Artists
Lynne Hobaica
Having grown up in two households filled with people, I was constantly reminded of the profound diversity of each individual’s emotional language. I grew to recognize and appreciate how we communicate our feelings to one another. After leaving home, through much achievement and failure, I learned more about communication; how challenging it can be and ultimately how fulfilling it is.
My work is fueled by thoughts on how the human awareness of death propels how we live. Reflecting on the dynamic of building, maintaining, and ending relationships. I am inspired by the stories we live and that we will be remembered by. Whether it be run-of-the-mill mistakes (which for a moment feel like they might end the world), or working against distance and time to hold relationships together, or the joyful awkwardness of exploring new relationships. How with every new person you let into your life, somehow you become a new person.
My hope is to communicate some of the intricate complexities of life through humor and through empathy, creating what is simultaneously beautiful and awkward. It is a reflection on the growth which stems from discomfort. I reveal characters that seem as though they’ve been pulled from mythologies and fairytales, and give them an emotion or gesture that you might connect with; perhaps you recognize an old friend, a past lover or yourself. It is through these connections that I am inspired to make the work that I make, ultimately to share my own stories, and the stories that others have generously shared with me.
Another Wednesday
earthenware
13 by 7 by 5 inches
$1,250
Perhaps he'll come for it later
earthenware
17 by 10 by 6 inches
$1,750
You offered me knowledge but all I tasted was silence
earthenware
11 by 6 by 4 inches
$850
This will bring you closer
earthenware
14 by 8 by 6 inches
$1,250
You were always more of a cat in the grass
earthenware
11 by 6 by 4 inches
$850
How many times can you fall out of this tree and not die I'm still counting...
stoneware
52 by 29 by 15 inches
$8,500
Back View
How did I end up in this dream alone
ink, watercolor on paper
13 by 13 inches
$500
The river moved into me and before I knew it, I was full
ink, watercolor on paper
13 by 13 inches
$500
There was a time when this was all I wanted, and now, all I can say is I've grown
ink, watercolor on paper
13 by 13 inches
$500
These hands together built this home
ink, watercolor on paper
13 by 13 inches
$500
I will help you live forever
ink, watercolor on paper
13 by 13 inches
$500
When the Dream Came You Came with
by Lynne Hobaica & Rickie Barnett
stoneware
19 by 5 by 6 inches
$2,000
