Day 2. When I Am Weakest

“Jen” 30×40, oil on canvas. Sold Yesterday morning I dropped my precocious four year old at pre-k and then went to mass for All Saints Day. In the pew in front of me was a young mother with a baby strapped to her and two toddlers. The younger toddler was, let’s just say, spirited. It […]

Day 1/30: Don’t Fly the Coop

“Rebekah” 24×24, oil on canvas $400.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/rebekah/531584″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] When I decided to do another 30 paintings in 30 days, I wasn’t sure exactly where it would go. I asked for story submissions because my last attempt at this whole idea of painting-as-story two years ago was nothing short […]

Open Letter to the Great Blue Heron

“Spectacle” 6×6, oil on 1.5 in canvas. $105.00[creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/spectacle/516418″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I’m just like anyone else, I’ve got a nice little list of pet peeves. And topping the charts in the less serious category is open letters. Don’t even get me started. Dear woman who pulled out in front […]

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 […]

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