We admired Greg Hopkins’ work a few summers ago, when the artist created intricate pieces that resembled layers of peeling wallpaper. His new collection of work maintains his obsession with color, process and pattern with an evolved look. Through a series of layered stencils that he’s painted, peeled, and painted over again, Hopkin’s reinvented his creative wheel. He compares this distinctive process to fossil creation, “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.”

The lines and patterns in this collection of work are influenced by the likes of Navajo rugs, Amish quilts, video games, wallpaper, comic books and illuminated manuscripts. While clearly work intensive and thoroughly composed, his work retains preserved drips of paint to reflect an element of decay, entropy and time.

Sloan Fine Art
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New York, NY 10002