Galina Cooper
Original oil & acrylic paintings of Vancouver Island — its rivers, forests, shores and changing light. Parksville, British Columbia.
Original oil & acrylic paintings of Vancouver Island — its rivers, forests, shores and changing light. Parksville, British Columbia.
Every painting below is an original, painted by hand in Galina's studio in Parksville or out in the open air with her painting groups. If one of them belongs on your wall, send an email — Galina will tell you its price, and you are welcome to come and see it in person before you decide.
Galina's late husband, Chris James Cooper, was a Toronto painter known for his sweeping Georgian Bay skies and his highly detailed stipple ink drawings. His collection of some 169 works — oils, watercolours and ink drawings — is catalogued on Artwork Archive, and Galina is now placing it with new owners.
Five of these paintings have been chosen by Maynards for their spring Canadian Art auction. Galina is not selling these five herself — Maynards will sell them at auction, and the estimates shown below are Maynards' own. If one of them catches your eye, watch for Maynards' spring auction, where you can bid on it. A sixth painting, the great Storm Front, is being kept by the family and is not for sale. Galina is also helping her daughter sell a few more of Chris's paintings — if one of those interests you, email Galina and she will help you from there.
Galina Cooper was educated as an architect, and that trained eye for structure, space and light runs through everything she paints. She studied architecture at the university in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, in a program with very strong training in art and art history — drawing, watercolour painting, rendering project presentations, and even sculpture. She paints in oils and acrylics from her home in Parksville, on the east coast of Vancouver Island. Her subjects are the places she walks and kayaks: forest rivers, quiet valleys, rocky shores, and the last light of the day over the water.
She paints outdoors with a local plein air group, and each week she paints alongside a group of artist friends who rent a shared studio together at the McMillan Arts Centre in Parksville, where each of them works on their own paintings. She is an exhibiting member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, and also belongs to the Oceanside Community Arts Council and the DeCosmos Fine Arts Society. Some of her paintings began decades ago and have been reworked over the years — Sunset, Lake Superior was started around 2005, on the lake where she once kayaked with her husband Chris.
Galina also looks after the collection of her late husband, the painter Chris James Cooper, and is finding new homes for his work.
Beach Club Resort, Parksville — July 2027. Galina's paintings will be on display in the resort's lobby for the month of July 2027, shown through the DeCosmos Fine Arts Society. Come and see them in person.
At home in Parksville. Most paintings live with Galina in French Creek, Parksville. If you are nearby and would like to see a painting in person before buying, email to arrange a visit — there is no pressure at all.
Tap “Enquire” under any painting, or simply write to Galina. She will reply with the price and answer any questions.
Local buyers are welcome to view the painting in Parksville first. Photographs from other angles are happily sent, too.
You and Galina arrange payment and pickup or shipping together, in whatever way suits you both.