STATEMENT

My artistic journey has evolved from representational drawings in ink and graphite to non-objective drawings in pastel. I aim to communicate my feelings through the interaction of color and form. The tactile sense of hand to pastel allows me to form impressions of mood. In my current series, I started with a grid format, creating visual variety and balancing color, light, and texture and using a combination of intuition and intention. I find it liberating to start a drawing with no predetermined outcome, inventing forms not yet imagined as I strive to develop drawings that express my emotions and sensibilities.

BIO

With a background in drawing, painting, and graphic design, Michael Hopkins' current passion is abstract drawing in pastel. He has studied Drawing at Parsons, the Art Students League, and the School of Visual Arts. In 2006, he began classes in Landscape Drawing and Painting and, in 2010, he began Abstract Pastel Drawing with Instructor Meredith Rosier and the Drawing Galaxy at The Woodstock School of Art. With his electrifying sense of color, Hopkins' work has been exhibited in numerous galleries including Wired Gallery, Stone Ridge, NY, The Rep Gallery in Albany, NY and The Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, NY.