Daniel Cooper

Welcome to my world.

For me, the practice of art is a type of exploration. Truly, existence is a profound mystery and I believe the creation of an artwork is an attempt to touch that unknown and convey something real about it in visual language, a message that cannot be expressed in words. I like to take on a new challenge with each painting, to discover or attempt to do something I have not done before, that I don't know how to do or how it will turn out. My most successful work incorporates understanding that I have gained from previous work and melds with this often surprising new element. I simply cannot produce the same painting over and over again, regardless of its popularity. That is why you will see great variety on these pages, and in particular, a body of representational work alongside of pieces of pure abstraction. The audience for abstract work is much smaller than that for landscapes, but I am clear that it is equally, if not more, an expression of my deeper self and presents a complex intuitive dynamic order.

http://dancooperart.com/

Sincerely,

Dan Cooper

Sausalito, California.