Curio: Sir Anthony Hopkins, Painter
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 10:40AM Alexa here. I was lucky enough to vacation in Hawaii a few weeks ago. While walking down a particularly touristy street, a video projected in one of the shops caught my eye: there was Anthony Hopkins, standing in an artist's studio, talking about painting. Suddenly I was thinking of Surviving Picasso and how frustrating I found it that Picasso's paintings were only partially visible. Yet here was Hopkins, standing in front of a full canvas. Of course, this wasn't Guernica, but one of the actor's own alternately brooding and peaceful works.
Hopkins has said that looking at his paintings, "what you're observing is my state of mind." He has also attributed himself a Van Gogh-type personality, especially during his drinking days. Certainly something about his artwork mirrors his acting roles: alternating the garish (Instinct, Freejack) with the understated (84 Charing Cross Road, Howard's End). Here's a sampling. You can see more here.
More samples follow.
You can see more at Sir Anthony Hopkin's Official Site.
Anthony Hopkins, Curio, Picasso
Reader Comments (4)
How very interesting ! I didn't know this about Sir Anthony I even went to see his website and one can actually buy one of his paintings over there. Very cool, indeed :-)
Ooh, it's very Hausu.
Also, Jennifer Aniston apparently has paintings at MoMA. I missed those when I was in New York.
This looks like the work of - a slightly better than average amateur painter. the landscape is barely a sketch; I've seen the like on ebay, I'm afraid.
Please, Sir Anthony, go back to your dayjob - and not the zillion-dollar paycheck sort of projects. Remember when you used to be great?
Wow. I didnt know he was a painter. Hes one of my favorite actors. He pretty talented