“the pleasure of painting in the field is exhilarating and provides hours of tramping across our beautiful Welsh landscape . . .”
John Wynne Hopkins
John specializes in oil painting and paints outdoors. He says “no matter how cold or wet the weather, it has never stopped me completing a painting.”
John Wynne Hopkins was born In Dafen, Llanelli and educated at Llandovery College. He loved to paint and draw from an early age. One of his first influences was David Shepherd, the famous wildlife and military artist. When John and his family moved to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1954 he
soon began painting African wildlife. He received his first military commissions there, as the bush war was at its height.
On returning to Wales, Llanelli in 1982, John Wynne Hopkins met up with an old friend, Gareth Thomas. They spent many hours painting together outdoors. Light, atmosphere and working from observation of the Welsh landscape are what matter to him. He says “the pleasure of painting in the field is exhilarating and provides hours of tramping across our beautiful Welsh landscape”. His Landrover 110 station wagon is his mobile studio when the weather is impossible.
John Wynne Hopkins’s paintings are held in collections across the world. He is a very active member of Llanelli Community Heritage and exhibits with the Llanelli Art Society
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Current Exebitions
28 JULY 07Park Howard Llanelli
John is currently an invited artist showing his works at the Park Howard Museum & Art Gallery, entry is free and all exebitions are worth seeing.
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John Wynne Hopkins
- 1954 Born in Llanelli
- 1967-73 Llandovery College
- 1973-74 Cardiff College of Art.
- 1974-1977 Trinity College Carmarthen.
- Military Service – 1st Battalion The Rhodesian African Rifles.
- 1992 Associate of the Guild of Aviation Artists, London.
