Dave Cooper

I grew up in Lancaster watching my father paint wonderful pictures of buses and trains on the dining table. He was a celebrated transport artist with a passion for buses and inspired me greatly. I used to try and copy his paintings, so it was no real surprise that at the age of 16 I found my way to Blackpool and Fylde College to study Technical and Scientific Illustration. Five years of study ended with a Distinction and passage into working briefly for English Heritage, finishing a project I’d started at college illustrating Furness Abbey in Cumbria.

After 12 months working on this beautiful building, and with itchy feet, I headed to the Netherlands to work for Philips Electronics as an Illustrator, where I stayed for just over two years. From there I went south to the Cote d’Azur in Fr