My studio practice is centered on play and exploring the expressive and tactile potential of multiple mediums. I am inspired by the natural world, travel, historical research, and a sense-of-place found in cities across the world.
Trained as a visual artist and holding a doctorate in public management and policy, Dr. Matilda "Tilley" Bubb is a cultural systems analyst, planner, author, and educator. She works at the intersection of studio practice and civic design--building the cultural frameworks that allow artists and communities to flourish. Her primary painting medium is encaustic (hot wax). She also works in hand-built ceramics, gouache, watercolor, stained glass, and mixed-media sculpture. Bubb is co-founder of Surel’s Place, an artist-in-residence program in Garden City, a trustee of the Mitchell Family Foundation, and cultural planner at the City of Boise's Department of Arts & History.
