With the eyes of an artist, the words of a poet, and the mind of a scientist, Eric Hopkins has become one of the most recognized Maine artists of his generation. His depictions of Maine landscapes and seascapes explore the elemental exchange of earth, water, and sky. Rooted in coastal Maine art traditions yet distinctly contemporary, Eric’s paintings capture light, form, and rhythm with a clarity that feels both lyrical and precise.“I was lucky enough to spend my early days on North Haven,” Eric recalls, “where my worldview consisted of roaming the woods, fields, and shorelines, and exploring the edges where land, water, and sky meet. I was drawn to shapes, spaces, patterns, and the rhythms of nature. I was, and still am, fascinated by the incredible variety of life forms and forces on this planet.”Eric graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and has taught at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and Pilchuck Glass School. His work has been exhibited at the Farnsworth Art Museum, Portland Museum of Art, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Waterfall Arts, University of Maine Museum of Art, and in numerous galleries nationwide.His paintings are represented in the public collections of the Farnsworth Art Museum, Portland Museum of Art, Bates College Museum of Art, University of Southern Maine, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, and the U.S. Department of State’s Art in Embassies program. Photography, along with earlier experiments in glass and mixed media, continues to inform his vision. Corporate collections holding his work include Central Maine Power, L.L. Bean, Johnson Wax, Sanyo Securities, TD Bank, and Idexx Laboratories.Eric’s art remains a lifelong meditation on the meeting of land, sea, and sky.