Bernie Hubert grew up in a little town on Long Island, 30 miles east of New York City during the 1950’s. His small house was built on what used to be a potato field. Back then there were still “little towns” and potato fields in proximity to NYC. He was influenced by many things from that nostalgic time. Whether it was the cars, just then transitioning from drab black to all kinds of colors and shapes, or the explosion of rock ‘n roll with its vanguard Elvis Presley, or the great NYC baseball teams, the Yankees, Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers, the Golden Era of Baseball, “Mickey, Willie and The Duke”, it was truly a magical time for a boy in love with color, art and baseball. 

 

After retiring from a career in computer consulting, he set out to reacquaint himself with his boyhood love of painting.  Self-taught, he began by painting sports images for his own pleasure and would later embrace nostalgia and Americana Art. In 2011 Bernie “introduced” his art to the public for the first time via Facebook’s Baseball Art page.  Primarily a hobbyist until then, it exposed him to a whole new community of artists, art lovers and collectors. In the ensuing years, his works would grace magazine covers and garner awards and acknowledgements, including being chosen Artist’s Magazine’s 2013 winner in their Best Artists Over 60 Competition.

 

Bernie has lived in Morristown, NJ since the mid-70’s with his wife Beverly. An avid single digit handicap golfer, he learned how to play while attending college at Penn State (“skip class and play for 25 cents a hole against fraternity brothers...you learn fast that way”). When asked to compare art to golf, he says, simply, “there are no double bogies in art”.