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Sailor's Delight

Sailor's Delight

Dance After the Storm

Dance After the Storm

Papillon Bleu

Papillon Bleu

Jazzy

Jazzy

Beyond Time

Beyond Time

Storm Watch

Storm Watch

Margery Koop
On Sabbatical for 2023

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I came to making art from a lifelong career in music as a singer / teacher of singing / choral conductor as well as clothing designer. When I stop to think about it, my music and design influence is in all that I do in my paintings.

The sweep and curve of my brush or palette knife. Precision versus free-flowing. Vibrant colour. Colour always comes to me before a design can even begin to emerge.

My studio is a crossover music and art studio.  When I get stuck in one of my paintings I sit down at the piano and play or sing, the easel facing me. Making music shifts the gears so I can relax and recharge. When I look up and see my work I often have this a-ha moment. I can see clearly what I need to do next.

​I work mostly with acrylics, expressing myself with vibrant colour and texture, tactile or visual, building a painting, layer upon layer, going to places unimagined. What lies beneath is as exciting, sometimes more, than what first meets the eye. I rub out a lot of paint to allow the under layer to peak through.

​As a singer I was taught to strive for technical precision but then to let go and pour my heart out. My studio is my happy place where I do just that - play at making art or music.

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