william hobbs emigrated to canada in 1959. in canada he began a career as a physician and surgeon in the village gainsborough, saskatchewan and became a respected physician in the southeast saskatchewan and southwestern manitoba area. notwithstanding the considerable demands in time alone imposed upon him by his role in this rural community, he managed to develop a technical skill in painting which won him first prize in a major canadian art show in 1978. william hobbs also attended courses at the pan american university, banff school of fine arts, and the emma lake campus at the university of saskatchewan.