Michael Cooper NEAC
About
Artist Statement
The Pathetic Fallacy. We create myths and metaphors to live by. In painting and the arts generally, one of them is landscape, the natural landscape; a recent phenomenon that reflects the inner self.
Method of Working
Oil on stretched canvas, or prepared panels with chalk based gesso. Attention given to surface texture. Tools, brushes, spatulas, pallet knives, tonking, etc, sometimes acrylic on a small scale.
Scholarships, Awards & Prizes
2014 Awarded Doreen McIntosh Prize (1st prize)
2005 Elected member of NEAC
Biographical Details
1990 Founded Star Gallery with Patricia Cooper, exhibiting work by local artists & later RA artists such as Sir Hugh Casson, Henry Moore, Paula Rego, Christopher Le Brun
1986-90 Founded Star Workshops and Studios with wife Patricia Cooper
1971 Moved to Lewes as artist, picture restorer for various commercial galleries, also in Milan
1961 Worked with St John James Drinkwater Earp – Surrealist Painter and picture restorer in his studio in Brighton
1959 Moved to Brighton
Past Exhibitions
1984/86/94 RA Summer Exhibitions
Various group exhibitions in the UK
The New English Art Club is part of the Federation of British Artists
The New English Art Club is a registered charity No. 295780
Patron HRH The Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, OM
© 2016 The New English Art Club
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