Bobby Hughes - To Be Human: The Wreckage

“Let everything happen to you.
Beauty and Terror.
No feeling is final. 
Just keep going.”
 -Rainier Maria Rilke

In my work I strive to chronicle the gamut of human emotions that connect us. Grief and loss are significant, unavoidable emotional threads that weave together to create the tapestry of human emotions. These intimate pieces serve to honor the emotions I have encountered over some of the more calamitous moments of my life. My goal with my work is to express these emotional states. The Wreckage.

Feelings are meant to be felt. The only way to heal is to work through them. Painting has become an outlet for me to process these thoughts and emotions - an exercise to feel through them without becoming consumed and to transform them into something beautiful. Creation allows me to confront the void of loss.

I would like to thank Abby Kreuser and Gundega Stevens for giving me this opportunity to express myself. I would also like to thank Karen Mosbacher for guiding me every step of the way and for showing me what it means to be an artist. I am so grateful. Thank you.