JayHopkinsOilPaintingsatthe
GranaryRuralCulturalCenter
TheDacotahPrairieMuseumandtheGranaryRural
CulturalCenterproudlypresenttheoilpaintingsofartist
JayHopkinsattheGranaryGallery,nowthroughJuly20,
2014.Entitled:“TheWorldIsMyStage”,theexhibition
contains25newandfavoritepaintingsfromtheartist,
whonowresidesinAberdeen.
BornandraisedinHavana,ND,shenowteaches
ArtHistoryatPresentationCollegeinAberdeen.She
receivedherBachelorofFineArtsdegreeatMinnesota
StateUniversityofMoorhead,MN,andherMastersofFineArtsat
ColoradoStateUniversityinFortCollins,COin2008.
TheartistseesherartasanextensionofherNorth
Dakotarootsandrelationshipstothenaturalworld.“Nature
anditsinhabitantsfuelmycreativeprocess.Iattempttoweave
togetherpersonalnarrativeswithobservationsofmyeveryday
world,”statestheartist.This
groupofpaintingsreflectthat
influenceandhergrowingart
exposuretolargeraudiences
throughoutthepastfewyears.
JayHopkinshas
participatedintheEmerging
ArtistShowatFortCollins
MuseumofModernArt,along
withgroupartexhibitionsatthe
RourkeArtMuseumGalleryinMooreheard,MN,DacotahPrairie
MuseuminAberdeen,SD,andA.JainMaranouchiGalleryinNew
York,NY.ShehasbeenpublishedtwiceintheStudioVisitMagazine:
Volume1and7.Sherecentlymadethetop5of2,000artistsforanopportunityofan
InternationalsoloexhibitioninParis,France.
“TheWorldIsMyStage”includespaintingsthatrangeinsizefrom8”by8”upto38”by
48”.Thepaintingsrelyonoilpaintandoilsticks,sometimescoupledwithacrylicpaintand
collage’materialswhichareappliedwithbrushandscraperfortexturaleffects.Therichearth
colorsandmulti‐layeredtexturingproducesandartpiecewithemotionandsubtlebeauty.“My
paintingscaptureanimageofmyworldthatunitesthefragmentedexperiencesoftimeandplace,
themeansbywhichhumansrecordandcommunicateideas,”commentsHopkins.