mr. Clinton T. Hobart.
Enjoy, my friends!
Gala.Rea's Previous Featured Artists:
Farewell to our previous Gala.Rea Featured Artists. A heartfelt thanks for your outstanding contributions to the (my)Space Gala.Rea's Featured Artist profile. We are going to miss you ... and wish you continued success with your endeavours !!
Paul Adams
(07.01 through 09.30.08)
Photographer and Unique New Age Musician
Illinois (USA)
Stéphane Tourné
(05.01 through 06.30.08)
Photographer and Humanitarian
France, Dakar, and California (USA)
Koan Loop Ensemble [aka: KLE]
(03.01 through 04.30.08)
Musicians (Electronica, Looping, etc.)
Firenze (Italy)
Steven Whyte
(02.01.08)
Sculptor (Bronze)
Carmel, California (USA)
Per-Inge Isheden
(01.01.08)
Painter (Surrealistic Impressionism in Oils)
Stockholm (Sweeden)
Jeffery Scott (1019)
(12.01.07)
Photographer (Surrealist)
Los Angeles, California (USA)
Who Am I Anyhow?
To clarify some of the confusion, my name is Rea (pronounced "raya"). It is a gaelic name that has been passed on through my father's family for generations.
Gala.Rea is an intentional play on words. It is a derivative of one of my companies, Gala Rea ~ By Design. Incorporating Gala with my name (Rea), it becomes two independent entities ... 1) Galleria (Gala Rea) ... and 2) Gala Rea (celebrate Rea).
I am an international visual and performing artist (in multiple mediums) and producer within the arts, fashion, and entertainment industries.
Despite the efforts of respected medical professional parents, the arts were always (all-ways too) a natural evolution within my life. Hence, I compromised my passion by declining initial modelling offers, and sadly declined studing art, dance, and fashion design in New York city (although studying extensively along the north / south Pacific West Coast).
Becoming a special education teacher with young children for several years, my focus was upon creative and linguistic development. And while this industry was rewarding, there was always "a little something" still missing ...
Preparing for law school entrance exams thereafter, yet another art-related project was offered to me ... and despite repeatedly declining their offers, the pay scale kept increasing to a point whereby my career left the corporate professional world (somewhat) behind, bringing me to the present. And, what a tremendous journey it has been ... (wink, wink)
And ... as conveyed within my personal ~ rea ~ MySpace Profile:
I plead the fifth ... Although my Laguna Beach, California "aLagunatic" nickname speaks volumes!
Some constructive personal insight ...
Quality Supersedes Quantity!
Born a Canadian ~ and proud of it ~ I frequently traveled to the tropics and artistic heartbeat communities in multiple locales throughout my life. The Bay area and Paris, France have had a particularly profound influence on both my cultural and spiritual developments.
From early childhood, I have been (and remain) extensively involved in the arts, academics, spirituality, and (previously) national level sports and dance, Dance, DANCE (i.e. have a voracious appetite to explore, learn, and create).
Project Visibility (I) ~ And The Winners Are ...
Assorted International Locations
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