Florida Artists Group

Artist Statement

“Nonobjective painting allows free expression of emotions, feelings and individuality. My work is about a creative process rather than a specific image or place. Following intuitive promptings I apply a vigorous gestural linear mark or brush stroke that comes from deep within. The surface is built, destroyed and erased again and again creating a subtle and sensitive history to what has been. This play continues until from chaos a painting evolves.”

Artist Bio

Sally Cooper has been painting all her life and began actively pursuing her creative talents in the late eighties. In 1990 she was awarded an annual Art Award from Broward Community College. In the mid-nineties she moved from detailed representational work and began to seek the abstract. By 2000 image reference was left behind and her style evolved into explosions of color, markings and movement. Her work has been included in numerous regional and competitive exhibitions receiving awards in most. Over the past several years she has broadened her artistic abilities by annually attending Directed Individual Studies with Steven Aimone.

She was awarded First Place in 2004, Second Place in 2006 and Honorable Mention in 2010 and 2013 in
The Artist’s Magazine’s national competitions. Her painting Fandango was accepted into National Watercolor Society’s 93rd Annual International Art Exhibition (2013‐2014). She is a member of Chroma Paints Independent Teaching Program for their Atelier Interactive acrylic paints and mediums. She currently teaches abstract painting and mixed media at the Coral Springs Museum of Art. She is a juror, facilitates workshops and gives demonstrations for various South Florida art guilds.

Selected Exhibtions


2013         National Watercolor Society’s 93rd Annual International Art Exhibition, San Pedro, CA
                  November 10, 2013-January 11, 2014. Juried by Roxana Velasquez Martinez
                  Campo, Executive Director of the San Diego Museum of Art
2013         Highland Beach Library “Oceans and Beyond” March 8-April 25, 2013
                  Rossetti Fine Art “Summer Heat IV”, August 10-September 4, 2013
                  Florida Watercolor Society 42nd Annual Exhibition, September 16-October 25, 2013 2012                           Women in the Visual Arts “Artistic Visions II” Armory Art Center, March 30–May 2, 2012
                  2012 Biennial Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, May 29 – July 7, 2012.
                  Nathan D. Rosen Biennial Juried Art Competition – Art 2012, March 4 – April 15, 2012 -
                  Juried by George Bolge
2010         Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery, “Art 2010, An International Juried Competition,”
                  Boca Raton, Florida. Juried by Jorge H. Santis, Curator, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art
                  2010 Biennial Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, June 23–August 8, 2010
2009         Women in the Visual Arts, “Artistic Possibilities”, Coral Springs Museum of Art,
                  Coral Springs, Florida
2008         New River Fine Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
                  New River Fine Art, Naples, Florida
2007         Coral Springs Museum of Art, Faculty Exhibition, Coral Springs, Florida,
                  November 29, 2007-January 5, 2008
                  ArtServe, Inc. “ArtBRAVO 2007”, September 24–November 2, 2007
                  Broward Art Guild “Art Florida ‘07”, June 19-July 13, 2007
                  DeBruyne Fine Art, Naples, Florida
2006        Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida December 1, 2006–February 12, 2007
                  Women in the Visual Arts, “Changing Seasons”, Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, Florida
2005        Frons /Martin Modern and Contemporary Art Collection, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2004        International Society of Experimental Artists, 2004 Annual Juried Exhibition, Alliance  
                 Center for the Arts, Fort Myers, Florida, Juried by Bill Buchman
2003        Hortt 43, The Carone Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
                 Boca Raton Museum of Art, The Artist Guild, Biennial Members Exhibit, Boca Raton
                  Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
2002         Women in the Visual Arts “An International Juried Exhibition: Art Transcends 
                  Politics,” a collaboration of American and Russian Women Artists, September–February
                  2002   
                  Hibel Museum, West Palm Beach, Florida, January, 2002     
2001        Broward Community College Art Gallery, September, 2001–November, 2001
                 Gallery Center, Boca Raton, Florida–November, 2001
                  Hibel Museum, West Palm Beach, Florida–January, 2002
                  Inspirations 2001, Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, Florida
                  Annual Spring Exhibition, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida

Selected Awards


Honorable Mention - The Artist’s Magazine National Art Competition, The Best Art of 2013,  
Juried by Judith T. Greenberg
Judges Recognition - Rossetti Fine Art, “Summer Heat IV”, August 10-September 4, 2013,
Juried by Paula Gillam
Second Place - Women in the Visual Arts, “Artistic Visions II”, Armory Art Center, March 30–May 2, 2012
Finalist -The Artist’s Magazine National Art Competition, 2012, 2009, 2008, 2007
Honorable Mention -The Artist’s Magazine National Art Competition, The Best Art of 2010,
Juried by Cathy Woo
Honorable Mention - The Artist’s Magazine, All-Media Online Competition
Judge’s Recognition - Broward Art Guild - Art Florida ’07, Juried by M. Stephen Doherty, Senior Editor-in-Chief, American Artist Magazine
Second Place - The Artist’s Magazine National Art Competition, The Best Art of 2006, December, 2006, Feature Interview, photo, Juried by H. C. Dodd
Honorable Mention - Best of Florida Artists & Artisans, 2006
Honorable Mention - Watercolor Magic Magazine National Watermedia Showcase, Juried by Betsy Dillard Stroud, 2005
First Place - The Artist’s Magazine National Art Competition, The Best Art of 2004, Juried by Carla O’Connor, 2004
First Place - Boca Raton Museum Artist Guild, Images: June 2004, Juried by Robert S. Watson, 2004
Best in Show - Women in the Visual Arts, A Visual Celebration, hosted by ArtServe, Inc., Florida, Juried by Rhonda R. Laroque, Registrar, Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, 2002
First Place - Boca Raton Museum Artist Guild, Boca Raton, Florida, Images: May 2002, Juried by Edna Levine, 2002
First Place - Boca Raton Museum Artist Guild, Boca Raton, Florida, Images: June 2001, Juried by Patrick Archer, 2001
Second Place - Boca Raton Museum Artist Guild, Boca Raton, Florida, Images: May 2001, Juried by Wendy M. Blazier, Senior Curator, Boca Raton Museum of Art
First Place - Women in the Visual Arts “The Art Scene: A Woman’s Perspective”, hosted by the Cornell Museum of Art and History at the Crest Theater, Delray Beach, Florida, Juried by Paula Gillam, 2001

Affiliations

Member of Boca Museum Artists’ Guild
Member of Women in the Visual Arts
Member of Florida Watercolor

Bibiliography

Best of American Acrylics, 2012
Eyes on Abstracts, 2012
The Artist’s Magazine: December, 2010
The Artist’s Magazine: December, 2006
Best of Florida Artists & Artisans 2006
Sun-Sentinel: December, 2006
Parkland Lifestyle Magazine: June, 2006
Watercolor Magic Magazine: August, 2005
The Artist’s Magazine December, 2004
Sun-Sentinel: December, 2004
Parkland Life Magazine: December, 2004
The Parklander Magazine: December, 2004
Boca Times: July, 2003
Boca Raton News: June, 2003
Sun-Sentinel: March, 2003
Sun-Sentinel: November, 2002

Career Related Experience

Instructor, Experimental Abstract and Mixed Media, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida Workshops conducted for Coral Springs Museum of Art and various art guilds in South Florida and the Keys Juror for various art guilds in Broward and Palm Beach Counties
Demonstrator for various art guilds in South Florida Private Studio Classes.
Member of Chroma Paints Independent Teaching Program for their Atlier Interactive acrylic paints and mediums.

Education
Broward Community College, Broward County, Florida, A.A., 1985 with Highest Honors.
Florida Atlantic University, Institute for Legal Assistants, 1982, with Honors.