Day 2. On the Horizon
“On the Horizon” 11×14, oil on canvas $150.00 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/untitled/254328″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] SOLD I met Laura in high school, and, to be honest, other than her huge belly, she’s not changed much. She’s pregnant, of course. But it wasn’t an easy road, and she’s struggled more than most. You can read her blog to […]
Painting a Day, Day 1. In Loving Memory.
“In Loving Memory” 8×10, oil on canvas Robert Howard Lavigne 1927-1987 Painting a day, part two. This time around I wanted some kind of theme and since my last thirty in thirty was all about me (sometimes painfully so), I thought it would be a great idea to share a story each day– […]
Fight or Flight
“Fight or Flight” 30×24, oil on canvas $337.00 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/fight-or-flight/251566″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] SOLD I started this pelican painting weeks ago, and just like the last piece I wrote about, it started off magically. In mere moments I had shapes and colors I loved.
Blobs and Scratches, Blue Heron Painting # 2,537
“Watchful” 18×24, oil on gessoboard, $262 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/watchful/251227″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] Blue herons in my dreams. Never moving, always still. This one started so magically. In ten minutes I had a loose sketch– thin paint that flowed across the canvas. But real paintings can’t take ten minutes. Impossible.
The Art of Parenting: You Win Some, You Lose Some, and Then…
“When He Looks at Me”, 8×10, oil on canvas My mom has a friend whose daughter had triplets. Triplets. They came over today. It took both mother and daughter to carry in three fancy- looking baby carriers which they then sat down on our kitchen floor. Three sets of wide-eyed, incredibly calm eyes looked […]
Bend Don’t Break. Focus, Direction, Vision
“Focus” 24×12, oil on canvas, $225 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/focus/330235″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] I’ve worked on this one on and off for weeks now, sometimes for as little as ten minutes. It’s darker than most of my paintings. More monochromatic. I used the palette knife again, enjoyed piling on the paint in thick layers, amused at the […]
Visions and Revisions
“Love Song” 24×36, oil on canvas SOLD There’s this story about Picasso. I’m not sure if it’s true or not, and I have mixed feelings about it. A woman spots Picasso at a French cafe. She excitedly recognizes him and asks if he will do a small drawing for her. He quickly sketches a […]
Art and Warring
“Waiting for the Muses”, 22×28, oil on canvas, $312 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/waiting-for-the-muses/243429″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] This one has been a long time coming. In the mess of my separation and still eventual divorce, I have things, objects, that don’t quite have a home in this temporary space I’ve found myself– someone else’s home. Old paintings. Paintings whose […]
Palette Knife through the Heart
“Diving In” 18×24, oil on canvas, $260.00 [button link=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/diving-in/240781″ type=”big”] Buy Now[/button] I love painting small and often. In fact, not producing a painting a day for the last month and half has left me feeling unproductive even though I’ve put in at least close to the same miles on the canvas. Is […]