Helen Cooper

The Alleyway Summer Morning Isleworth: acrylic on canvas

Well bluesky did like the rainy cottage. Let’s see if it likes cats… it might not. But here is my cat Gorgonzola from my book ‘The Taming if the Cat’ singing a song which may or may not be tuneful. Made without AI ofcourse. #art.sky #art #cat #book.sky #catart

Shall I try another of these on bluesky? Sigh..they tend not to do much on here. This is a personal one though in that I grew up very near here and also it has been a rainy dismal week in many ways. Making something always helps. #art.sky #art #rain

Looks AI though. Mine isn’t.

Here’s another moving tiny animation thingy I made. (No AI.) This one is about waiting… because I am waiting for something endlessly …it feels this year… hence the digital fiddling. Can you guess which painting this was inspired by? #art #bsky.animation #catart #homemade

Here’s my witch out of her bottle in the Gee Museum and on the rampage. (Otherwise known as me messing around with digital art in a low tec way but at least you can tell it isn’t slick enough to be AI) #art #bookart #movingpictures witch first seen in ‘The Hippo at the End of the Hall’.

The Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize shortlist announced today.

I was on the judging panel for #TheRoyalSociety Young People’s Book Prize. It was a great pleasure to be involved. Here’s the wonderful shortlisted books which are announced today. Now they go out to at least 600 schools and the kids pick the winner.To be announced in Spring 2026.

Gustav Klimt - Beech Grove I 1902 (Galerie Neue Meister)

🎨: Masumi Nagase, "Quiet Night"

🎨: Jean Jullien

Hey diddle diddle- I’ve drawn a lot of cats playing instruments over the years. Here’s one that moves. Just for fun - not part of any book - probably. ( No AI ofcourse but it is so rough I doubt anyone would think it was.) #animation #art #art.sky #cat #dog #bigcity

Leonora Carrington, British-Mexican (1917-2011), Portrait of the Late Mrs Partridge, 1947, oil on board, 40 x 27.5 in

Morning Light In The Garden St Margarets: acrylic on canvas

Winter Nocturne Isleworth: black crayon and body colour

I've always loved this one by Ian Archie beck.

Is it still there? So wonderful isn't it.

Oh what a rabbit.

Blue lava erupting from the Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia. The mountain contains large amounts of pure sulphur, which emit icy violet colours as it burns.

#Photography by Olivier Grunewald #Indonesia

‘The Taming of the Cat’ is out in paperback now. It has copious black and white illustrations and stars a mouse called Brie who has to tell a story to keep a murderous cat occupied. If the cat grows restive so Brie has to think if some fast action! #art #bookillustration #birds #raven #book.sky

Network of Stoppages, 1914 #dada #duchamp

I remember seeing a print of this with a bassoon next to it. They seemed to speak to each other. I wasn’t interested in the bassoon then but my daughter decided she ‘had to play that instrument’ aged ten and I grew to love it.

I’d love the road art in the US. This is great

I expect he was out of fashion at the time. Bug this is lovely.

Real storytelling in this.

Claire Henley (British Artist, born 1962)
"Guinea Fowls Confusion", 2023.
Giclee Prints on Canvas.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

Oh I like these.i wish they would stay in paintings and not in my garden.

Noodle Restaurant on a Rainy Night, by Tokuriki Tomikichirō (1902-2000) #woodblockprint

Noodle Restaurant on a Rainy Night, by Tokuriki Tomikichirō (1902-2000)

#woodblockprint

Pre Daley Center downtown chicago

The Moon at waning gibbous phase on a dark background.

Waning Gibbous Moon. 2114UT 6 November 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

Very fresh image somehow. I really love it.