Mexico has inspired James Hubbell in many ways. His long association with the culture and nature of our close-by neighbor has resulted in works of beauty, majesty and humor. “Mex” features a sea cove in foreground with sunset lit bluff and a blue sky with clouds.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 2000
Materials: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 9 x 12 inches

Mexico has inspired James Hubbell in many ways. A visit to the Sea of Cortez inspired this painting of bright orange rocks with crashing waves in foreground, purple and red mountains in background with a moon rise above.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 2000
Materials: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 9.25 x 12 inches

Hubbell captures the intimate details the entry way of a building in Ures, Sonora Mexico with a gate and pillars and a pink blossoming bush.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 1980
Materials: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 9.5 x 13 inches

The Spanish architecture of a church in Caborca, Sonora Mexico is deftly defined by Hubbell’s brush in this colonial Mexico scene.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 1980
Materials: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches

The affection of a man and his two packing mules at meal time is captured with humor in this Hubbell pen and ink, one of the many faces Hubbell has captured in his trips to Mexico.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 1987
Materials: Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions: 8 x 10 inches

Mount Kuchumaa is the inspiration for Hubbell’s Kuchumaa Passage at Rancho La Puerta. In this landscape of Mount Kuchumaa, a group of people are gathered at the Passage site to witness in pink sunset from Rancho La Puerta.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 1990
Materials: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 11 x 15 inches

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Scene from the beach scene in Mazatlan, Mexico, swimmers, sun bathers and boaters enjoy the sun and sea.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 1983
Materials: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 11 x 15 inches

Mt. Kuchumaa in Tecate, Baja Calfornia overlooks the resort spa Rancho La Puerta. This early spring day shows a blue sky pouring water and life into the valley of oak trees.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 2018
Materials: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 10.5 x 14.25 inches

A Mexican market scene viewed from a distance encompassing shoppers, trees, and a horse and a bright blue sky with clouds.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 1992
Materials: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 15 x 20 inches

A typical ranch corral in Mexico is captured by Hubbell in pen and ink featuring two packing mules  and a dog in the foreground grooming himself.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 1987
Materials: Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions: 8 x 10 inches

A woman in a red frock wrapped in a blue robe with a heart-shaped horse in the background. Mountains and moon add to the mystery of this drawing.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 2010
Materials: Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches
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From Hubbell’s mythological series, a woman’s face with waves of hair and clothes of plants

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 2007
Materials: Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions: 9.5 x 8 inches

The rugged Sierras with granite and snow and Owens Valley below. Bishop Trail Picture Puzzle is from Hubbell’s Sierra Nevada series. This painting can be viewed at the Santa Ysabel Art Gallery in Santa Ysabel, CA.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 1995
Materials: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 15 x 11 inches

Lake Margaret is from Hubbell’s Sierra Nevada series. This painting can be viewed at the Santa Ysabel Art Gallery in Santa Ysabel, CA.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 1995
Materials: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 19 x 23.75 inches

James Hubbell regularly visited the Sierra Nevada’s to hike, sketch and paint the inspiring landscape. Big Horn is from Hubbell’s Sierra Nevada series. This painting can be viewed at the Santa Ysabel Art Gallery in Santa Ysabel, CA.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 1992
Materials: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 11 x 15 inches

Landscape painted from the Hubbell property looking east toward Volcan Mountain with a bright blue sky and there is a penciled bare tree in the foreground.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 2020
Materials: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 10.25 X 14 inches

A late autumn sunset turns the mountains russet while the peaks of the Laguna Range are bathed in moonlight.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 2010
Materials: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 9 x 12 inches

This landscape of the Santa Ysabel Preserve borders Ilan-Lael and reveals the rolling mountain scenery and golden hillsides that overlook Santa Ysabel valley.

Artist: James Hubbell (signed JTH)
Year: 1998
Materials: Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 11 x 15 inches