David Cooper

I paint the experiences of my life. Situations I have lived through. Places I have been and lived. The art was done in plein air and my studio. Some from photographs and others from memory. All drawn directly on canvas and shapes altered during the painting process.

My art has been described by others as living somewhere between reality and expression, contemporary and realism. My paintings evolve constantly, changing in form, technique and color; some ending with a pure impression and others more defined. Some were painted in 2 hours and some 1 yr to 30 years. The manipulation of shape and textures is an on-going process and shapes my work into a personal style with a universally recognizable talent to create signature art.

I was educated in Graphic Design being taught the Armin Hoffman "Swiss Style" program of visual expression learning the relationships of point, line, and shape. That discipline became the structure of self evaluation. An artist has to know themselves and be true to their unique capabilities. I am an extemporaneous painter with painting as the adventure of exploration.

Art critics and judges looking at my body of work have described my art work as such:
" Your paintings capture a very impressionistic look...

BFA Kansas City Art Institute.

May 15 - June 23, 2017. Mid-Missouri Artists Summer Exhibition 2017, Featuring David Cooper. University of Central Missouri, School of Fine Arts and Design, Warrensburg, Missouri.

Group shows:
Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center, Kansas City, MO
Urban Abstract, Buttonwood, Kansas City, MO.
Mid America Art Alliance KC MO
Rice Gallery Leawood KS
Kansas City Art Institute
University of Missouri at Kansas City
Bruce R Watkins Gallery KC MO
Overland Park Art Center
Rivers Bend Gallery Parkville MO


Recent shows:
Buttonwood Art Space
Stems Plein Air Event Johnson County Botanical Gardens
KC Fountains Plein Air Event and Auction
Parkville in Art Cathy Kline Art Gallery
Scenes of Olathe
Brush Creek Art Walk
Starbucks
Hidden Glenn
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art
Portfolio Gallery and Art Center, St. Louis, MO
Rice Gallery, Leawood, KS

Represented by:
2010 Gallery, Leawood, KS
Northland Artists' Gallery, Weston, MO
Buttonwood Art Space, KC MO