About Kevin Hobbs
A native Midwesterner, Kevin Hobbs earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1974. After graduation, he started his professional career as an elementary art teacher in Eureka, Kansas, where he also maintained a private studio specializing in commissioned works for clients.
He soon became inspired by the rugged mountains and incredible diversity of the western landscape. In 1978, he moved to Denver, with plans to attend the Colorado Art Institute and concentrate on his painting.
However, his career changed course and over the next 30 years he held key executive management positions with Helzberg Diamonds, Gabbert’s Design Studios and as CEO of Webster House Design and European Antiques.
In May 2014, Hobbs retired and returned to his original passion – landscape painting. For him, life came full circle when he enrolled in the Kansas City Art Institute. Since, Hobbs has studied oil painting with Kansas City artists David deRousseau and Anne Garney. He has studied drawing with Crossroads Arts District artist Wes Benson and with institute art instructor Christopher Lowrence.
Hobbs’s art has been featured during the annual Country Club Plaza Art Fair at Helzberg Diamonds and the Terrasi Living Store. He was a featured artist in the “Kansas Landscape” show at Prairiebrooke Gallery and “Kansas on Canvas” at the Phoenix Gallery in Lawrence, KS.
His art has been accepted in multiple juried shows, and he produces private and corporate commissions.
- KC Stockyards Show (Landscapes to Explore)
- Prairie Village, KS (State of the Arts)
- Symphony in the Flint Hills (Art Auction 2024)
- Symphony in the Flint Hills (Art Auction 2025)
- Private Client (Lake Lenexa)
- Advent Health (Shawnee Medical Center)
- Advent Health (New Lenexa City Center Hospital)
A nationally recognized and collected artist, Hobbs’s work is held in private collections in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Texas, California, Colorado and New York.
Artist Statement
“Painting brings me JOY! I hope my work brings joy to others. It’s an exploration of the physical world around us and nothing brings more joy and awe than experiencing the Kansas Prairie. A lone road or distance horizon leads us to future possibilities.”