Paint and Shadows: Mixed Media Art by David Stobbart

On Exhibit on the Circulation Area Wall, March 2nd thru March 30th.

"For my 1954 kindergarten class photo at Public School 35 in Queens, New York, I am the only member of the class posed with an easel, my paintbrush poised for action as I face the camera. 

"I spent 4 years in the U. S. Coast Guard and then attended graduate school at Ohio University. I was employed as an art teacher in the Athens City Schools for 32 years. I have been painting off and on all my life. I simply love to paint.  Painters like Hans Hoffman, Robert Rauschenberg, Joseph Cornell, Jean Michel Basquiat, and many others have influenced me.  

"In the late 1970s, I began to introduce shadows into my work in a shallow shadow-box format. This evolved over the years into what you see now. I usually create a surface using recycled paint and other found objects. Then I move to the backside of glass for the markings that create the shadows. I never quite know what the piece will eventually evolve into. Some happen very quickly, and others take a lot of time and manipulation. I tend to use a circle or circles in all my pieces to add an element of unity, wholeness, and never-ending cycles that I find in nature and the universe.  I hope you enjoy the work."  -- David Stobbart

A Meet the Artist event will take place in the Circulation Area at 6:00pm on Tuesday, March 14th.