Backyard Rose
Oil on canvas, 12x9

About C.M. Cooper
BioResume

Objective
To communicate as honestly as possible my own personal vision and emotional response to a fleeting moment in time of traditional subject matter in a contemporary way.

Exhibitions
Wendt Gallery
One woman show, 2004
Women, Wine, and Roses October 2004, 2003, 2002
Premiere Show/Featured Artist June 2002
Southwest Art
Artists to Watch, Steamboat Springs, CO, 2003
Brazier Fine Art
Two person Show, 2003
Group Shows, Figurtive, Interiors, 2003
Tirage Gallery
Salon and Group Shows since 1998
Four Person Show 2004
Auctions
Beaux Arts Bash 2003, San Jose Zoo 2002

Juried Shows
O.P.A., Regional Shows: Santa Barbara CA 2005, Portland OR 2004, Santa Barbara CA 2003, Springville Museum of Art 2001
American Artists Professional League, Annual Show/Salmagundi Club, 2004, 1999
2002 Southwest Artist Magazine's Artist to Watch, 2003
Gold Medal Show, California Art Club, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1998
Autumn Salon, Morseberg-Edenhurst Gallery, CA 2002
O.P.A., 9th Annual National Show, Carmel CA 2000
V.I.V.A., 1999
The Best and The Brightest (Scottsdale Artists School), 1999-2001
San Gabriel Fine Arts Association Semi-Annual Show, 1998, 1997
Westlake Village Artists Guild Anual and Calendar shows,
2001, 1998

Awards
Award of Excellence 2005 - Oil Painters of America
2002 Southwest Artist to watch (2003) - Judges Pick
Director's Choice Award 2002 - 92nd Gold Medal Show - C.A.C.
Portrait Finalist 2004, 1999 - The Artists Magazine
Top Cash Award, 1999 - V.I.V.A.
Best of Show 1998 - First Place: Genre 1998 -
Animal 1997 - S.G.F.A.A.
Judges Merit 1998 - S.C.V.A.A.
First Place Oil/Annual Juried Show 2001 - W.V.A.G.
Grand Prize/Calendar Cover 1998 - W.V.A.G.

Articles & Publications
Southwest Art, November 2003: "Featured Artist"
Southwest Art, November 2002: "Artist to Watch"
Southwest Art, July 2002: "Painting Reproduction" under Art Events
Also mentioned under "From The Coast"
"100 Ways To Paint People" - Book Publisher: International Artist
"100 Ways To Paint Your Favorite Subject" - International Artist
Pasadena Register, July 2002: Two Articles
Artist's Fellowship, Inc. Newsletter 2003

Memberships
Oil Painters of America (OPA)
California Art Club (CAC)
The American Artists Professional League (AAPL)
San Gabriel Fine Arts Association (SGFAA)

Current Gallery Affiliations
Brazier Fine Art - Richmond, VA
Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art Gallery - Charleston, SC
Scottsdale Fine Art - Scottsdale, AZ
Pinon Fine Art - Denver, CO
Tirage Gallery - Pasadena, CA
Waterhouse Gallery - Santa Barbara, CA
Wendt Gallery - Laguna Beach, CA

Collections/Commissions
Private Collections Nationally
Portraits - Adult/Children - Animal - Daryl Hannah

Education
Art Center College of Design
BFA 1980 - Los Angeles/Pasadena, CA
Cal Lutheran University
BA 1975 - Thousand Oaks, CA
Famous Artists School
Master Certificate, Painting Program 1997 - Westport, CT
Basic Certificate, Commercial Program 1999 - Wilton, CT
Associates in Art/Academy of Los Angeles
5 years - Sherman Oaks, CA
Painting - Joseph Mendez
4 years - Los Angeles, CA
Painting - Jove Wang
1 year - Los Angeles, CA
American Animation Institute/Drawing - Glenn Vilppu, Karl Gnass
5 years - Los Angeles, CA
Ecole Des Beaux - Arts - France 1994
Workshops - Top Painters
Scholarship of Merit - Scottsdale Artist's School 2003
Master Classes - Howard Terpning 2000
Everett Raymond Kinstler 2002
Bettina Steinke 1997

Other Experience
Fashion Artist
Editorial Artist
Teaching - Drawing/Painting - Seven years
Art Academy of L.A. 2001-2002
Kids Art - Director, Valencia 1996-98
Teacher, Tarzana 1992-96



All images copyright C.M. Cooper 2004