Mark Hobson Receives Artists for Conservation's Highest Honour
Wednesday November 22nd, 2017 @ 6:58pm
Mark Hobson Receives Artists for Conservation's Highest Honour
Thirty Years of Painting the West Coast
Wednesday July 2nd, 2014 @ 1:53pm
It was July 25th 1984 around ten in the evening when I came over Sutton Pass to take on a new job with Parks Canada at the brand new Wickaninnish Interpretive Centre. It was a memorable night to come through the mountains as a forest fire was in full blaz
2014 Salmon Conservation Stamp Art Competition
Thursday December 5th, 2013 @ 12:03pm
West Coast Art Comes Home
Thursday August 29th, 2013 @ 3:26pm
As a chiaroscuro sunset flames out over the mudflats, two wolves keep vigil: one on high alert, attuned to distant music, perhaps the flicker of wings; its mate, reclining gracefully, golden eyes riveted to some subtle movement in the long grass, ready to
Art for an Oil-Free Coast Art Exhibitions and Book Launch
Thursday November 22nd, 2012 @ 2:16pm
Earlier this year Raincoast Conservation Foundation took 50 artists to the Great Bear Rainforest and came home with inspiration to save the area from the proposed oil tanker and pipeline project.
Steller's Jay: Among Alders Chosen for AFC Book Cover
Wednesday July 11th, 2012 @ 2:09pm
Artists For Conservation announced that Mark's "Steller's Jay: Among Alders" painting has been selected for the cover of the 2012 Art of Conservation Exhibit Book.
International Artist Magazine
Saturday March 31st, 2012 @ 2:35pm
Over the years Mark's work has appeared on the covers of various magazines, phone books and other publications with several feature articles on his work.
Salmon Conservation Stamp Collection Competition Winner
Saturday March 31st, 2012 @ 2:35pm
Mark won the 20th Salmon Conservation Stamp Competition (2010) sponsored annually by the Pacific Salmon Foundation. The announcement was made in the Globe and Mail on Dec. 21, 2009.