Daphne Hobson
“Painting for me is connecting the self to one’s own reality through color, mark making, and
moments”
—-Daphne P. Hobson
Background
After a life changing accident, Daphne was forced to abandon her career as an academic and
international educator and consultant. She rekindled a childhood talent for art and settled on
portrait painting in oils.
Daphne’s first project was personal and impassioned—painting her grandchildren. This led to a
number of commissions ranging from grandchildren, to loved ones and pets.
Personal Statement
I traveled internationally throughout my career capturing photographs of people from all over the
world. Painting these faces reminds me of my travels and the diversity of peoples discovered
throughout the world. But, painting portraits led me to other mediums and genres. I have a thirst
for learning and self discovery in art and have explored pastel landscapes and still lifes as well
as acrylic abstract painting. My work has been influenced by impressionists and post
impressionists like John Singer Sargent who possessed an exotic quality and Joaquin Sorolla
who was a master at capturing light.
Description of Artist’s work
Daphne is an award winning artist both in oils and pastels. She is an exhibiting member of the
National American Women’s Artists and an the Catherine Lorrilard Wolfe Art Club. She is a
member of several pastel societies such as the Degas Pastel Society and the Pastel Society of
America.
Her exotic travels as an international artist continues to inform and influence her work today.
Her thirst for knowledge and her need to continually explore has expanded her repertoire to
include abstract paintings in acrylics. Daphne is in love with the “Art of Painting”!
