Karl Lubbering seated on a couch in his garage studio, surrounded by paint.

Karl Lubbering · San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio
Modern Folk Art

A lifetime of painting San Antonio and the people in it.

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Artist statement

“A painting's like a song. You start messing around, and at some point it tells you where it wants to go. My job is to listen and stay out of the way. I played music for years before I painted much, so maybe that's where I learned it. Mostly it's just San Antonio coming out — the color and the people I grew up around.”

— Karl Lubbering

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Love & The Moon

Directed & Shot by ONDA REEL · San Antonio, Texas

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San Antonio

Karl has spent his whole life in San Antonio, and it shows up in everything he paints.

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