Sculpture and Drawing

my work

piano music series

Sculpture and Drawing

my work

piano music series

Current work/instagram

‘All in All’, a site-specific commission, was made 14 years ago and now the owner, a collector of my work, is moving house. I went to advise on how this piece should best be moved. Unusual for me to see things again that I made such a l

Happy that this one has found a new home.

‘For Two’. Steel, Portland stone, Kilkenny Blue limestone.

Overall height 760mm, depth 350mm, width 600mm.

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Died this day, 30 years ago, 13 September 1994. John Stevens. Late great jazz drummer, composer, improviser, band leader, painter and teacher.
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John’s dedication to free improvisation is legendary and his collaborations and bands influenced

New work.
High fire terracotta, drying for firing.
490 x 300 x 120mm

Photos by @cicelycooley_

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‘That Way’

Industrial crank, drying for firing.

26cm x 18cm x 8cm

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‘Last Sight’.

Charcoal on paper 6m x 3m (20’ x 10’)

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‘Ceasefire Now’

Unfired stoneware, currently drying.

43cm x 40cm x 9cm.

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‘Over the Wall’.

6m x 3m (20’ x 10’)

Charcoal on paper.

Swipe to see Mayo, the baby hen who thinks I’m her mum!?

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‘Spring-loaded and riffing on a bow-shackle’

Charcoal on paper, 5.18m x 3m (17ft x 10ft).

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‘Last Dance’, charcoal on paper, 4m x 3.35m (13 ft x 11 ft).

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Back again at this very special place. I’m sure I will keep returning for as long as I live.

Check out the last pic and zoom in. A Menorcan wedding party, apparently!

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Back in Menorca for a few days. Illa del Rei, The Master Chillida, great architecture and a boss boat.

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Father ❤️
Howard George Cooley
19/12/1924-19/04/2023
98 years of life.
I hope you now find the answers to all your questions.

For the last month of his life, my father received outstanding care in NHS hospitals, by nurses and doctors from all over t

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Post and Lintel. Charcoal on paper.

I’ve not posted for a while..waiting for last year’s work to be installed, but I’ve got my drawing wall back at last!

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End game day 3.
Plotting proposed layout for Kilkenny stone sculptures.

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