Duncan Hopkins

Joined Artfinder: June 2013

Artworks for sale: 14

(2)

United Kingdom

About Duncan Hopkins

 
 
  • Biography

    Duncan Hopkins lives and works close to the North Devon and Cornwall coast. His drawings and paintings are carefully observed and improvised studies of the sea, coastline and rural landscapes throughout the south west.

    He is particularly interested the evocation of atmosphere and sensation, and the topographical and structural qualities of natural features and phenomena.

    He is currently researching and developing drawing and painting methods based on historical practices, and works primarily with oils, using support media including charcoal, graphite, pastels, watercolour and silverpoint.

    He has over 35 years experience in the Arts, working in fine art, digital design, and community art projects. His other interests include gardening, and wandering around aimlessly.




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  • Education

    2010 - 2011

    MA Fine Art: Contemporary Practice - University College Falmouth, Cornwall, UK

    2001 - 2003

    HNC Multimedia + Graphic Design - Strode College, Street, Somerset, UK

    1987 - 1990

    BA Graphic Design + Illustration - Bristol Polytechnic, Bristol, UK

  • Awards

    2018

    Jackson’s Open Painting Prize 2018

    Longlisted

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    2015

    Royal Society of Marine Artists Open

    Longlisted

    2014

    Royal Society of Marine Artists Open

    Longlisted

    2014

    The Threadneedle Prize

    Longlisted

    2014

    Evolver Prize

    Shortlisted

    2014

    The Plough Open Drawing Competition

    Shortlisted

    2013

    Plough Drawing Competition

    Shortlisted

    2012

    Door Prize For Painting

    Shortlisted
  • Upcoming Events

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    Previous events

    Event: WHOBIDARTS 99th Summer Exhibition

    Dates: 17 May 2021 - 4 Jul 2021

    Venue: The Burton at Bideford, Kingsley Road, Bideford, Devon EX39 2QQ

    The Westward Ho! & Bideford Arts Society 99th Summer Exhibition is now on at the Burton at Bideford. I am exhibiting the one oil painting, ‘Walk This Way’, 100 x 100 x 4 cm, made last year.

    Event: The Seasonal

    Dates: 5 Dec 2020 - 21 Jan 2021

    Venue: The Willoughby Gallery, The Castle, The Wharf, Bude, Cornwall EX23 8LG

    Relaxing, atmospheric paintings and drawings of the rural landscape and coast of the South West – from the moor to the shore. A collection of new and older works in oil, mixed media, pastel, charcoal and graphite. Work will be available to buy.

    COVID update –
    There will be no Private View for this exhibition. The galleries, museum and cafe are open, but there is a one way system in place, and masks must be worn.

    Event: COAST

    Dates: 20 Jul 2018 - 7 Sep 2018

    Venue: White Moose Gallery, Moose Hall, Trinity Street, Barnstaple EX32 8HX

    Ceramicist Roger Cockram and artists Duncan Hopkins, Mark Rochester and Mike Woollacott have been inspired by the North Devon coastline with spectacular results.

    Event: Wave / Particle

    Dates: 13 Jan 2018 - 17 Feb 2018

    Venue: The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington , North Devon

    An exhibition of 32 drawings and paintings produced between 2011 and 2018.

    In quantum mechanics, light photons can be explained as behaving both as a wave and as a particle. This exhibition in the main gallery features new and existing paintings and drawings which are based around this non-geometric structural framework. The work is produced through observation and the intuitive creative process, and consists of objective, subjective and phenomenological studies of the sea, water, landscape, figure, and organic abstraction.

    The work engages with concepts of chaos, complexity, tranquillity, perception, magic, shamanism and metaphor.

    Duncan Hopkins lives and works in Bideford, North Devon and has been producing and experimenting with imagery from a young age. He was trained in graphic design, illustration and multimedia, and has a Masters in Fine Art from Falmouth Unversity, 2011.

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Education

2010 - 2011

MA Fine Art: Contemporary Practice - University College Falmouth, Cornwall, UK

2001 - 2003

HNC Multimedia + Graphic Design - Strode College, Street, Somerset, UK

1987 - 1990

BA Graphic Design + Illustration - Bristol Polytechnic, Bristol, UK


Awards

2018

Jackson’s Open Painting Prize 2018

Longlisted

Show more awards Hide

2015

Royal Society of Marine Artists Open

Longlisted

2014

Royal Society of Marine Artists Open

Longlisted

2014

The Threadneedle Prize

Longlisted

2014

Evolver Prize

Shortlisted

2014

The Plough Open Drawing Competition

Shortlisted

2013

Plough Drawing Competition

Shortlisted

2012

Door Prize For Painting

Shortlisted

There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: WHOBIDARTS 99th Summer Exhibition

Dates: 17 May 2021 - 4 Jul 2021

Venue: The Burton at Bideford, Kingsley Road, Bideford, Devon EX39 2QQ

The Westward Ho! & Bideford Arts Society 99th Summer Exhibition is now on at the Burton at Bideford. I am exhibiting the one oil painting, ‘Walk This Way’, 100 x 100 x 4 cm, made last year.

Event: The Seasonal

Dates: 5 Dec 2020 - 21 Jan 2021

Venue: The Willoughby Gallery, The Castle, The Wharf, Bude, Cornwall EX23 8LG

Relaxing, atmospheric paintings and drawings of the rural landscape and coast of the South West – from the moor to the shore. A collection of new and older works in oil, mixed media, pastel, charcoal and graphite. Work will be available to buy.

COVID update –
There will be no Private View for this exhibition. The galleries, museum and cafe are open, but there is a one way system in place, and masks must be worn.

Event: COAST

Dates: 20 Jul 2018 - 7 Sep 2018

Venue: White Moose Gallery, Moose Hall, Trinity Street, Barnstaple EX32 8HX

Ceramicist Roger Cockram and artists Duncan Hopkins, Mark Rochester and Mike Woollacott have been inspired by the North Devon coastline with spectacular results.

Event: Wave / Particle

Dates: 13 Jan 2018 - 17 Feb 2018

Venue: The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington , North Devon

An exhibition of 32 drawings and paintings produced between 2011 and 2018.

In quantum mechanics, light photons can be explained as behaving both as a wave and as a particle. This exhibition in the main gallery features new and existing paintings and drawings which are based around this non-geometric structural framework. The work is produced through observation and the intuitive creative process, and consists of objective, subjective and phenomenological studies of the sea, water, landscape, figure, and organic abstraction.

The work engages with concepts of chaos, complexity, tranquillity, perception, magic, shamanism and metaphor.

Duncan Hopkins lives and works in Bideford, North Devon and has been producing and experimenting with imagery from a young age. He was trained in graphic design, illustration and multimedia, and has a Masters in Fine Art from Falmouth Unversity, 2011.


 

Biography

Duncan Hopkins lives and works close to the North Devon and Cornwall coast. His drawings and paintings are carefully observed and improvised studies of the sea, coastline and rural landscapes throughout the south west.

He is particularly interested the evocation of atmosphere and sensation, and the topographical and structural qualities of natural features and phenomena.

He is currently researching and developing drawing and painting methods based on historical practices, and works primarily with oils, using support media including charcoal, graphite, pastels, watercolour and silverpoint.

He has over 35 years experience in the Arts, working in fine art, digital design, and community art projects. His other interests include gardening, and wandering around aimlessly.