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Hubert Walters was born in Jamaica in 1931, and was a commercial fisherman and boat builder for two decades.  He immigrated to New York in 1970, and he and his wife later moved to North Carolina.  He and his wife were also textile workers.  Then he was in business for himself, operating a small concession.  Walters sculpted people, animals, or boats which he sometimes embellished with found objects.  His scrap material boats are constructed of wood, string, plastic and Bondo.  He usually painted them white, black, and red.  He often used sheet metal, wood, and auto body filler, painted with waterproof paint, to make other objects such as heads, clocks, horses and cows.  He eventually added yellow, brown and blue to his palette.  In addition to his sculpture, he painted pictures of boats, bridges, buildings, landscapes, and often solitary people.  His work was included in the exhibition “Signs and Wonders.”  There was a one-person exhibition of his work at the Diggs Gallery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Mr. Walters was included in the important exhibit originating at the New Orleans Museum of Art “Pictured in my Mind.”

Sadly, Hubert passed away September 8, 2008.  We will all miss him.