The Art Work of Ian Cooper

Victoria, British Columbia

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Welcome to TRANSIENT VISIONS

If you are here as a result of seeing my art display along the Inner Harbor Causeway in Victoria BC, thanks for visiting my web site.

Enjoy!  Ian Cooper

About the Artist

Ian Cooper was born in Ottawa Canada, where he grew up exploring a natural artistic talent from an early age.  Largely self taught, his visual style and technique has evolved over the years with a minimum of formal training.

Drawing from his imagination has always been a favorite form of creative expression, with the simple beauty of graphite pencil on paper being a preferred medium for many years.  A chance meeting with a zoologist in the mid 70s introduced the teenage artist to pen and ink drawings done with technical pens.

Invited into the offices of the Royal Victoria Museum in Ottawa by Dr. Wayne Grimm, Ian was shown a number of meticulously rendered scientific illustrations which greatly impressed him.

The crisp, black and white studies of various insects were the most finely executed drawings he had ever seen.  The vibrant, richly textured images seemed to come alive on the paper.  Rendered with precise clean lines, meticulous detail and delicate stippling technique, they were extraordinary examples of a medium which was previously unknown to him.  The technical skill demonstrated in those works was of a quality to aspire to.  The prospect of applying such precision drawing instruments to his own creative endeavors was an exciting turning point on his personal artistic journey.

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E-mail: iancooper@pacificcoast.net

Telephone: (250) 361-9806

Mail:

Ian Cooper
P.O. Box 5362
Victoria, BC
CANADA V8R 6S4

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