Sally Cooper
Biography

"My work is centered on the actual experience and expression of feeling and emotion through gestural, vigorous brushwork. I experiment with water media. I have been influenced by the Abstract Expressionists de Kooning, Kline and Motherwell for their spontaneous approach to their work and by the painting and calligraphy of the Zen monks who believed in the power of the brushstroke and used it as a form of meditation to release and convey the inner power of the spirit. This form of artistic expression appeals to me because it is dramatically bold, spontaneous and highly intuitive."

Sally Cooper has been painting all her life and began actively pursuing her creative talents in the late eighties. In 1990 she was awarded an annual Art Award from Broward Community College. In the mid-nineties she moved from detailed representational work and began to seek the abstract. By 2000 image reference was left behind and her style evolved into explosions of color, markings and movement. Her work has been included in numerous regional and national competitive exhibitions receiving awards in most. She was awarded First Place in 2004 and Second Place in 2006 in the Experimental category of The Artist's Magazine's national competitions. There were over 10,000 entries in each competition. Also, in 2006, her work was chosen to be included in Best of Florida Artists & Artisans 2006.