Georgie Hopton
Works available
Three Roses in a Blue Glass Vase
2007
Photograph
Edition 1 of 4 + 2 AP
Framed 52 × 40 cm / 20 1/2 × 15 3/4 ins
Flowers in a Bag
2007
Acrylic on Jesmonite
Edition 1 of 3
38.5 × 35 × 19 cm / 15 1/8 × 13 3/4 × 7 1/2 ins
Mixed Bouquet
2006
Oil on canvas
Unframed 40 × 57 cm / 15 3/4 × 22 1/2 ins
Abalone Pearl
2007
Photograph
Edition 1 of 4 + 2 AP
Framed 52 × 40 cm / 20 1/2 × 15 3/4 ins
Biography
Georgie Hopton's exhibition will take place in the Artists' House at Roche Court, designed by Stephen Marshall, 2001, in order to show domestic scale art.
Hopton has responded directly to the environment of Roche Court. Known for her paintings and sculpture influenced by Morandi and Picasso, her inspiration for this new series of works, comes mainly from flowers, which she has grown herself. She photographs, paints and sculpts each image forming groups within this exhibition. Her photographs of flowers, are presented in retro style vases and employ soft lines that detach the objects from reality. Hopton's oval canvases present flowers in a more lavish manner, using decorative, candy coloured shades. Her sculpture, made in clay and then cast in jesmonite, has a distinctly cubist feel and is decoratively painted giving it a feeling of hyper-reality. Each flower whether it is a daffodil, rose or a peony, will be represented through the medium of photography, painting and sculpture.
Georgie Hopton graduated from St Martins School of Art in 1989. Solo exhibitions have included Laughed - I Could Have Cried at Milton Keynes Gallery, which travelled to Firstsite, Colchester, 2003. Hopton was nominated for the Maxmara Art Prize for Women in 2007 and lives and works in London and upstate New York.