Eileen Cooper's Hide and Seek exhibition at The Royal Academy.

Eileen Cooper’s Hide and Seek exhibition at The Royal Academy.

Jump by Eileen Cooper — Eileen Cooper’s Jump Mixed Media 2001

The art of Eileen Cooper RA; Keeper of the Royal Academy:

With just over a month remaining Eileen Cooper’s Exhibition “Hide and Seek” at the Royal Academy is a must see for any student of drawing, printmaking or painting. Eileen is a prolific and accomplished artist and this exhibition does credit to her career presenting drawings spanning almost four decades.

Leap of Faith by Eileen Cooper, Charcoal 2008.

To quote from the Royal Academy’s introduction to the exhibition “An accomplished painter and printmaker, Cooper’s practice has always been underpinned by drawing. This remarkable body of work illustrates how her distinctive imagery has developed through making drawings that explore such subjects as sexuality, birth, family, fecundity and creativity”

The Visit by Eileen Cooper Charcoal 2002

The exhibition, displayed in John Madejski Fine Rooms of the Royal Academy, captures Eileen’s natural and spontaneous style.

Bathing by Eileen Cooper Charcoal and pastel 1987

The drawings with their thick charcoal lines and acrobatic depictions explore such themes such as sexuality, birth, family, fecundity and creativity.

Eileen Cooper RA (Keeper of The Royal Academy) and Alison Harper (Artistic Director The-ESOP) at Eileen Cooper’s exhibition “Hide and Seek” May 2015

“Hide and Seek” ends August 23rd 2015. There’s a lot to take in from this show including the stop-motion film by Charlie Paul

Eileen Cooper is a supporter of The Essential School of Painting and former visiting tutor.

Eileen Cooper RA in her studio from Royal Academy of Arts on Vimeo.