Born in Detroit, Michigan, Carylon Cooper received her artistic instruction from Middle State University and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She also studied at the Vermont Studio Center and the Glen Workshop in Santa Fe, NM. After college, Cooper left the art community for a time to raise a family and to raise awareness of the need for physical fitness programs for Chattanooga and the state of Tennessee. For her efforts in the latter, she received the Tennessee Governor’s Award for Physical Fitness. When Cooper returned to the art scene, it was primarily as a printmaker, employing repeated patterns as her theme. She managed to produce a great number of artistic variations through light field applications of ink and accentuated parts of the print using oil sticks. Due to the obvious size limitation in the field of printmaking, Cooper turned to the canvas where she could produce larger images. Categorized by many as a colorist, Killebrew has varied and expanded her subject matter over the years.
Her desire is to make art that is pure, simple, honest and unadorned. Art that is an extension of her faith in a creative God who is fully known through Christ. Her aim is to glorify the Creator and call attention to His goodness. Subsequently the viewer sees a style that is neither elaborate nor busy, but one that is simple, bold, fulfilling and reflecting an honest physical creation.
**Artwork shown below may not reflect all that is available. Please email the gallery with inquiries at thegallery@shuptrines.com
