Painting, Painting, Illustration, Portrait, Abstract, Sports, Realism, Digital, Mixed Media, Acrylic
It was while working for the City of Burnaby in the sanitation dept. in 1981 that his life would change.
After an injury left him sidelined for 4 months he started to draw again out of boredom.
Dale started thinking about his future and with the encouragement of an art teacher enrolled in the
Graphics and Visual Design program at Kwantlen College Surrey BC – where he honed his skills as an artist.
For the next 30 years Mr. Cooper has worked as a sports illustrator and fine artist with two stints as official artist of the 1988 and 1998 Winter Olympics to name a few.