Helen Cooper
@helencooperbooks.bsky.social
Author and illustrator of ‘Pumpkin Soup’ trilogy. ‘The Bear Under the Stairs’ The Taming of the Cat’ and many others - mainly Children’s books. Northerner living in Oxford.
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Hello Bluesky people.I’m an author and illustrator who is interested in
: books
: art and illustration
: journalism
: science
: music
…actually - all sorts of things. If you want to know more about what I do you can check out my website- link in the bio - it looks like this.
: books
: art and illustration
: journalism
: science
: music
…actually - all sorts of things. If you want to know more about what I do you can check out my website- link in the bio - it looks like this.
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🎨: Masumi Nagase, "Quiet Night"
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🎨: Masumi Nagase, "Quiet Night"
Reposted by Helen Cooper
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Leonora Carrington, British-Mexican (1917-2011), Portrait of the Late Mrs Partridge, 1947, oil on board, 40 x 27.5 in
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Leonora Carrington, British-Mexican (1917-2011), Portrait of the Late Mrs Partridge, 1947, oil on board, 40 x 27.5 in
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Morning Light In The Garden St Margarets: acrylic on canvas
October 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Morning Light In The Garden St Margarets: acrylic on canvas
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Winter Nocturne Isleworth: black crayon and body colour
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Winter Nocturne Isleworth: black crayon and body colour
I've always loved this one by Ian Archie beck.
Birthday Fireworks: ink and watercolour on vintage paper
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I've always loved this one by Ian Archie beck.
Oh what a rabbit.
#Sculpture, #Kyoto ware incense box in the shape of a crouching rabbit by Japanese potter Nonomura Ninsei, created during the Edo period (mid-17th century) #art
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Oh what a rabbit.
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Blue lava erupting from the Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia. The mountain contains large amounts of pure sulphur, which emit icy violet colours as it burns.
#Photography by Olivier Grunewald #Indonesia
#Photography by Olivier Grunewald #Indonesia
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Blue lava erupting from the Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia. The mountain contains large amounts of pure sulphur, which emit icy violet colours as it burns.
#Photography by Olivier Grunewald #Indonesia
#Photography by Olivier Grunewald #Indonesia
‘The Taming of the Cat’ is out in paperback now. It has copious black and white illustrations and stars a mouse called Brie who has to tell a story to keep a murderous cat occupied. If the cat grows restive so Brie has to think if some fast action! #art #bookillustration #birds #raven #book.sky
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
‘The Taming of the Cat’ is out in paperback now. It has copious black and white illustrations and stars a mouse called Brie who has to tell a story to keep a murderous cat occupied. If the cat grows restive so Brie has to think if some fast action! #art #bookillustration #birds #raven #book.sky
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Network of Stoppages, 1914 #dada #duchamp
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Network of Stoppages, 1914 #dada #duchamp
I remember seeing a print of this with a bassoon next to it. They seemed to speak to each other. I wasn’t interested in the bassoon then but my daughter decided she ‘had to play that instrument’ aged ten and I grew to love it.
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I remember seeing a print of this with a bassoon next to it. They seemed to speak to each other. I wasn’t interested in the bassoon then but my daughter decided she ‘had to play that instrument’ aged ten and I grew to love it.
I’d love the road art in the US. This is great
Added the Bowling Pin at Lucky Strike (unidentified artist, installed 2006) www.philart.net/art/Bowling_... #Philly #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I’d love the road art in the US. This is great
I expect he was out of fashion at the time. Bug this is lovely.
Artist: John Fabian Carlson (Swedish-American, 1875-1947)
Title: "Autumn Beeches" (ca.1908-15)
Medium: oil on canvas (101.6 x 132.08 cm)
Collection: Dallas Museum of Art, United States.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
Title: "Autumn Beeches" (ca.1908-15)
Medium: oil on canvas (101.6 x 132.08 cm)
Collection: Dallas Museum of Art, United States.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I expect he was out of fashion at the time. Bug this is lovely.
Real storytelling in this.
Hans Eriksen (1912-1982) Danish artist
Summer landscape in dim light. A tree alley, 1940
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
Summer landscape in dim light. A tree alley, 1940
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Real storytelling in this.
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Claire Henley (British Artist, born 1962)
"Guinea Fowls Confusion", 2023.
Giclee Prints on Canvas.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"Guinea Fowls Confusion", 2023.
Giclee Prints on Canvas.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Claire Henley (British Artist, born 1962)
"Guinea Fowls Confusion", 2023.
Giclee Prints on Canvas.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"Guinea Fowls Confusion", 2023.
Giclee Prints on Canvas.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
Oh I like these.i wish they would stay in paintings and not in my garden.
Claire Henley (British Artist, born 1962)
"Pigeons", 2023.
Fine Art Print Made in a Paper Collage Style from Gouache painted Paper.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
"Pigeons", 2023.
Fine Art Print Made in a Paper Collage Style from Gouache painted Paper.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Oh I like these.i wish they would stay in paintings and not in my garden.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Pre Daley Center downtown chicago
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Pre Daley Center downtown chicago
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Waning Gibbous Moon. 2114UT 6 November 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Waning Gibbous Moon. 2114UT 6 November 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
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I'm sorry, but these images of the left of Kuala Lumpur's Petronas Towers are absolutely identical.
No, really.
What's happening to your brain is called the Leaning Tower Illusion (discovered in 2007), and it's never *not* going to work on you, however many times you look.
As I said: sorry.
No, really.
What's happening to your brain is called the Leaning Tower Illusion (discovered in 2007), and it's never *not* going to work on you, however many times you look.
As I said: sorry.
April 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I'm sorry, but these images of the left of Kuala Lumpur's Petronas Towers are absolutely identical.
No, really.
What's happening to your brain is called the Leaning Tower Illusion (discovered in 2007), and it's never *not* going to work on you, however many times you look.
As I said: sorry.
No, really.
What's happening to your brain is called the Leaning Tower Illusion (discovered in 2007), and it's never *not* going to work on you, however many times you look.
As I said: sorry.
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Bahnhof - Fassade Haupteingang
📍Helsinki
📷Harri Schulz
#photography #art #sculpture#flickr flic.kr/p/2rAdrGP
📍Helsinki
📷Harri Schulz
#photography #art #sculpture#flickr flic.kr/p/2rAdrGP
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Bahnhof - Fassade Haupteingang
📍Helsinki
📷Harri Schulz
#photography #art #sculpture#flickr flic.kr/p/2rAdrGP
📍Helsinki
📷Harri Schulz
#photography #art #sculpture#flickr flic.kr/p/2rAdrGP