“Cooper’s stated interest in symbolic codes, perhaps his allusions to the facture and palette of Western Desert painting demonstrate something more personal and even more profound...”
– Joe Frost

“It’s illuminating to read Joe Frost’s description of Cooper’s career and trace the evolution of his work. While the artist’s themes and ideas have remained consistent, the formal innovations have never ceased.”

– John McDonald

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... the things that Charlie paints have an almost hallucinated clarity. 
They are as present as it is possible to be.”

– Dr Michael Hill

“His works sensitise us to the lyrical qualities of both urban cartography and the signs upon which we rely on a daily...”
– Laura Fisher



Photographs © by John McRae