About the work

The figure depicted in the drawing is my wife, taken from a photo of her on holiday in Spain when our daughter was a baby. Those days are blurry memories now. We had dreams and expectations, some we still have, some have altered and evolved, some forgotten.
The drawing is a study for a large painting but was done part way through the making of the painting, a document of a stage of working but also a helping hand to resolve some issues within that bigger work. The painting itself is unfinished and continues to evolve, as we do. I’m enjoying the impossibility of capturing a character, a few (significant?) signs of who she is, what she means to me, and what I (think I) bring to ‘us’. The picture is a document of personal evolution, but it’s also about thrills; thrills in life and thrills in picture making.

Date and country of birth

1980, GB

Career Highlights

Recent solo shows include: Got Reason’ at Darren Flook, London (2023); Silver Linings at PEER, London (2022); Moonlighting at studio1.1, London (2018). Recent group shows include: Dieci, ARTUNER, Turin, Italy;  The Moon and I, GRIMM, New York, USA; The Inner Island’ Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles Island, France (2023). In the spring of 2023 he completed a residency at Xenia Creative Retreat (UK). Collections include Arts Council England.
Cope completed his MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design, (2006). He is represented by Artuner.