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PL Hobbs Archive

This is a small selection of works sold since 1992, we will endeavour to add and remove works from this page to illustrate a wider range of subjects over the coming months. To enquire about these or any other works please use the contacts page.

Ambleside after the rain

Watercolour
Looking south over a rain soaked Ambleside from Thistly Wood, with Windermere in the distance.
38.5 x 72.5cm

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Rio Del Vin

Watercolour
Painted from the Fondamente Del Vin looking towards Campo San Provolo, Castello, Venice.
53 x 38cm

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Rialto Quay Side

Watercolour
A rainy view along a busy Grand Canal, behind the Rialto markets.
16.5 x27cm

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The Blacksmith (1992)

Watercolour
The interior of Ian Benson’s Ambleside blacksmith’s shop.
47.5 x 69cm

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Cumbrian Fishing Boats

Watercolour
These lovely old fishing boats are becoming an increasingly rare sight along the Cumbrian coast.
18 x 28cm

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Dipper (2022)

Watercolour
A sunny winter’s day, Slaters Bridge, Langdale.
17.3 x 28cm

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Man O’ War

Watercolour
Gondolas moored opposite the Piazzeta, St Marks Square, Venice with the ghostly shape of a warship looming in the distance.
14 x 22.5cm

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Palazzo Contarini degli Scrigni e Corfu

Watercolour
A view along the Rio San Trovaso towards the Grand Canal, Venice.
15.25 x 22.75cm
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Blow-in, Thwaite Barn Troutbeck

Watercolour
The term blow-in, here refers to the autumn leaves but was also used at one time occasionally to refer to people that stayed a short while and then moved on, the hen therefore could also be a blow-in.
19.5 x 32cm

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Towards the Steps of the Salute, Venice

Watercolour
Gondoliers arriving and departing the steps of the Santa Maria Della Salute, the familiar façade, gilded by the early morning sunshine.
16 x 25.5cm

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Townend, Troutbeck (1999)

Watercolour
Townend and Townend Barn, famous landmarks in the picturesque village of Troutbeck.
37 x 51cm

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Showers - Santa Maria Della Salute

Reflections of the grandeur of the Salute seem to dissolve the pavement along the quay.
14 x 20.5cm

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The Pink Umbrella, San Marco

Watercolour
An increasingly familiar sight in St Mark’s Square during a period of high tides.
17.5 x 28cm

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Gondola Traffic Jam (1998)

Watercolour
One of Phil Hobbs’ most widely exhibited Venetian watercolours, shows a winter view along the Rio San Moise towards the Grand Canal.
25.5 x 36.2cm

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Sunlight and Reflections, Rio dei Greci, Venice

Watercolour
The Campanile of the Greci church with it’s quite unnerving ‘lean’, viewed here from behind the Police Station.
63.5 x 46cm

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Conversation, Appleby Horse Fair

Watercolour
Riders at the Appleby Horse Fair, take a break from washing the horses at ‘The Sands’ Appleby, against the backdrop of the town’s famous bridge.
44 x 63cm

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Ambleside after the rain

Rio Del Vin

Rialto Quay Side

The Blacksmith (1992)

Cumbrian Fishing Boats

Dipper (2022)

Man O’ War

Palazzo Contarini degli Scrigni e Corfu

Blow-in, Thwaite Barn Troutbeck

Towards the Steps of the Salute, Venice

Townend, Troutbeck (1999)

Showers - Santa Maria Della Salute

The Pink Umbrella, San Marco

Gondola Traffic Jam (1998)

Sunlight and Reflections, Rio dei Greci, Venice

Conversation, Appleby Horse Fair

PL Hobbs, The Copse, Old Hall Road, Troutbeck Bridge, Windermere, LA23 1JA