Pat Hobaugh grew up on a small farm outside of West Lafayette. While earningdegrees in Management & Communications from Purdue University, he took afateful art history class that launched him into a whole other world. He spent thenext three years teaching himself how to paint then went back to school for aBachelors in Fine Arts from University of Iowa then a Masters of Fine Arts fromUniversity of Wisconsin. His work can be found in several galleries around the USand in private and public collections around the world. Excerpt from article in American Art Collector (November 2015, pp.146-147):Pat Hobaugh uses playful iconic objects to fill his pop culture still lifes, such as toyfigurines and Twinkies, but while his work induces smiles and salivating, the artisthas a grander aim with his setups: to examine people’s relationship withconsumerism and generational differences…“There’s something for everyone inthese paintings. Whether it’s an association with something from your childhood oryour kids’, it will make you smile and think,” Hobaugh says. “I think people come tomy work first for the humor and cultural associations, but then the work is designedso the longer the viewer looks at it, they start to see the layers of meaning andcontent that’s there.”