I can only echo Philip's sentiments - I have several Cooper prints in my house
and I love them all. His ability to not only capture the right shape for his
subjects but give the birds some attitude and character and put the birds in
the right setting was extraordinary.
Vale "Bill"
Tom Wilson
> Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 08:41:17 +1000
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Vale William T. Cooper
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> Many on this list may have known him personally.
> I didn't, but have certainly marvelled at his extraordinary
> paintings since first acquiring one of his books in the 1970s.
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-12/queensland-bird-illustrator-william-cooper-dies-at-home/6462116
>
> What a great legacy he has left.
>
>
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