Lara Cooper

Profile

City: Yackandandah
Country: Australia

Joined: Oct 2008

Welcome to my RB Gallery.
I find I am drawn towards painting people more than anything else, which perhaps the following quote summarizes well.
”...we can see a person as simply a material object, something to look at, an “it”, or we can look into a person and enter the sacredness of their humanity so that they become a “Thou.” “(Shane Claiborne “The Irresistible Revolution”, commenting on the ideas of Martin Buber in his work “I and Thou”.)
And again in this quote by Henri Nouwen “In the face of the oppressed I recognize my own face, and in the hands of the oppressor I recognize my own hands. Their flesh is my flesh, their blood is my blood, their pain is my pain, their smile is my smile.”

I have spent the past 12 months in Thailand, and so many of my current works reflect my life and experiences there. Enjoy!

Lara is an Australian Watercolour artist, from Yackdandandah, Victoria. If you would like to see more of Lara’s works, please visit her website. Feel free to contact her with comments and questions.

www.laracooper.com.au

Sales enquires on original artwork are welcome via the website or bubblemail.