Dawn (Cooper) Terry

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Copyright 2015 by Dawn Cooper (moonscribed@gmail.com)
Rolfson's California Treeline (2015) | Acrylic on canvas | 20 x 24 
My painting of a photograph taken by my photographer friend, Dave Rolfson. 

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Tequila Moonrise | by Dawn Cooper | 2015
Acrylic on Canvas | 20 x 24
This is a painting I did for a friend who requested a likeness of a painting her husband saw in a restaurant. She made me a beer hat in exchange! : )

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Aurora (2015)
Acrylic on Canvas | 20 x 24
Copyright Dawn Cooper Terry | Moonscribed@gmail.com
Random internet search for aurora photos. Found one I liked. Painted it. The End.

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This is a painting I did for a client who is very committed to animal rights, but in particular the cause for bringing awareness to the abuse of elephants.

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I did this painting for my dear friend Sara. Her weekend home was a long time dream for her late husband and her to share with family. It is located on Blue Heron Drive. I left this painting there one weekend when her family allowed me to escape a stressful situation and stay there for the weekend. Blue Herons have also long been a symbol to me of those who have passed in my life and seeing one fly by always gives me comfort that perhaps our loved ones keep watch over us after they move to the next phase of their journey into the universe.

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My Grandfather has a picture in his kitchen of Folly Beach, SC (at least that's what I think he told me) and when I saw it I had to paint it for him. Since I wasn't totally sure it was indeed Folly Beach, I named it "Prolly Folly" cause I'm silly like that!

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An old neighbor of mine had this fallen apple tree in his yard. In Winter it looks like a dead tree trunk that was never cleared away, but in Spring it blooms despite its predicament. This symbolized to me the one of the tenets of Buddhism, finding the beauty in suffering. The prog rock band, RUSH, has a song called "Peaceable Kingdom" which as most RUSH songs, contains double entendres and metaphysical messages for the listener to consider. Peaceable Kingdom is a song about the misdirected focus of wars, and on a more personal level, listening to your heart over listening to all the voices telling you what is best for you. Meanwhile, despite the obstacles created by man, life will find a way...from the mud, the Lotus blooms.

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This is an historic building in Indianapolis. I painted this as a retirement gift for the President of a charitable foundation which is headquartered in this building.

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Just goofing around on a Sunday. I've been on a lotus kick for about a year.