Karl Lubbering · San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio
Modern Folk Art
Paintings shaped by family legacy, sobriety, music, and the colors of the city — signed KLube, for Mr. Lube.
Recently shownKLUBEart — A Showing of PaintingsBlue Star Arts Complex (Space C136), San Antonio, TX
February 5 – February 6, 2026 →Featured work
From the Archive
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Artist statement
“I paint the San Antonio I grew up in: the colors of the West Side, the geometry of the barrio, the music in the garage. My father taught art his whole life, and my great uncle ran a gallery out of a nightclub on St. Mary's Street. I carry both of them into every canvas. I paint sober, I paint grateful, and I paint so the people and places that raised me stay visible.”
— Karl Lubbering
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The place
San Antonio
The river and the heat, the West Side rooflines, conjunto through an open window — this is the city that raised Karl and colors everything he paints.
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From the Studio
NewsJune 5, 2026
Barrio Geometry Opens at Period Modern
The new solo show is up. Eleven paintings, two years of work, and one very proud family in the room.
NewsMay 18, 2026
Joining 'Texas Folk Now' at Blue Star This Fall
Three paintings — including the still-growing St. Mary's Strip collage — head to the Blue Star Arts Complex in September.
Studio NoteApril 2, 2026
Why I Paint Geometric Shapes
People ask about the squares and triangles. The short answer: that's what the neighborhood looks like when you remember it instead of photographing it.
Beyond the canvas
Music
Karl is a musician as well as a painter — garage soul, border blues, and whatever the room needs. Music and painting come from the same place: San Antonio.
Come by
Studio Visits
Collectors, students, and the art-curious can request a studio visit. Come see the work in progress, the paint-stained couch, the fish, and maybe even Stinky the cat.
For collectors
Collecting KLube
How buying a painting works: gallery representation, available work, commissions, and caring for the paintings once they're on your wall.