Charlotte Hopkins Hall

Charlotte Hopkins Hall uses painting as a channel in her search for an understanding of her surroundings seemingly locked in contradictions and absurdities, and tied into the complexities of individual and personal psychology.

Hopkins Hall’s work begins in research. Ideas are structured and developed through reading and photographs she has taken. From this stepping-stone they evolve into a piece. In her unique style she uses the human figure at the core of her work, which enables her to give form to her thought processes. She reflects into them her concerns, doubts and contemplations. The characters in the paintings interact with something within their artificial realm as though the painting were absorbed in it’s own reflection: thoughts frozen in a moment in time, leaving the viewer on the outside.

In her most recent paintings she has begun to introduce more elements, other than the portrait to further research the themes into which she has thrown herself into. The aim is to produce a more complex visual image without losing the sentiment of isolation perceivable in her earlier pieces.

Hopkins Hall has been painting professionally since her last year in college and has exhibited internationally. Eleven of her pieces are part of Fortis Bank’s private collection and are exhibited at their headquarters in Frankfurt.

Exhibitions:
The Worst Gift is a Fruitcake: Christmas Sale
The Thinking Thing
The Becoming of a New World