SONGS at an EXHIBITION – Paintings by Tony Hopkins, Monday 8 to Saturday 20 June

Local artist Tony Hopkins presents a fascinating array of paintings inspired by 60s and 70s comics, record sleeves, advertising, posters, ephemera and “by the people  places and traditions I have known and loved in the local community over the past thirty years.”

Artist, musician and songwriter Tony Hopkins studied in Newcastle, Five Acres FoD, Falmouth and Somerset and worked in adult education with SEN groups and within local communities, using creativity to reach hard-to-engage adult learners. He currently plays music locally and runs a music group for adults who have suffered head injuries.

He writes: “I don’t like slick digital emptiness or excessive reliance on technique, preferring simple and direct images and/or collisions of themes (all the unsorted washing in the tub on spin cycle to shrink, let colours run and make a jumble of patterns through the glass) to create images in which the viewer can create their own narratives.”