University Chronicle

Issue date: 9/27/07 Section: Intermission

Media Credit: Anya Vaverko The clay sculpture "D.A.M.M." is one of the only high clay pieces of art in Hubal's collection displayed in the Atwood Memorial Center Gallery. The title stands for "Dead Artists Make More Money."

Salvador Dali and Ed Hopper are just two of Richard Hubal's artistic inspirations. Hubal has come a long way since his first drawing of Santa when he was only a year old. Now, with 49 years of experience behind him, Hubal is enjoying the acclaim he's getting for his new artwork.

Hubal's Art Block "Just trying to figure it all out!" displays 19 new works of art combining wood relief and clay sculpting.

Hubal began work on these pieces in March, and they will be on display from Sept. 17-Oct. 18 in the Atwood Memorial Center Gallery.

The University Program Board (UPB) Visual Arts Committee played host to the opening reception Sept. 18.

Visual Arts Adviser Janice Courtney said Hubal's art is really exciting and has already received many positive comments by students.

One of the most noticeable things about Hubal's collection is the strong presence of famous works of art within his own work.

Hubal said Salvador Dali's "The Persistence of Memory" and Vincent Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" were drawn into a few of his pieces to give them an extra dimension.

The pieces "Mona taking a break" and "Mona, please put the mirror down... you look fine" along with "Now I get it!!" each draw upon recognizable, historical artwork.

"I just wanted to experiment with taking on some of the 'masters' just to see where I was at with my views and skills," Hubal said. "I've always enjoyed Ed Hopper's work, with one of my favorites being 'Early Sunday Morning,' and so I went ahead to see if I could do it, and it came out pretty cool."

With "Writer's Block (I should call Hopper)," Hubal said he wanted to develop a theme, so he came up with the idea to add in Ed Hopper's piece.

He said he wanted to combine Hopper's piece with the writer in that particular piece to give it a concept people may be able to relate to.

"That's actually the piece that got me into the show, ironically," Hubal said. "After that, I decided to do some other 'masters' I look up to like Dali and Van Gogh to see if that can be done, and sure enough, it could."

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