Two figures with brown skin stand in a landscape with waterfalls and rolling terrain. The figure on the right wears a black headwrap and white cloth, while the smaller figure on the left reaches toward a luminous white orb emanating from the right figure's hand. The composition is framed with a bright blue border and rendered in rich earth tones with gestural brushwork and layered paint techniques.
Two figures with brown skin stand in a landscape with waterfalls and rolling terrain. The figure on the right wears a black headwrap and white cloth, while the smaller figure on the left reaches toward a luminous white orb emanating from the right figure's hand. The composition is framed with a bright blue border and rendered in rich earth tones with gestural brushwork and layered paint techniques.

Kevin Hopkins Bio

Kevin Hopkins [b. 2000, Beaufort, South Carolina] is a painter based in Kansas City, Missouri. Hopkins’ work explores the celebration of life and the awareness of his mortality following the passing of an elder. Currently, he has focused his work on highlighting familial relationships through self-portraiture--or personas extracted from self-portraiture. Kevin now attends the Kansas City Art Institute majoring in Painting and Art History. He was recognized internationally as a… Read more

Kevin Hopkins [b. 2000, Beaufort, South Carolina] is a painter based in Kansas City, Missouri.

Hopkins’ work explores the celebration of life and the awareness of his mortality following the

passing of an elder. Currently, he has focused his work on highlighting familial relationships

through self-portraiture--or personas extracted from self-portraiture. Kevin now attends the

Kansas City Art Institute majoring in Painting and Art History. He was recognized

internationally as a 2021 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grantee and nationally as a 2021

AXA Art Prize finalist.

 

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