sleepless ink: July 2012

My art and photography live under the name of sleepless ink and I am based in the south west county of Cornwall, England. The sea and coast play a major part in my life and offer several creative avenues to enjoy and care about. With decades of experience spraying graphics on surfboards while also pursuing my own personal art, design and photography, I have developed sleepless ink into a business with a view to produce final artwork pieces, prints and photographs I am proud of.

If you have any questions feel free to get in touch.

CONTACT

EMAIL: sleeplessink@yahoo.com

PHONE: 07894 963267

Kevin Cooper

ARTWORK

The artwork available is made up from my original pieces and related print runs.

The original work is born from a fascination with texture, collage, ink, paper and a sense of time and its affects. I make multilayered sheets, using various found printed paper or discarded papers and packaging – newspapers, old books, posters, etc. Sometimes a found book, magazine or poster is too valuable to tear or use so I scan and reprint onto Newsprint Paper. The final textured sheets are printed, drawn and painted onto with ink, paint and pencil.

Subject matter varies. Living by the sea and being involved with surfing and surfboards heavily influence my output, however, my interests are many and I enjoy minimum restrictions and am limited only by curiosity.

PHOTOGRAPHY

I love cameras, a magic box that with a click of a button can hold a second. A camera in hand helps the eyes slow down and look at things for longer – once caught and printed, forever. So much can be interesting with a twist of light, lean of shadow, quirk of angle or dash of movement. It happens everyday, anywhere, everywhere. The sea, surf and coastline are always worth looking at, with a camera it's possible to halt a moment of an ocean that never stops moving.

Photographs can go to print. They are professionally printed onto the finest Hahnemuhle German Etching Paper (310gsm), with Ultrachrome inks on a 7 colour large format printer.

Pages

16 July 2012

Blue Tube & Green Air

London in July 2012

1 July 2012

Work desk & artwork lay-up