a happy christmas and a good new year

rwa : behind the scenes : pic of the day : december 8th

                                                                                                             designs

' designs ' by jessica cooper rwa is a good example of the artist's distinctive and recognisable pared down style. the clean lines and blocks of colour give emphasis to this everyday object and the viewer is encouraged to find interest and beauty in different things.

belgrave st. ives : winter exhibition : december 6th - january 16th

 

             black expresso

lotte's flowers

                 

                                                                                                        lotte' s flowers

on the ramp wall : the exchange : november 5th - december 3rd

 

 

                                                                                                   i'd almost forgotten you

inspired

at newlyn art gallery

off shore

the henries awards 2011 : www.thehenriesawards.co.uk

the henries awards

october 13th : the lancaster, london
the premier awards for the greetings card industry

best art range : sponsored by imperial litho
finalists 2011

ink press from the art file
jessica cooper from art press publishing
koco from cardmix
landscapes from the art rooms
toasted from urban graphics

for you by jessica cooper

mundaka

memory : four

memory : three

memory : two

memory : one

take a seat

never give up on a good thing

 

a constant    acrylic on canvas    2008

working on two ideas

the quality of things : gwynedd museum and art gallery : july 30th - october 29th 2011

www.gwynedd.gov.uk/museums
Open Tuesday-Friday 12.30-4.30, Saturday 10.30-4.30
Gwynedd Museum & Art Gallery, Bangor


July 30 – 29 October
The Quality of Things
Looking at Still Life and Figures with Objects

A still life is seen as a work of art depicting mostly
inanimate subject matter but they are more than
bowls of fruit or vases of flowers. Often containing
allegorical symbolism the artist is given more
freedom in the arrangement and selection of
objects within a composition. Some will include
figures where the objects surrounding them add to
the narrative. Some compositions have a purely
design and aesthetic content. Examples of works by
current artists and from art collections invite you
to look a little closer.

Gerry Ball  •   Rosemary Burton  •   Jessica Cooper  •  Brenda Chamberlain  •   Meirion Ginsberg
Andrew Douglas Forbes • Edrica Huws • Frances Hodgkins • Jenny Jones • Caroline Byng Lucas
Dave Merrills • Clive Miller • Sally Moore • Winifred Nicholson • Alan Salisbury • Sheila Stafford
Andrew Tift •  Claudia Williams  •  Emrys Williams • Harry Hughes Williams •  Vivienne Williams

 

                                                      balanced white    28 x 30 inches    acrylic on canvas    2010    jessica cooper

kestle barton : in abundance : july 2nd - august 29th 2011

                                                                    star struck    30 x 32 inches    acrylic on canvas     2010


                                                      ' jessica cooper is resplendent in her elegant simplicity of still life flowers '

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surf fayre in aid of surf action : win a hawkin's surfboard and a drawing by jessica cooper

the quality of things : gwynedd museum and art gallery : july 30th - october 29th 2011

belgrave gallery : summer waves : july 9th - august 13th 2011

Belgrave St Ives
SUMMER WAVES

The Summer Show this year is a changing mixed exhibition of work by a group of over thirty of the best contemporary artists currently working in Cornwall, or with strong links to the county. Other works by each these artists can be found under the artist's name on our Artists page.

                                                                                            derelict    jessica cooper    2011

upon high hedges : by michael and sarah lay : just a great book : available from pentyr publishing

exhibition : in abundance : at kestle barton : july 2nd - august 29th 2011

dad and me : st. ives harbour beach 1967

cornwall today magazine june issue : is surfing an art form

the surfer's path : issue 82

go to ebay.co.uk shops to find some great bunting : exclusively designed by jilpi

cornwall today magazine may issue : postcard from an artist

art auction in aid of st. julia's hospice : please support

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Olu Olu

surf, art, nature (a perspective from Scotland)

The ‘Olu Olu’ blog

Posted by: Jamie Pendergrass | January 30, 2011

Jessica Cooper

The highlight of this month’s ‘The Surfer’s Path’ for me was the art section focus on Jessica Cooper. If you check it out you’ll find a series of seriously simple depictions of surfers with their boards. Jessica strips down the surfer to the most elemental form which gives it a real sense of power. Here is what she says about her work:

I make paintings about particular memories and experiences, which I record in sketchbooks. I try to isolate images in their painted world so that they stand as signifiers, like short poems, to convey those overwhelming moments of understanding and feeling that life can occasionally dish up. I edit out the extraneous so that the images stand alone, becoming metaphors for time and place and our emotional continuity.

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Posted by LouBoo at Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9 comments

Out of sorts...

I posted something earlier then an hour later took it away (and I never do that!) so I am formless today, with nothing all that worthwhile to say. I keep typing then deleting...I am out of sorts. So just these wonderful blooms instead of words. And speaking of pictures; here is fate for you. I love a particular painter called Jessica Cooper and we kinda follow her work. We have been lucky enough to buy two of her pieces. So there was this one painting that my husband always loved and we saw years ago but that we never really pursued. Recently just ad-hoc, I contacted the gallery in question to see if the painting was still available. Turns out it had gone into storage; suggesting that no one wanted it. The combination of tracking it down long after we first saw it, and that it was alone in storage made us want it even more. Now some would say this painting is not a good investment as no one else wanted it, but for me, it's as good as it gets as it means something. It has a story. And if nothing else, shouldn't something like art - that you save up for and buy and treasure and pass down generations in your family - have meaning? It's being delivered today :-)

20/21 international art fair

art press : card publication

first release of 12 greetings cards 
art press

launched at the nec birmingham 6th - 10th february    2011   info@art-press.co.uk

   Art Press are launching a new card range featuring the sublime minimalist design work of 

Jessica Cooper

Product Name: Jessica Cooper - One day of Sunshine 

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news
from
jessica cooper
www.jessicacooper.co.uk

featured in
the surfer's path magazine
january /february    issue 82    2011    ( out now )
www.surferspath.com

first release of 12 greetings cards
art press 

launched at the nec birmingham
6th - 10th february    2011   
info@art-press.co.uk

represented by the
belgrave gallery
at the
20/21  international art fair    

the royal college of art    london  february     17th - 20th     2011  
info@belgravestives.co.uk

solo exhibition
a place to be
catalogue foreword by sam bleakley
at the
hart gallery    islington    london  
may    5th - 25th   2011
info@hartgallery.co.uk