Kitty Cooper

Painting imagined portraits combining surrealism, illustration, pop art and abstract expressionism. Inspired by the human condition; music, film, graphic novels, comics, gaming and life in general.

Landscapes abstract to impressionist style inspired by the Isle of Wight in England where I live and places I've visited, like The Lake District and The New Forest.

I also make pure abstract expressionist paintings and sometimes animals or still life.

Love all mediums and materials, from paper and watercolour to oil on canvas, and all in between: charcoal, acrylic, gouache, graphite, pastel, household paints, inks..

I love to experiment and explore with art and keep things fresh and exciting, never stop learning and improving as I go. I follow my inspiration and enjoy the journey.

Hope you like the work and find something that inspires you too.

The portraits are created from a stream-of-consciousness drawing most often, or a re-working of a smaller sketch. I then gesso this and work directly onto the paper. Or larger on canvas or wood. I also work in any medium, acrylic, watercolour, gouache, etc. I'm inspired by the human condition, relationship with nature, surrealism, juxtaposition, otherworldliness, mystery and beauty.

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Several years Fine Art study but mostly self-taught.

Plymouth College of Art & Design - Fine Art
Portsmouth University Foundation Art

‘OPEN’ Exhibition l Quay Arts l Newport IOW l 2019
Foal Arts Summer Salon | Depozitory | Ryde IOW | July 2015
Foal Arts Salon | Depozitory | Ryde IOW | December 2014

‘OPEN’ Etsy Exhibition | 5th Base Gallery | London | October 2014

Big Wight Space, Rembrandt Gallery | Newport IOW | March 2013
Undecided Art Collective | Ventnor IOW | December 2012
Takeways | Quay Arts Centre, Newport IOW | September-December 2012
Green Buoy Arts | Cowes, IOW | June-October 2012
Cuckoo Creative | Ryde IOW | May-June 2011
Solo : Lord Louis Library | Newport IOW | October 2011
Yarmouth Gallery | Yarmouth IOW | March - May 2011
'Open Studios' | The Vicarage, Newport IOW | July 2010
'Homegrown' | The Depozitory, Ryde IOW | July 2009
Solo : The Studio | Newport IOW | June 2008
'Icandi' | Jo Daflo's Cafe Bar, Newport IOW | March - October 2008
Solo : Cafe Wall, Quay Arts Centre | Newport IOW | 2005
'Icandi' | The Venue, Ryde IOW | October 2007
'Icandi' |Jo Daflo's Cafe Bar, Newport IOW | March - July 2007
'Shopping Trolley' | Quay Arts Centre, Newport IOW | April 2006, October 2005, October 2004.
Group Show | Portsmouth University | 2002
'Biscuits or Art' | Carisbrook 6th Form, Newport IOW | 2001