Glen Hopkinson was born in 1946 in Laramie, Wyoming, just a few miles from the old Mormon Trail. His parents, Harold Hopkinson and Vivian Hamblin, both of Fort Bridger, Wyoming, took their four children to Byron, Wyoming. Glen’s father was the Superintendent and Art Teacher of the local high school. Harold spent his off hours building his art career.

Glen would recount, “My dad’s studio was a haven of visual pleasure for me. When I was little and wanted to paint, he would get out some of his older brushes and water colors for me to use. I would literally be ‘underfoot’ painting my paintings while he painted his. I would say my art training began at the foot of my father from the time I was two or three years old!”
After his early...