he Italian masters and her first view of Michelangelo’s “David” in Florence inspired Hofkin’s life work, and inform her illustration and anatomical painting that is infused with warmth, energy, and life. Her fascination for the juxtaposition of the finished vs. the unfinished, the play of the essential and the peripheral, enlivens every assignment. This northern California artist has enjoyed a long career in advertising, corporate, and publishing work for clients including The New York Times, 3M, Colgate-Palmolive, Business Week Magazine, SmithKlineBeecham, McGraw-hill, Sea World, Parke Davis, hill’s Pet Nutrition, Kentucky Derby Museum, and Mead Johnson. Hofkin is also a fine artist with many gallery shows and exhibits to her credit, where her passion for antiquities and the human form combine in unique expression. She earned a BA at the University of California, Berkeley; studied illustration at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena; received her MA in medical illustration at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; and freelanced a decade in New York during the ‘80s before returning to the West Coast. She used to box, barrel race, and row, but now when she’s not illustrating, she can be found making fine art in her Larkspur studio.