Born 1946, Jamaica.

Stylistically, Cecil Cooper's paintings follow the vein of neo-expressionism, using expressive colours and distorting the human figure. His paintings often feature mythic or archetypal elements. cooper paints with his canvases on the floor, carefully balancing deliberate mark-making with elements of change.

Cooper was part of the first class of students at the Jamaica School of Art to graduate after the school established a full-time diploma program. Although students were exposed to modernism, the training was modelled after the British academy system, with a strong leaning towards realism and Post-Impressionism. This background is visible in Cecil Cooper's early work, although the lyrical intensity of the landscapes and the slight expressionist distortion of the human figure point towards his later work.