Episode 4: Pilar Pobil

Pilar Pobil is a self taught, Spanish born artist. Her life and artistic journey weave through the times of the Spanish Civil War until today. Her artistic nature was encouraged by her Navy Admiral father who was later tragically killed in the war. Pilar had to hide her talent from an austere and conservative mother until she met and married her husband, Walter Smith, and moved to Salt Lake City, UT. Her artwork, consisting of paintings and sculptures, has been recognized with many honors and awards. She has been named one of Utah’s most influential artists and has even been knighted by the king of Spain! She is currently 93 years old.    Her home is a work of art in and of itself and the Pilar Pobil Legacy Foundation has been created to preserve her home for art events in the future. We are honored to have this conversation with her and have her as our guest on this episode. You can see her work and home at: https://www.pilarpobil.com https://www.pilarpobillegacyfoundation.org   We are also giving away one of Pilar’s art prints to one of our listeners who creates something with the prompt that Pilar leaves at the end of the episode. Be sure to create and hashtag #promptmepodcast for a chance to win. Winner will be chosen June 1, 2020.