In the past decade since becoming a full-time painter Jean has received international acclaim for her work.

"We wanted to showcase another big talent from the north west of England and we did. The Americans loved her"
- managing director of Power Gem corporation, USA, Paul Tipple

"Original and exciting work"
- art critic of the Frankfurter Rundschau, Germany, Von Eva Maria Siefer

"I have a number of Jean's pictures and she, I know, has enjoyed several of my plays. We're quite a mutual admiration society really... I think she's terrific"
- playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn

"I have only ever bought three paintings in my life - two of them are by Jean Hobson"
- playwright Alan Bleasdale

"Jean's paintings are characterised by their vitality and immediacy. Beyond their deceptive simplicity, however, there is a depth and complexity which becomes more apparent every viewing"
- playwright Willy Russell

"Jean Hobson's paintings are both realistic and poetic... Sometimes her paintings are a little sinister but most often, without patronising, they encapsulate the pleasure and vitality of the north"
- art critic and jazz singer George Melly

"There is something special about Jean's paintings: partly an expression of her warm and sympathetic character but more importantly an originality which brings out those fleeting expressions, moods or physical characteristics which almost always defy the photograph. I just love strongly coloured painting. Hooray for Hockney! And for Hobson!"
- The Guardian's Martin Wainwright

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