The Life-Changing Fifteen Minutes
Fifteen Minutes. I paint at weddings. What you don’t see is the back of my 2007 Honda CRV loaded up with my gear– easel, light, table, paint, extension cord, etc. I’m not the most organized; I’m not the best packer. But somehow I manage to load my car, unload it at the venue (sometimes […]
Mornings In the New House
“Morning’s Quiet” 24×24, oil on canvas $400.00 [creativ_button url=”https://denisehopkinsfineart.com/product/mornings-quiet-24×24-abstract-palette-knife-painting/” icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”large” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I’ve lived in my new house three months now. I have trouble recalling the initial chaos– where would Ezra go to school? How would I ever paint over all those mustard walls? Would we make friends in the neighborhood? I’m still working […]
Shouts of Joy
“Shouts for Joy to Nobody” 6×6, oil on canvas, $105.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/shouts-for-joy-to-nobody/512160″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] The great thing about Emily Dickinson is that no matter how many of her poems you read, there’s always one you haven’t read yet. Or, at the very least, forgot about. I recently discovered this little […]
On Being a Bad Ass: A Lesson from the Peacock
“No Looking Back” 12×24, oil on canvas. $300.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/no-looking-back/506195″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] “Look at Me Now” 12×24, oil on canvas. $300.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/look-at-me-now/506196″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] Someone recently contacted me about using one of my peacock images as the logo for a Catholic blog she […]
No Place Like Home
“Getting Settled” 6×6, oil on gessoboard $75.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/getting-settled/502280″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] For a while now I’ve been doing another type of painting. The walls in my new house were what I affectionately call “neon mustard.” Between the layers of paint it took to get rid of the mustard, and the […]
Pardon Me While I Tend to the Chickens
“Follow Me” 5×7, oil on canvas, $105.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/follow-me/486179″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] It’s been a while. I have been working on three challenging commissions (something I claim I don’t take anymore). It’s felt like forever since I did a “daily painting”– a small, quick study that goes from nothing to finished […]
Scratch That. I’ve Got Boats to Build.
“Boats to Build” 24×24, oil on canvas [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/boats-to-build/483361″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] After a few trying days, a long-distance friend sent me a link to a Guy Clark song with the assurance, “I promise it will speak to you”. I’ve never been too big on country music, but I followed the […]
The Metaphoric Pelican
“Memory Changing” 30×40 oil on canvas, $595.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/memory-changing/475095″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] It’s been a while since I’ve done an entire painting in a day. I’ve been taking my time lately. Lots of editing. I miss the thrill that is constant change. I miss the sense of completion. The moving on. […]
Two Years And Counting
After two years of painting professionally, I know less what kind of painter I am and what kind I want to be than I did in April of 2014. My world has grown. When it was smaller, everything was clearer, had a place. Now everything leads to something else. There are more possibilities than there […]