{"title":"Walter Cooper","description":"Walter Kerr Cooper was born in Syracuse, New York, and received his B.A. in American Studies from Hobart College. After a 10-year career in New York City and Tokyo as a copywriter on major accounts with J. Walter Thompson, he left the advertising business and settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to pursue painting and printmaking full-time. His artwork has been exhibited in major galleries and private and corporate collections. His work in graphic design includes opera posters, book \u0026amp; record album covers, wool rugs, greeting cards, and postage stamps. He is the author and illustrator of two previous books: Briefs: A Virile Display of Verse Witty and Gay (Universe\/Rizzoli); and Shards: Restoring the Shattered Spirit (HCI). Cooper and his partner Doug Bland live in a passive-solar house with their tabby Elsa in the countryside near Santa Fe.","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/walter-cooper.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}