The Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara is welcoming a new artist and exhibition into its quaint Victorian home. ABSTRACTED by Carolyn Hubbs — featuring a selection of abstract paintings based on her plein air sketches done in the Santa Barbara area — will be on display at the Architectural Foundation Gallery through November 2. There will be an opening reception at the gallery on Friday, September 6, 5-7 p.m.
This is Hubbs’s first solo show in Santa Barbara, but her work has been featured at the Elverhøj Museum in Solvang and Santa Barbara’s Sullivan Goss Gallery. She has also had her work exhibited in the LACMA Rental Gallery Los Angeles Vita Art Center, in New York, and internationally in Portugal and the Netherlands.
Hubbs’s artwork encourages viewers to reenvision the world around us through her collection of vibrant abstract paintings in acrylic. The collection will feature both her field sketches of the Santa Barbara environment and architecture as well as the corresponding acrylic paintings. Hubbs will also be giving informal walkthroughs of her exhibit on September 28 and October 19, both at 2 p.m.