Born in 1943 in Bridgehampton, New Jersey, Charles Hobson received a B.A. from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1965, an L.L.B from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in 1968, and a B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1988. Hobson's work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad in Japan, Russia, and Hungary. His works are included in collections such as the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, and the British Library, London, England. He uses the monotype primarily as an underpainting or sketch upon which he builds his images with pastel and graphite. In the late 1980s Hobson explored the theme of tools in a series of monotypes.
*Excerpted from Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc.