Phone:
591-2575
Email: Michael@muralsandmore.com
Michael
Cooper is well into his second decade of painting large-scale murals. Since
starting Murals & More LLC, he
has been involved in projects ranging from small interior residential rooms to
massive exterior highway projects. Also an accomplished faux painter, he has
transformed many walls into fabulous brick, intricate marble and marvelous
textures. He is known throughout the country for his attention to detail and
his ability to create realistic and whimsical applications of trompe l'oeil.
People have simply been amazed at discovering what they thought was a series of
wrought iron balconies or a clumsily placed ladder was actually a flat painted
surface. Cooper founded Murals & More LLC after painting murals as a hobby
for nearly his entire life. His first association with a mural was actually in
the first grade, (too many years ago!) where his winning drawings were
incorporated into a large wall mosaic, which still exists today. Even though
his specialty is large-scale murals, Michael has also provided his clients with
painted furniture, floor cloths, backdrops, scenics, etc.
His
most recent commercial projects include two large (30Õ x 50Õ and 15Õ x 100Õ)
exterior murals for the town of Lynchburg, Virginia; 5 murals for the Kirk
Family YMCA in Roanoke, Virginia; a large interior mural for the Salem,
Virginia Family YMCA; transforming the exterior of Cumberland Transit (an
outdoor sports and hiking store in Nashville), and painting the first work of
public art in downtown Dickson, Tennessee, on a 40' x 80' exterior brick wall.
He just finished a 15' x 300Õ trompe lÕoeil wall for NashvilleÕs Bicentennial
Mall, right after painting faux finishes and trompe lÕoeil stone on over a mile
and a half of highway retaining walls and parapet walls in Gatlinburg,
Tennessee. Whew! And thatÕs not even mentioning his residential projects! In
order to share his almost 20 years of experience as a professional muralist,
Michael has also been teaching classes in the art and business of mural
painting in his large Franklin studio, as well as seminars throughout the
country. He is a member of the Artist's Advisory Council and the Community
Relations Board for the Frist Center of the Visual Arts, a teacher with the
TPAC ArtSmart Program, an avid racquetball player, and in his spare time, Mike
plays a decent 12 string guitar and a mean djembŽ.
And if it weren't for his wife, Mickie, he wouldn't
be here at all!