Artist and professor discusses latest exhibit at The Council of Arts

Wubbena's art shows the use of war jets along with multiple layers of paint on canvas and rock. (Photo by Jowairia Khalid)

Wubbena's different art pieces are set up at The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri. (Photo by Jowairia Khalid)

"It's not about what I think; it's about when you look at them, what do you think. Because at some point, it doesn't matter what I think; it's about how you read it," Wubbena said. (Photo by Jowairia Khalid)

One of Wubbena's 10-foot pieces is pink and is titled "This is her." He said it is about environmentalism and feminism, featuring Greta Thunberg, who has been the face of climate action in recent years, on a rock. (Photo by Jowairia Khalid)

Different mediums layered on a canvas, "DEMO" standing out in the work. (Photo by Jowairia Khalid)

Wubbena's exhibit "Demos" means "The People" in Greek. (Photo by Jowairia Khalid)

Wubbena said the pieces are about burdens people carry. "The sculptures look like figurative forms, bodies that are maybe twisting, maybe building and maybe even deteriorating. On top of them are the rock-like forms that are the burdens that we may carry," Wubbena said. (Photo by Jowairia Khalid)

Wubbena shows one of his favorite pieces, one side showing HELL and the other shows HELP. (Photo by Jowairia Khalid)