Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Pacific Portal - James Hubbell, Artist

With a little over a month away from the annual Open House of Hubbell Studios in Julian, I'm going to feature a lot of James Hubbell here and cap it all off with pictures from the event on June 17, 2012.

Today...a funny story. I was visiting friends in San Diego a few months ago and we happened to take a drive out to Shelter Island, where I'd never been. As we drove down the only road on Shelter Island, I saw a piece of large sculpture and said to my companions "that HAS to be a James Hubbell. It just has to be."

Sure enough, it was the Pacific Portal, one of a number of Pacific Rim Parks that Hubbell has been involved with.

I guess it is a tribute to the power that James Hubbell's work holds over me that I can recognize the work at a glance, anywhere....

Pacific Portal (Shelter Island, San Diego) - James Hubbell, Artist

Pacific Portal (Shelter Island, San Diego) - James Hubbell, Artist

Pacific Portal (Shelter Island, San Diego) - James Hubbell, Artist 

Pacific Portal (Shelter Island, San Diego) - James Hubbell, Artist

"Pacific Spirit" (Shelter Island, San Diego) - James Hubbell, Artist 

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