Karin Hopkinson

Painting is my way of noticing. Nature is my starting point – its colours, cycles, and quiet lessons but it’s the deeper truths hiding in plain sight that really draw me in. I work primarily in oils and often choose to mix my colours as little as possible. Instead, I layer them like a printmaker might, letting each hue speak for itself. This process allows me to leave my human interpretation visible, a kind of dialogue between what I see and what I feel. I’m fascinated by the intersection of life and impermanence. There’s something both eerie and comforting in how quietly things come and go, how fragile we are, and yet how much beauty persists. The things we feel and see are what surpass mortality. I try to hold that space in my work. Colour, to me, is a gift – a bridge between nature’s world and mine.