William G. Hobbs

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William G. Hobbs (May 16, 1927) was born in Alderney in the Channel Islands and came to settle in Canada in 1959. Notwithstanding the considerable demands in time alone imposed upon him by his role of physician and surgeon in a rural community, he managed to develop a technical skill in painting which won him first prize in a major Canadian art show in 1978.

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Hobbs was a long time practicing physician in the Southeast Saskatchewan and Southwestern Manitoba area. His home and hospital was at Gainsborough, Saskatchewan

He took the first place at the Fifth Texas International Art Show in 1976 and second place at the seventh in 1978. He has been honoured with a number of one-man shows, as well as having his work selected for showing at the International Grand Prix of contemporary Art in Monte Carlo. His work was on exhibit at the winter garden pavilion in December, 1978, under the high patronage of Their Serene Highnesses, the Sovereign Prince and Princess of Monaco.

Much of Hobbs' work reflects the influence his immigration had on him, as is portrayed in a series consisting of six major works on that subject.

Hobbs studied painting for four years in England, and finally switched from the West of England Academy of Art to the medical school at Bristol University. He has also attended courses at the Pan American University, Banff School of Fine Arts, and the Emma Lake Campus at the University of Saskatchewan.

His work is in many North American and European collections and also in those of Mitsubishi Ltd., Marubeni Ltd. and Tohoku Electric Powerof Japan, and other collections internationally.