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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Visiting an old friend in London!

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Drawing over a pint at Gladstone Brewery in Courtenay!

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Drawing of part of the bar at Old City Station Pub in Nanaimo! 1 hr! #nanaimo #drawing #art #illustrstion #drawingfromlife

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

The latest drawing on Gabriola!

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

The only landscape drawing to make it into my upcoming show, I Was Drawn To You, opening at Nova Gallery on Gabriola on Thursday night!

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

From the Song Swap open mic on Gabriola :)

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Drawing from Ravenskill Orchard’s music night on Gabriola Island :)

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

At the Saturday market on Gabriola :)

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

My exhibition, I Was Drawn To You, opening party is Thursday Aug 21 at Nova on Gabriola! Come check out these little gems of drawings!

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Absolute fun and endurance at Crest Mountain trail on Vancouver Island!

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

At the Surf Pub on Gabriola last night. The people left fairly quickly so it’s a suggestion of them and the space… #illustration #drawinginpublic #copicmarkers #gabriolaisland #niccooper #queerartists

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Happy 3rd birthday to our little pupper lady ☘️ Clover 🍀 🐾

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Just can’t get over this adorable nest in our rafters of the porch. Leaving it alone so they feel comfy!! #spring #robins #birds

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Two drawings in Vancouver! One detail of this fun flower at The Parlour and another at Browns Pub. . #drawing #markers #illustration #lifedrawing #queerartist #artist

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Mixed magical bday gifts from Gabriolans! Thanks y’all for an amazing bday night 🌸

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

What is this amazing plant growing in the wet parts of the rainforest in Tofino area? #nativeplants #rainforest #vancouverisland #tofino #rainforesttrail

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Quick sketch out and about in Tofino :)

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Jumped into a pottery studio to make a Pesach Seder plate the last two weeks. It wasn’t cooled in time for dinner, but maybe that just adds to the story…I am so grateful this experiment turned out! 🌸 thanks to those who made this Passover so lovely. Here’s to next year!

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Lil drawing from last night at the Swap Shop on Gabriola 🏝️ #drawing #illustration #drawingfromlife #artist #art #niccooper

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

A sketch from the other week @songswap at the Swap Shop on Gabriola the other that I finished up after another event there tonight! Ignore the bit of my thumb lol #songswap #gabriola #musiciansatwork #sketch #drawing #sketchbook

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

One of my fave signs on Gabriola

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Thank you to everyone who came to my workshop Starry Night: Art and Astronomy as part of the Gabriola Isle of the Arts Festival! It was a blast! #iota #astronomy #cosmologies #art #gabriola

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

It’s International Trans Day of Visibility! Send some love to the gender non-conforming and trans ppl in your life. And here is the amazing Marsha P. Johnson, what would she be saying now?

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Hello! Any Gabriolan/Nanaimo ppl here that would make a post for me on FB/IG for my workshop for the isle of the arts festival for promo? We can chat. Need help getting the word out! Thx

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

One of my drawings done in Winnipeg last summer. I think I had recently put this on my IG before deleting it, so am sharing again! It’s at the amazing Oxbow Wine Bar, I gave the drawing to a lovely staff member. #drawing #noerasers #oxbowwinebar #enpleinair #art

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Join me for “Starry Night: Art and Astronomy” on March 29&30, for the Gabriola Isle of the Arts Festival! There’s a Night Sky Party (shift to indoors of poor visibility) and art-making the next day. Register online, on the Isle of the Arts Festival page. #nightsky #constellations #art #gabriola

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Monoprinting with a tiny press! Inspired after watching Amy Sillman videos. #intaglio #artmaking #printmaking #nanaimoartist #monotype

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Nanaimo Art Gallery @nanaimoartgallery.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Coming up on Fri, April 4th from 10 - 12, join Nanaimo Art Gallery's Indigenous Engagement Coordinator bailey macabre for an introductory workshop about land acknowledgements. nanaimoartgallery.ca/shop/program...

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Land Acknowledgement Workshop - Nanaimo Art Gallery

Are you interested in understanding the value and importance of land acknowledgements as a part of your journey toward reconciliation? Do you want to honour the host Nation in a meaningful way? Would ...

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Gabriola/Nanaimo night sky lovers or curious folks - join me for a Night Sky Party, followed by art-making the next day in the Isle of the Arts Festival! Register online :) Sat. March 29 and Sunday March 30. Bring yourselves, chairs, blanket, and any sky viewing tools you have.

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Got to try digital drawing for the first time! 20 min sketch on the ferry to Gabriola from Nanaimo

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Zoom in on the face about to yell at me for a stick #dogs #gabriola #bordercollieenergy

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I’m so thrilled to announce that I have taken the role of Learning and Engagement Coordinator at the Nanaimo Art Gallery. The gallery has a many fabulous programs. Come for a lunch tour for $5 on Fridays to see me in action!!! @nanaimoartgallery.bsky.social #nanaimo #contemporaryart #artincanada

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

New work for the Eros show on Gabriola @novagabriola.bsky.social on until March 2! This work fits into my series on #gaypride, kiss-in actions for gay rights and the power of being out in the streets en masse. #queerart #queerartists #lgbtqhistory #gayisforever #transrights

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Ten years ago when I drew in front of the famous Manet painting, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère made in 1882. I love drawing from paintings we had to study! #manet #artist #gallery #drawing @courtauld.bsky.social

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Friday night the 14th on Gabriola - come to Nova for this fun show that I have a work in! Then to see The Shops at The Surf! It’s going to be a great night 🥰

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I was working on this painting and I liked this stage the best. Sometimes we just overwork images and loose the freshness… #wip #painting #artwork #artist

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Nic Cooper @niccooperart.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I started to get pretty into drawing in public spaces about 12 years ago in Toronto and I’m still going strong! Here is a sketch from last night on #gabriolaisland at the Surf Pub. Using #copicmarkers and #strathmore paper.