KALEID Gallery is proud to present:

Sentience by resident artist Patrick Hobbie

“Sentience” is the capacity to feel, perceive, or experience subjectively.

This definition goes hand in hand with something I’ve always considered to be a cornerstone of my work: To recreate energy in nature so that the viewer may connect on a deeper level. The sentience in these works not only exist in the animal subjects but are meant to be experienced by the viewer as well. This feeling of subjective perceptual experiences is the purpose of these works.

Patrick Hobbie’s art is influenced by the light and dark. Form in chaos. Strength in vulnerability. This self-taught artist has no formal training but grew up in an artistic home. His mother, a painter, and his father, a professional photographer, taught him at an early age the techniques of their trades. Creativity was commonplace in his childhood and has been an ever present force that drives everything he does. Hobbie aims to capture the power of an animal, and the energy that surrounds it. While he paints, he thinks of the impression of his subject’s form and the life-force that drives it, resulting in an image that becomes alive and demands attention.

Hobbie believes art is “anything that makes you feel something and that it can inspire and maybe make our lives a little more beautiful.” He hopes to evoke these emotions with his art.

Patrick Hobbie currently lives and works in Mountain View, CA

Opening reception:
First Friday November 6th 5pm–9pm.

Exhibition dates:
November 6–27, 2020

Gallery Hours:
Fridays 5pm–9pm & Saturdays 12pm–5pm.
Free admission, all ages, social distancing and masks required at all times in the gallery.

KALEID Gallery
320 S. 1st St., San Jose
info@kaleidgallery.com