Hoodoo MO Outsider Art Gallery - Ronald Cooper

<BODY BGCOLOR="#fdad42" TEXT="#ffffff" LINK="#ff0000" ALINK="#ff8040" VLINK="#ffff00"> <P><CENTER><B><FONT COLOR="#000099" SIZE="+3" FACE="BernhardMod BT">Ronald Cooper</FONT></B></CENTER></P> <P><CENTER><FONT COLOR="#000099" FACE="BernhardMod BT"><IMG SRC="ronaldc01.jpg" WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></FONT></CENTER></P> <P><FONT SIZE="+1">       </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000099" SIZE="+1"> <BR>         Ronald Cooper was born in 1931 and married at the age of 17. Together with his wife, he ran a country store in Kentucky until the couple moved to Ohio, where he did factory work. Poor health and a debilitating car accident forced him out of his job. Artwork became his therapy and his salvation. Ronald sculpts figures out of lumber and found wood and paints them in bold colors. His subject matter is often from the scriptures, sometimes humorous, sometimes more serious. Morehead University has a permanent collection of Ronald's work and he is included in the American Visionary Art Museum collection. Mennello Museum of American Folk Art in Orlando has also exhibited his work.<BR> <BR> </FONT></P> <P><CENTER><A HREF="index.html" TARGET="_parent"><FONT SIZE="+1">Back to Artists List</FONT></A></CENTER> </BODY>