I thank all of you for your patronage.
-- William
Immigration Series IV
Painted in 1981
Limerick
"The Destination"
Immigration Series
Painted in 1975
Spanish Lady Painting
Every Cloud has a Silver Lining
(location unknown)
Pioneer Elevator
This shows the plight of the small farmer against the giant co-op
Gainsborough, Saskatchewan
in the Snow
Print of California Mission
Colorado, U.S.
Train Artist William Hobbs
(private collection)
A collector received this as a gift and said it is of Boissevain , Manitoba
(I can't seem to get it up right, sorry)
Elgin
frame dimensions are 22” x 26”, inside frame dimensions 15 ½“ x 19 ½”; Boissevain, Manitoba, For Sale $8500
Painted by Bill Hobbs famous Canadian Train Artist
"Forty Below Zero"
Gainsborough, Saskatchewan circa 1978
Saskatchewan Artist William Hobbs
Winner of Major Canadian Art Show
$50,000.00 for sale
GIMILI
Komar Family Collection
Swift Current, Saskatchewan
Prairie Artist William Hobbs
Canadian Forces Base Shilo, Manitoba
Revenue Canada
Private Collection 2000
Wakopa, Manitoba
Komar Family Collection
Manitoba Artist William Hobbs
Train Artist William Hobbs
Regina Legislature, Will Family Collection (12 X 13)
Margaret (40X30) Painted 2004
Collection of Dr. Lillian Beeson and John Smith
of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Britannia HMS, 1986
Boissevain, Manitoba
(original in private colection)
Boissevain, MB
Napinka, Manitoba
(private collection, prints available)
Esterhazy Flour Mill
Esterhazy Saskatchewan
By Prairie Artist William Hobbs
Salton Sea, California
This natural salt geyser is in
the Salton sink, near Palm Springs. It produced a pure sea salt from salt geyser that erupted every night. It was flooded by a breach in the Colorado River forming the Salton sea--eighty feet deep. Two English men were looking for gold in the gold rush, they never found any. They were headed South when they heard the geyser, they could hear it from 10 miles away. The salt was being shot into the air and then dropped down on a four mile square forming four to six inches of pure salt. Sometimes the geysers were so violent they produced 18 inches of salt. They then built the two narrow gauge railways and put a rake between them. The salt was raked up by Japanese workers. They put it in piles and took it on flat cars to the refinery, but it was so pure it seldom needed refining. They shipped it on the Southern Pacif
ic Railway from Indio to San Francisco, California where it was shipped all over the world. They found white gold. The springs are still under the Salton sea but the weight of the water stops the eruptions. In Hobbs opinion the sea should be drained and salt refining continued as nature never wanted it to be a nature sanctuary for birds. Today the birds are dying from the salt and being lured into the fake sea. It was formerly a salt desert; Hobbs painted this to encourage its return to its original state. There are many, many myths about this area and Dr. Hobbs painted this painting in search of the truth that is now lost.
Catalog
An attempt is being made to catalog all of Hobbs paintings. This will prove their authenticity. If you own a painting and want it added, please email the following:
Name of Painting
Size of Painting
Year Painted if known
Collection Name or Your Name
An image should be emailed
Please let us know whether we may post the picture on line in the Collectors Gallery
This is all optional and if you desire confidential
Email: JOHNGBEESON@GMAIL.COM
ck to Master Painter of Railways
Copyright 2012 William Hobbs
Please respect Dr. Hobbs hard work and do not copy or print these images without his authorization.
