Jim Hubbard
The Villages, FL - United States
Jim Hubbard - Fine Artist
Member Since: 02/10/2012
HI....
I am retired and live in The Villages located in central Florida. Been here for 12 years; but before that I owned a gallery featuring my art, was a custom picture framer and taught acrylic art. About 20 years ago I fell in love with the magic of computers and as an artist I discovered Digital Art and 'Adobe Photoshop', the best known software to produce Digital Art. I like it so much that last year I started a club sponsored by the Recreation Department here in 'Florida's friendliest home town', called 'ArtbyPhotoshop'. For health reasons it had to be discontinued.
Many of my pencil drawings are enhanced using Photoshop. In fact I have a new gallery called 'enhanced by Photoshop' I have used it so much that I am a member of the 'National Association of Photoshop Professionals. If an original drawing is not for sale, it usually means it has been entirely produced or enhanced using Photoshop.
In case you are curious about my earlier life. I grew up in New Jersey, graduated from Kansas University where I majored in Geology. After over three years in the Air Force, I was accepted into Carnegie Tech (Now Carnegie Mellon) in the Graduate School of Printing Management. Married with a young child it was quite an adventure. Upon graduation from there I went to work in the packaging and printing industry.
At the age of 35 through a series of life altering experiences I became interested in Art. It started as a hobby, and the rest is history. I owned Hubbard's Studio, Westlake, Ohio for over 35 years.
