Artist's Statement:

"Despite what some consider de rigueur these days, I claim no mission to explore the space-time continuum or contemplate the mystic boundaries of tweedledum and tweedledee. Rather, I believe that to succeed, visual art must stand on its own without the crutch of accompanying verbal explanation. Suffice it then that my photographs are my statement."

Retired from a career as an ad agency executive and freelance writer, Mark Hopkins is a relative newcomer to art photography, having acquired his first digital camera in 2004. His work has appeared as follows:

Juried Shows

• 2006 Frances N. Roddy Competition, Concord Art Assn, Concord MA
• 2007 Member Show, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA
• 2007 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Assn, Cambridge MA
• 2008 Fraser International Photography Competition, Bethesda, MD
• 2008 Frances N. Roddy Competition, Concord Art Assn, Concord MA

Solo Exhibitions

• Back Alley Café, Concord MA, Nov-Dec 2005
• Massachusetts State House, Boston MA, Sep-Oct 2006
• Bemis Hall, Lincoln MA, Sep-Oct 2007
• WGBH Atrium, Boston MA, Nov-Dec 2007
• Concord Art Association, Concord MA, Jan 2009

Mark and his wife Margie Yamamoto live in Lincoln, MA.