William Brian
Hibbard is a professional painter and sculptor who his actively
a part of the growing art scene in North Carolina. Born and
raised in South Carolina, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts
with a concentration in painting from Winthrop University.
Hibbard’s artwork can often be seen in the regions most
prestigious homes, galleries, and public spaces.
In 2000, Hibbard
moved to Greensboro, North Carolina from Santa Fe, New Mexico
and began working as an apprentice to a nationally recognized
sculptor. His first public art project was in 2001 when he
designed 40 panels for Greensboro’s
Millennium Gate
as well as working on the fabrication and installation. By 2003
Hibbard had completed a public art mural in
Black Mountain,
North Carolina paving the way for his own business.
The year 2004
started with an article in Southern Living and a one-man show
“How I See It” at the Greensboro Artist League. It featured over
fifty new paintings. Hibbard completed two murals for Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church and Natty Greene’s Restaurant by the
end of that year. In 2005, he installed three gates and two
bronze plaques for Greensboro’s new baseball stadium.
Brian has received notable attention in several articles written
about his work. Orson Scott Card wrote, “Brian Hibbard’s
landscapes have an interesting palette of muted colors and
copper. His trees and clouds are rimmed with a slight shadowing
that is at once representational and yet theatrical. I fell in
love with all of his work.” Carol McCreedy wrote a wonderful
article about him entitled
Renaissance Man
in Triad Living during the summer of 2005. She writes,
"Like most of his work, Brian Hibbard’s paintings stay with
you. The images he creates will forever be ingrained in my
mind.”
In the spring of
2006, Hibbard installed a 9’ x 22’ mural that overlooked
the new Center City Park in the heart of downtown Greensboro.
Recently, Hibbard has completed a large mural project for the
Greensboro historical museum. William Brian Hibbard’s work can
be seen at one of his numerous solo exhibitions or at his studio
at Lyndon Street Artworks in downtown Greensboro. William Brian
Hibbard currently shows his work in 7 galleries across the
region, in Florida and South Carolina. He has collectors in
North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Massachusetts, and New
York.
