Ghost Ship (2025)
Ghost Ship Collective The Ghost Ship Collective is a new body of work by Charles Beau Hoffacker that confronts the hollowing out of institutions, the violence woven into everyday life, and the uneasy balance between authority and humanity. Rooted in Hoffacker’s dual experience as a New Orleans police detective and visual artist, the series uses oil, found materials, and official documents to explore themes of loss, oversight, disempowerment, and resilience. Each piece is both personal testimony and social commentary — a record of New Orleans as it is now: raw, fractured, and hauntingly alive. Debut Exhibition The Ghost Ship Collective will make its debut at Farrington Smith Gallery (1924 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, LA 70116) on Saturday, October 11, 2025, from 6:00–9:00 p.m. The opening invites viewers to step into Hoffacker’s evolving world of abstraction and narrative, where vintage police cruisers become phantoms, directives turn into visual artifacts, and the city’s shadows demand to be seen.

Ghost Ship - SOLD
2024, Mixed Media, 16" x 37.5"

Headlines
2024, Mixed Media, 16" x 37.5", $1800

Threshold
2024, Mixed Media, 16" x 37.5", $1800

Defund
2024, Mixed Media, 16" x 37.5", $1800

Chapter 44.2
2024, Mixed Media, 16" x 37.5", $1800

Vigil
2024, Mixed Media, 16" x 37.5", $1800

Short Form
2025, Mixed Media, 16" x 37.5", $1800

Monster - SOLD
2025, Mixed Media, 16 x 37.5"

Swine - SOLD
2025, Acrylic on Panel, 13 x 33"

103m
2025, Mixed Media, 32" x 37.5", $2200

Pink Blankets
2025, Mixed Media, 32" x 37.5" $2200

Liaison
2025, Mixed Media, 32 x 37.5", $2200

Goose
2025, Mixed Media, 37.5" x 32", $2200

E-22686-24
2024, Mixed Media, 48 x 37.5", $2200

Traveler
(Costume Series) Traveler, 2025, Mixed Media, 48 x 37.5, $5000

Mother
(Costume Series) Mother, 2025, Mixed Media, 48 x 37.5, $5000

Skater
(Costume Series) Skater, 2025, Mixed Media, 48 x 37.5, $5000

Shorty, 2025, Oil, 24 x 36, $1000

R-00068-25
2025, Mixed Media, 16 x 16, $750

Granite
2023, Mixed Media, 16 x 16", $750

Emre
2025, Mixed Media, 16 x 16, $750

J-17363-23
2025, Mixed Media, 16 x 16", $750

Human Remains #1
2024, Mixed Media, 16 x 16, $2500 (set of 4)

Human Remains #2
2024, Mixed Media, 16 x 16, $2500 (set of 4)

Human Remains #3
2024, Mixed Media, 16 x 16, $2500 (set of 4)

Human Remains #4
2024, Mixed Media, 16 x 16, $2500 (set of 4)

Misdemeanor
(Show Me Your Hands) 2025, Mixed Media, 16 x 16", $750

Heavy Metal
(Show Me Your Hands) 2025, Mixed Media, 16 x 16", $750

ICE House
2025, Mixed Media, 16 x 16", $750
