February 15th, 2009

Cooper Rocks Greenwood’s Artwalk

Last night’s opening of Cooper’s photography at Urban Light Studios was a great sucess!

We had so much fun meeting people from all over the city. The gallery owners estimated that we had around 400 people view the exhibit during the three hour opening celebration. We handed out all 72 of our delicious vegan cupcakes (chocolate Grand Marnier, Coopers favorite!) within the first hour and went through 20 bottles of wine. Oh la la! Michael and I met so many wonderful people – some who’d been following Cooper’s adventures via Flickr and this blog, some who’d just read about him in the Friday P-I article, and folks who just happened into the gallery and said, “wait, these photos were taken by a CAT!?”

If you couldn’t make it to the gallery last night, the show will be up through March 10th. If you’re interested in purchasing one of Cooper’s photos for your home and you live too far away, you can do so at the Urban Light Studios site. The site has more photos available for purchase than were on display in the gallery.

Just as you entered the Greenwood Collective’s art space, where Urban Light Studios is located, they had a huge screen playing a video with Cooper running and jumping with his Cat-Cam. (Photo of the screen from Silenced Majority Portal) See the video here.

One of the highlights of the evening was getting to meet Chloe (I think that was her name!) one of Cooper’s feline fans! She came with her humans to see Cooper’s photos and hoped to meet him, but he was home asleep in his bed. We also met several dogs and lots of sweet kids. Most of them liked the picture of Cooper’s girlfriend the best, which we titled “Rendezvous”.

We met another wonderful fan of Cooper’s work who brought him a catnip cigar, which we gave him as soon as we got home last night. And our friend Jeannie brought him treats and toys. He went to sleep a very happy kitty.

Photo of the gallery by Cooper. Taken on Wednesday at the press-preview.

Photo of Cooper with Deirdre and Michael, the proud “Cat Parents.”

Cooper would like to thank Kevin and Julie Law for envisioning that a common orange house cat deserved a gallery show and pulling it all together so beautifully. And he sends purrs and kitty kisses to all of his fans. Especially those who bought his artwork last night! Thank you so much for your support. Meow, baby!

December 20th, 2008

This weather isn’t his favorite

This is not Cooper’s favorite weather. He barely goes outside at all in the winter, especially with full access to the cat-door. There’s no reason to stay outside if it’s cold. I wouldn’t want to be out there in my bare feet either.

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December 19th, 2008

Another Snowy Day

With a fresh two-inches of snow on the ground Cooper climbed into his camera gear and curled up on the couch to sleep. After a power nap, he headed outside to take a walk around the neighborhood.

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December 11th, 2008

Getting on Animal Planet


When the producer, Andrea, from Animal Planet called back in October it seemed like such a fluke. She found out about Cooper from Mr. Lee’s Cat-Cam site, where he is a featured cat photographer. Apparently there are a lot of “crazy cat ladies” out there, so she was excited to see that Michael & I were “normal”.

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December 10th, 2008

First Blog Post


Cooper has been pretty much an indoor cat since his launch to fame on Saturday, December 6th. Cooper appeared on the tv show, Cats 101 on Animal Planet and in a front page article in Seattle P-I. The phones have been ringing off the hook around Cross Films where Cooper works during the day.

Cooper is currently sleeping off a long day of returning phone calls from news media. He had a nice dinner of kibble and mushroom broth with a sprinkling of nutritional yeast.