Benjamin Hope NEAC
b. 1976
Benjamin Hope
Benjamin Hope’s (b. 1976) versatile output includes portraits, still life compositions, seascapes and town- and city-scapes. Expert at capturing the effects of light on form and employing a subtle tonal colour palette, Hope works en plein air and from his South London studio.
Hope took an unconventional route to a career as a painter. As the son of artist Jane Hope, he was introduced to painting at an early age. Still, he decided against Art School and pursued his interest in Mathematics and Physics, culminating in a PhD from Cambridge University. His long-term plan throughout, though, was to become a painter, and his artistic training happened concurrently through experimentation, practice and reading. He has been a full-time artist since 2011.
Hope is a member of the New English Art Club, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Society of Marine Artists, The Pastel Society, the Oxford Art Society and the Blackheath Art Society.
Available
Self-portrait
£950
The Strata from Borough High Street
SOLD
“I draw and paint directly from life, both in the studio and outside. Working in this way results in marks that are reactive, and for me, it is the best way to capture what it feels like to be with the subject. I also create much larger studio paintings based on small plein air studies. In these I try to recreate the energy and atmosphere of the smaller work using a more complex layering of paint.”