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Chris James Cooper
BSc. Ecology, BArch., OAA
born 1956-died 2010
BSc. Ecology, BArch., OAA
born 1956-died 2010
"....to be a work (of art),
means to set up a world"
Heidegger
I have a dual educational background in ecology as well as architecture, which influences my search for form and process in the subject material of my paintings.
The world I would like to create with my work is one which reflects the dynamical forces of nature which have fashioned our environment through time: the imprint of the glacial age, the carving effects of the wind, water and march of the seasons. In parallel, to infuse some of the ideas of life and living I have gleaned from my experiences and readings of science and philosophy into the work where possible: visual metaphors as a layer beneath the paint.
To get the source material for the work is as equally enjoyable as the painting itself. Kayak trips for a couple of weeks to an unbelievable solitude of seemingly endless islands of granite and big skies that remind one of the true scale of life. Hiking under white pines with their unique whispering response to the wind. Driving the length of the Dempster highway both ways and surviving!
C.J.Cooper
2008
means to set up a world"
Heidegger
I have a dual educational background in ecology as well as architecture, which influences my search for form and process in the subject material of my paintings.
The world I would like to create with my work is one which reflects the dynamical forces of nature which have fashioned our environment through time: the imprint of the glacial age, the carving effects of the wind, water and march of the seasons. In parallel, to infuse some of the ideas of life and living I have gleaned from my experiences and readings of science and philosophy into the work where possible: visual metaphors as a layer beneath the paint.
To get the source material for the work is as equally enjoyable as the painting itself. Kayak trips for a couple of weeks to an unbelievable solitude of seemingly endless islands of granite and big skies that remind one of the true scale of life. Hiking under white pines with their unique whispering response to the wind. Driving the length of the Dempster highway both ways and surviving!
C.J.Cooper
2008
| Specialties Landscapes/Scenic |