Eric Hopkins
Type of Fellow: Research Fellow
Description:
Eric Hopkins has engaged numerous people through his art and with his thoughts about life on this Big Blue Planet. With the eyes of an artist, the words of a poet, and the mind of a scientist, he captures the dynamic forces and rhythms of nature in watercolors, oils, blown glass, mixed media, and photography. His vision focuses on the Big Picture of the natural world, geological and geographical forms, and the exchange of energy between Earth, Water, and Sky. From this intimate study of nature, Eric has developed a keen awareness of light, form, color, and pattern, which is reflected in all of his work and particularly his recent work with mixed media and molten glass.
Born in 1951 in Bangor, Maine, Eric is a native of North Haven Island, Maine, where he has maintained studios and a gallery on Hopkins Wharf since 1990. In the summer of 2006, Eric expanded his studio and gallery space to Rockland, Maine, where he maintains a studio and a gallery.
Eric is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and has taught at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and Pilchuck Glass School. He has exhibited at the Farnsworth Art Museum, Portland Museum of Art, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Waterfall Arts Center, University of Maine Museum of Art, and a number of galleries nationally. Eric’s paintings and glass are held in many private and public collections, including the Farnsworth Art Museum, Portland Museum of Art, Bates College Museum of Art, University of Southern Maine, Corning Museum of Glass, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, and the U.S. Department of State Art in Embassies: Bahamas, Pakistan, Philippines, and the West Indies. He is also represented in the corporate collections of L.L. Bean, Johnson Wax, Sanyo Securities, and Idexx Laboratories.