Phyllis K. Hoopman
Greenbush, WI
Artist Biography
I am a watercolor artist working in the Plymouth WI, area. After retiring from a nursing career in Boston, MA in 2001, and private healthcare administrative consultation, I began studying watercolor with James Michael, Sheboygan, WI and Jean Crane, Cedarburg, WI. I expanded my studies with Bridget Austin and Christine Sommerfielt at The Clearing in Door County. I have had the great privilege to study with Ratindra Das in full and private sessions over many years.
I enjoy creating floral, landscape and still life paintings. I am in many private and corporate collections throughout the USA, while remaining active in art exhibitions both juried or membership exhibits that include Plymouth Arts Center in Plymouth WI, Miller Art Museum in Sturgeon Bay, Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) in West Bend, and Richeson School of Art and Gallery in Kimberly, WI. I had been an active member of Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild (SAWG) in Tucson, AZ. My primary residence is in WI where I find inspiration as well as the beauty of the southwest USA and other world travels.
Artist Statement
I started watercolor painting because I sincerely love the ability to create colors that are personal with a sense of warmth. I enjoy both studio and plein aire painting, however find myself gravitating to my studio for the personal quiet that takes over when absorbed in the process of creation. I take what nature gives in the natural landscapes and the detail of a flower or mountains with the broad plains setting in the foreground. Many of my paintings come from my travels only to find the same things that inspire me, right in my locale, because it is always the shapes and forms that set the design for my art. Once the painting takes hold I am no longer in control, and the painting starts a life of its own.