PHILL HOPKINS
WALKING AHEAD WORKS ON PAPER
PHILL HOPKINS
B. 1961 BRISTOL, UK
Phill Hopkins is a British contemporary artist whose multifaceted practice. Predominantly a painter, he also embraces drawing, photography, and sculpture, using both traditional and unconventional media to create works that resonate on multiple levels.
In this online exhibition, Walking Ahead - Works on Paper, we are delighted to present a selection of works on paper from his Walking Ahead series which he began during lockdown. Working from photographs of his wife walking ahead in the landscape, these pieces invite varied interpretations.
For Phill they serve as meditative reflections: the act of walking becomes a ritual of contemplation, a means of processing the world while continually moving forward. In this narrative, the figure ahead might symbolically represent the artist himself, moving through life.
Growing up in a working-class family in Bristol, Phill found solace and strength in art and went on to study at Goldsmiths College of Art in London. Here, he developed a distinctive visual language of mark-making that has defined his work over the decades.
He has represented Britain at the Nanjing International Art Festival in China and exhibited at institutions including the Imperial War Museum, Kettles Yard, the Hungarian Museum of Photography, Whitworth, Leeds Art Gallery, and The Henry Moore Institute.
His work is held in private collections across the UK, Europe, the USA, China, and Australia, as well as in numerous public collections, affirming its enduring global appeal.
Welcome to a journey of introspection and forward motion—welcome to the world of Phill Hopkins.
Walking Ahead (Figure with a Wildflower Bouquet, St Ishmael)
2022 Ink on paper
21 x 14.8 cm / 8.3 x 5.6 inches
£400 (unframed)
This is the study for a larger acrylic on canvas, 174 x 128 cm / 68.5 x 50.4 inches available via The Art Court.
21 x 14.8 cm / 8.3 x 5.6 inches
£500 (framed)
Walking Ahead
(Oak Coat Under a Bough Next to the River Aire)
2021
Ink on paper
Walking Ahead
(Oak Coat Under Oak Tree)
2021 Ink on paper
21 x 14.8 cm / 8.3 x 5.6 inches
£500 (framed)
21 x 14.8 cm / 8.3 x 5.6 inches
£400 (unframed)
Walking Ahead (Oak Coat in Woodland at Alne) 2021
Ink on paper
Walking Ahead (Bottle Green Fleece Walking Towards the River Wharfe)
2021 Ink on paper
21 x 14.8 cm / 8.3 x 5.6 inches
£500 (framed)
This is the study for a larger acrylic on canvas, 180 x 130 cm / 70.8 x 51.1 inches available via Galeria Fernando Santos, Portugal.
Ink on paper 21 x 14.8 cm
£400 (unframed)
Walking Ahead
(Bottle Green Coat Beyond the Barrier on Barmston Sea End Outfall)
2021
21 x 14.8 cm
Walking Ahead
(Bottle Green Coat on Barmston Sea End Outfall)
2021
Ink on paper
£400 (unframed)
21 x 14.8 cm
£400 (unframed)
Walking Ahead (Emerald Dress on the Beach, St Ishmael)
2022
Ink on paper
Walking Ahead (Oak Coat Walking Through Mud)
2021 Ink on paper
21 x 14.8 cm / 8.3 x 5.6 inches
£400 (unframed)
Walking Ahead
(Oak Coat Beyond a Bough Next to the River Aire)
Ink on paper
21 x 14.8 cm / 8.3 x 5.6 inches
£400 (unframed)
2021
21 x 14.8 cm / 8.3 x 5.6 inches
£400 (unframed)
Walking Ahead
(Oak Coat Climbing up from Carlton Beck)
2021
Ink on paper
Walking Ahead (Oak Coat Past Opening Buds Alongside The River Washburn)
2021
Ink on paper
21 x 14.8 cm / 8.3 x 5.6 inches
£400 (unframed)
Walking Ahead
(Oak Coat Between the Wall and the Path)
2021
21 x 14.8 cm / 8.3 x 5.6 inches
£400 (unframed)
2021
21 x 14.8 cm / 8.3 x 5.6 inches
£400 (unframed)
Walking Ahead
(Oak Coat Pausing to Smell the Blossom)
21 x 14.8 cm / 8.3 x 5.6 inches
£400 (unframed)
Walking Ahead
(Oak Coat on the Bend in the Road)
2021
Ink on paper
Walking Ahead
(Teal Coat Along the Fallen Drystone Wall Pausing to Look Over the Valley)
2024
Ink and acrylic on paper
29.7 x 21 cm / 11.75 x 8.25 in £700 (unframed)
29.7 x 21 cm / 11.75 x 8.25 in £700 (unframed)
Walking Ahead
(Teal Coat Along the Fallen Drystone Wall Reflected in the Flooded Ground)
2024
Ink and acrylic on paper
Walking Ahead (Bottle Green Coat Ascending Steps at Scarborough)
2021
Ink on paper
59 x 41.5cm / 23.2 x 16.3 in £1,800 (framed)
Walking Ahead
Ascending Steps at Withernsea II)
2021
Ink on paper
59 x 41.5cm / 23.2 x 16.3 in £1,800 (framed)
(Bottle Green Coat
