Swimming in the Night Sky, 2024

Exhibitions
Swimming in the Night Sky

8 – 27 April 2024
Rabley Gallery
Wiltshire

The figure is ever present in the imagery of Cooper.

Throughout ‘Swimming in the Night Sky’ she brings together the elemental qualities of sky and water. Iridescent and translucent layers of pastel, ink and gouache suspend her figures in floating worlds.

The Wave
2024
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Pastel, charcoal, gouache, ink
76 x 56cm

Shooting Stars
2024
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Pastel, charcoal, gouache, ink
56 x 76cm

The Comet
2024
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Pastel, charcoal, gouache, ink
56 x 75cm

Where the Sea meets the Sky
2023
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Ink and gouache
37.5 x 54.5cm

Rainbow
2023
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Ink and gouache
37.5 x 54.5cm

Shoreline
2024
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Pastel, charcoal, gouache, ink
28 x 38cm

Swimming in Both Directions
2024
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Pastel, charcoal, gouache, ink
28 x 38cm

Golden Hour I
2024
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Pastel, charcoal, gouache, ink
28 x 38cm

Golden Hour II
2024
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Pastel, charcoal, gouache, ink
28 x 38cm

Reflect
2024
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Ink and gouache
37.5 x 54.5cm

Child
2023
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Ink and gouache
37.5 x 54.5cm

Boy
2023
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Ink and gouache
37.5 x 54.5cm

Beach Break II
2023
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Ink and watercolour
28 x 20cm

Beach Break VI
2023
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Ink and watercolour
28 x 20cm

Jetty
2023
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Pastel and charcoal
77 x 112cm

Deeper Water
2024
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Pastel and watercolour
55 x 38cm

Charcoal Sky
2024
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Pastel, charcoal, gouache, ink
76 x 56cm