Greg Hopkins "Paintings"
Sloan Fine Art
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Sloan Fine Art presents "Paintings," by Greg Hopkins, a new body of work in which the artist explores his obsessions with color, process and pattern.
Greg Hopkins paints in layers. Each painting begins with an ink-wash on a layer of tape that covers the entire surface of the canvas. The drawing is then cut out to create a frisket onto which multiple layers of paint are applied. Each paint layer is preceded by a new tape frisket that acts as a stencil. Acrylic paint is applied to the canvas through the cut out shapes.
Through this process, the initial ink drawing is destroyed and replaced with archival acrylic paint. Hopkins likens his finished artworks to the fossilized remains of extinct animals. “It reminds me of the way fossils aren't old bones from dead animals, but stone that has replaced the bone as minerals migrate through layers of sediment. My paintings begin as temporary ink drawings that are, layer by layer, replaced by a permanent material as the final image is revealed.”
[Image: "Cadmium Orange Beach" 2010 Acrylic on canvas 48 x 48 in.]
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Schedule
from February 10, 2011 to March 12, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-02-09 from 18:00 to 20:00