Daniel Hooper

Daniel Hooper is a man of intriguing contradictions. A carpenter from a resolutely working class background, Daniel has quickly ascended to the upper echelons of the art world. With no formal art education, he taught himself to paint on building sites, but has impressed the likes of Discerner magazine http://www.thediscerner.com/the-magazine/ and Saatch https://www.saatchiart.com/account/profile/973853 . We spoke to Daniel about his background and the hopes he has for his paintings. “I had an art phase at school, but this never came to anything, so I left at 16 and went into...