Please check out my paintings and photography on my website at www.coopergalleryworks.com. I can take most any photo, regardless of size and paint any size original for you on canvas, even combine or delete subjects from your photo or group of photos. Contact me for prices.

In addition to my painting and photography, I am a published author in many venues. Designs in the Sand by J.Cooper and Blooms of Old Cahaba by co-authors J.Cooper and John B. Givhan is available from Amazon.com., Barnes & Nobles. Any bookstore can order them for you if they are out of stock.

I can't say which was my first love, writing or painting, so I do both. John B. Givhan, a hero in his own right, and I have co-authored a new book, BLOOMS of OLD CAHABA, Stories from the Old South, inspired by the Givhan family history, and Cahaba, the first capitol of Alabama, and one of the greatest lost jewels of the Old South. From the years of flourish, before the Civil War, affluent Cahaba was widely celebrated all over the world for its rich bounty and the finest cotton land known to civilized man.Blooms of Old Cahaba consists of something for everyone - stories from the old south, passed down through the years from many generations of family and friends from before the Civil War to modern day. It contains excerpts from the diary of a Civil War soldier who was fighting in Wilson's Raid in Selma, AL while writing his story - a first-hand account, and much more.You will understand how our history affects the current generation, through the eyes of a young man, leaving his childhood for college, but not before he comprehends his past.Blooms of Old Cahaba contains history, romance, religion, mystery, comedy, suspense, and even violence and horror, but it is also educational - something for everybody (over 18), and it takes the reader time-traveling throughout.Romantics as well as history buffs researching the Old South and Civil War, or those who just read for entertainment, will enjoy.Most of the facts are true, and based loosely on the Givhan family, as the present day grandson at the tender young age of eighteen learns about his family and history, and it changes his life forever.  Blooms of Old Cahaba is born on wings of truth. Blooms of Old Cahaba will be released in January, 2017, and will be available in hard-cover, soft-cover, e-book, and audible format soon. We will keep you apprised of the release date.www.bloomsofoldcahaba.com