James Cooper

Pause in Hell's Kitchen

48 x 36 x 1.5"

Acrylic on Canvas

$1000

“Pause in Hell’s Kitchen” represents the anguish of artist block”. The tennis ball represents the artwork yet to be. The dog and cat are the artist. The dog anguishes over the difficulty getting to his ball as the cat provides uncertainty as the antagonist.

Artist's Statement:

Most of my artwork has been influenced not only by the stories in my life, but also from the experiences shared by others. I have found that my passion for painting, in any style, is directly connected to the desire to bring out the obscured appreciation of the moment. Embracing those moments from the theater of the mind to a tangent construct, then, as now, forever. There are subtle moments in our lives that end up being milestones for remembrance in perpetuity. Immortalizing on canvas is a great tribute to our life.