Charity teamed up with her son Maxwell Hopkins to organize a show of collaborative works at the Nickel Plate Arts Center in Noblesville, Indiana during the month of April 2016.
The mother and son duo have been collaborating on art projects for most of Max’s young life.
“I think he’s been making art since he could lift a pencil,” Counts says. “But only in the last year, I would say, has he started to call it ‘art’ or refer to himself as an ‘artist.’ I think he’s simply curious and observant … an essential set of qualities for an artist in my opinion.”
Their joint exhibit, Art by Two, was on display at the Stephenson House April 1-30, 2016 and included several paintings they painted together.
“Max and I had so much fun working on art together but we also had to problem solve together and ran into creative differences, just like any other team. So it was a great learning experience for us.”
