Louise Hopkins is based in Glasgow. Following a research residency in 2017, she was commissioned by Cove Park to develop a new work to be produced and presented on site in. The final project, Double Flower, was shown at Cove Park in 2023.

Hopkins is immersed in a poetic exploration of process. The working methods she employs translate readily from painting into print. In her paintings she often layers onto a pre-formulated ground, trace by trace, interweaving and evolving a surface material into something entirely new, while retaining the resonance of what lies beneath. These concerns were the foundation for her 2006 print for Cove Park, although this work doesn’t involve the application of ink; instead, she employed an embossing process that creates a delicate and shifting translation of the score for the Nina Simone song I Wish I Knew How It Feels to be Free. The printing plate has been developed from a lengthy process applied to an acetate photocopy of the music, with Hopkins almost completely erasing the reproduction, then meticulously re-working areas of the score so that it emerges from the page again like a handmade version.

Produced at Dundee Contemporary Arts Print Studio

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