David Cooley is a self-taught artist based in Southern California. Although well-versed in realistic imagery, he currently creates psychedelic, geometric, abstract paintings using acrylic and resin.
His work is often mistaken as digitally rendered. On closer examination it becomes clear that his art is done entirely by hand. Cooley’s pieces are highly textural, compromised of a myriad of hand-pulled, colorful thorns that form geometric shapes and patterns constructing otherworldly landscapes.
Current and Previous Works by David Cooley
If you have any questions or would like to purchase any of the works below, please send an email to contact(at)thinkspacegallery.com.
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“Multi Thorny Vortex”
(2017)
$800
Available
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
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“Untitled”
(2018)
$900
Available
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
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“Be Here Meow”
(2019)
$900
Available
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
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“Out of Kindness I Suppose”
(2019)
$900
Available
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
Show:
- LAX / ORD II – Curated by Thinkspace
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“Brainstorming”
(2013)
$3,800
Sold
Acrylic, found fabric, resin and spray paint on panel
Show:
- LA Art Show 2014 – Littletopia
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“Don’t Hold Your Breath”
(2013)
$1,600
Sold
Acrylic and resin
Show:
- LAX / TXL – Curated pop-up show presented by Urban Nation
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“Reading Between The Lines”
(2014)
$1,600
Sold
Acrylic, found fabric and resin on wood
Show:
- LAX / TXL – Curated pop-up show presented by Urban Nation
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“Maelstrom”
(2013)
$2,600
Sold
Acrylic and resin on panel
Show:
- POW! WOW!:Exploring The New Contemporary Art Movement – Curated by Andrew Hosner from Thinkspace Presented by POW! WOW!
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“A Sabbatical Of Sorts”
(2014)
$900
Sold
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
Shows:
- SCOPE MIAMI BEACH 2014
- LA Art Show 2014 – Littletopia
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“A Glow We All Know”
(2013)
$2,000
Sold
Acrylic, spray paint, and red resin on board
Shows:
- Ignored Epiphany (Main)
- In Our Wake (Main)
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“Numbers Don’t Lie”
(2013)
$900
Sold
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
Show:
- SCOPE MIAMI BEACH 2013 / BOOTH E15
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“Moskstraumen”
(2013)
$2,600
Sold
Acrylic and resin on panel
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“Tidal Eddies”
(2013)
$700
Sold
Acrylic and resin
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“Untitled 1”
(2013)
$550
Sold
Acrylic and resin
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“Where I’ll be”
(2013)
$1,200
Sold
Acrylic, spray paint and resin
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“Pandemonium”
(2013)
$700
Sold
Acrylic and resin
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“Untitled 2”
(2013)
$550
Sold
Acrylic and resin
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“Mr. Plaidypus Lets It Go”
(2012)
$1,100
Sold
Acrylic, Spray Paint, Ink and Resin on Fabric adhered to wood
Shows:
- Picks of the Harvest 2012
- Affordable Art Fair
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“Down Pour”
(2013)
$1,200
Sold
Acrylic, Spray paint, Resin and Fabric on board
Show:
- SCOPE NYC / SCOPE Pavilion, New York, NY – Booth H03
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“In The Periphery”
(2013)
$1,600
Sold
Acrylic, Spray paint, Resin and Fabric on board
Show:
- SCOPE NYC / SCOPE Pavilion, New York, NY – Booth H03
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“Untitled 2”
(2013)
$550
Sold
Acrylic, spray paint, and red resin on board
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“Untitled 1”
(2012)
$550
Sold
Acrylic, spray paint, and red resin on board
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“Wet Dreams”
(2013)
$1,600
Sold
Acrylic, spray paint, and red resin on panel
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“Ebb & Flow”
(2011)
$1,200
Sold
Acrylic, Spray Paint and Resin on Found Fabric adhered to wood
Shows:
- Beyond Eden Art Fair 2011
- Rhythmic Nonsense
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“To and Fro”
(2011)
$900
Sold
Acrylic, Spray Paint and Resin on Found Fabric adhered to wood
Shows:
- Beyond Eden Art Fair 2011
- Rhythmic Nonsense
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“A Slippery Slope”
(2012)
$1,100
Sold
Acrylic and Spray Paint on Fabric adhered to wood
Show:
- Dashing In Headlong (project room)
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“There’s Something To Be Learned From a Rainstorm”
(2012)
$850
Sold
Acrylic, Spray Paint, Ink and Resin on Fabric adhered to wood
Show:
- Dashing In Headlong (project room)
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“Ripple”
(2012)
$850
Sold
Acrylic, Spray Paint, Ink and Resin on Fabric adhered to wood
Show:
- Dashing In Headlong (project room)
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“Happy Hour”
(2012)
$600
Sold
Acrylic, Spray Paint, Ink and Resin on Fabric adhered to wood
Show:
- Dashing In Headlong (project room)
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“Dashing in Headlong”
(2012)
$1,400
Sold
Acrylic, Spray Paint and Resin on Fabric adhered to wood
Show:
- Dashing In Headlong (project room)
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“Ground Score”
(2011)
$450
Sold
Acrylic, Spray Paint and Resin on Found Fabric adhered to wood
Shows:
- Affordable Art Fair
- Synergy
- Rhythmic Nonsense
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“Ten Second Rule”
(2011)
$500
Sold
Acrylic, Spray Paint and Resin on Found Fabric adhered to wood
Show:
- Beyond Eden Art Fair 2011
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“Close To Me You Are, We Are Boiled In Milk”
(2011)
$1,400
Sold
Acrylic, spray paint and resin on reclaimed fabric adhered to wood
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“Five Second Rule”
(2011)
$500
Sold
Acrylic, spray paint, and resin on treated fabric adhered to board
Framed / archival mounted
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“Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
(2011)
$700
Sold
Acrylic, and spray paint on treated fabric adhered to board
Framed / archival mounted
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“No Moon”
(2011)
$700
Sold
Acrylic, spray paint, and resin on treated fabric adhered to board
Archival mounted
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“The Deep End”
(2011)
$900
Sold
Acrylic, spray paint, and resin on treated fabric adhered to board
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“I Danced Myself Into The Tomb”
(2011)
$1,800
Sold
Acrylic, and spray paint on treated fabric adhered to board
Framed / archival mounted
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“Rhythmic Nonsense”
(2011)
$1,600
Sold
Acrylic, Spray Paint and Resin on Found Fabric adhered to wood
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“Optic Wave”
(2014)
$1,400
Sold
Acrylic on 14 pairs of custom sunglass 'panels' cradled in a wood stash box and held in place with magnets
Show:
- LAX/SFO – Curated show at Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco, CA
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“Cognitive”
(2014)
$2,800
Sold
Acrylic and resin on wood
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“Journey’s End”
(2015)
$900
Sold
Acrylic and resin on antique fabric on wood panel
Show:
- ‘La Familia’ – Thinkspace 10th Anniversary Show
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“Kitty Gave Up The Ghost”
(2015)
$1,100
Sold
Acrylic and resin on antique fabric on wood panel
Show:
- Curated exhibit @ the Honolulu Museum of Art School
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“Encompassed By Gossamer”
(2015)
$2,500
Sold
Acrylic, Resin and Fabric on wood panel
24" diameter
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“A Loud Guffaw”
(2015)
$4,125
Sold
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
Show:
- LAX / LHR – co-curated show with Stolen Space in London, England
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“Chortle”
(2015)
$1,100
Sold
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
Show:
- LAX / LHR – co-curated show with Stolen Space in London, England
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“Monatomic”
(2015)
$2,000
Sold
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
Show:
- LAX / DTW – Curated show at Inner State Gallery (Detroit, MI)
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“Kitty Popped His Clogs”
(2015)
$1,100
Sold
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
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“What A Dirty Monosyllable”
(2015)
$2,600
Sold
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
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“Festooned”
(2016)
$2,400
Sold
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
Show:
- SCOPE New York 2016(Group Exhibition)
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“Memories That Glow In The Dark”
(2016)
$3,200
Sold
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
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“Pathos”
(2016)
$1,100
Sold
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
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“Sincerely Yours”
(2016)
$800
Sold
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
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“Theater of the Mind”
(2017)
$1,200
Sold
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
Show:
- Pow Wow Hawai’I 2017 – (Taking place at Honolulu Museum of Art School)
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“Unapologetic”
(2017)
$1,200
Sold
Acrylic and resin on wood
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“Untitled 360”
(2018)
$900
Sold
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
Show:
- ‘LAX / PDX II’ with Antler Gallery (Portland, OR)
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“Tendrils”
(2019)
$950
Sold
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
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“Obsidian”
(2019)
Sold
Acryic and resin on wood panel
