Blair Hobbs makes artworks that are narrative-driven and range from the mundane to the sublime. Her works often include bits of hand-written texts. She finds inspiration in travel, home, nature, and literature. Blair enjoys playing with visual puns or pairing dialogue with collaged characters to tell stories.

Blair has produced gallery exhibits documenting trips to Rome, Oaxaca, and the Cotswolds.  She’s shown “Hot Messes in Southern Literature,” inspired by the works of William Faulkner and Tennessee Williams.  Ground,” was a contemplation of the word as a noun and as a verb. Recent collages have reflected the rollercoaster ride of her menopausal body, the death of her art-professor mother, her successful treatment for breast cancer, the actual and metaphorical activity of mudlarking, and the writing of Flannery O’Connor.  

Her artworks are often mixed media collages on cotton canvases. Blair’s materials include pencils, acrylic paint, pens, ink, linoleum prints, handmade mulberry papers, foil candy wrappers, gold leaf, duct tape, oil pastels, sequins, embroidery thread, doilies, flea-market fabric, micro glitter, pressed flowers, feathers, and shattered Christmas tree balls. 

Born in Oxford Mississippi, Blair grew up in Auburn, Alabama. She earned her BA at Auburn University, an MA in creative writing at Hollins University, and an MFA in creative writing at the University of Michigan. Her art and her poetry have been published in magazines and journals, including the Georgia Review and the Oxford American. 

Southside Gallery in Oxford, Mississippi, Fischer Galleries in Jackson, Mississippi, and Spalding Nix Fine Art in Atlanta sell her work.

Contact Blair at blairhobbs@mac.com.