"FINE art takes many forms and uses diverse materials.  After three years of debate at art college many moons ago (in a previous lifetime, it would seem), we concluded that what an artist is trying to achieve is communicate a thought or provoke an emotion in the observer of his work.

Rembrandt, on occasions, provoked drama, in The Night Watch, for example. Picasso provoked outrage and horror in his Guernica. Lautrec invoked in one excitement, and many of the Italian Renaissance Masters produced in the viewer religious rapture. One internationally acclaimed artist who held his second exhibition in Kuala Lumpur in February pleases and delights his audiences with wonderful canvasses which so often charm with their humour and human warmth. They occasionally perplex, a hint of melancholy in them. Most times it is, I believe, difficult to view Coplu’s works without a smile or at least an inward smile, for those who are more reserved by nature.
Coplu himself is somewhat a mirror of his work or vice versa perhaps... A quiet man with a soft smile playing at the corners of his mouth, and lighting up his eyes.  His canvasses are large and dominating, though not in an intimidating sense. There is a strong balance between the elements of a painting, and the proportions please the eye. Both light and shadow are present; a soft light often washes across the scene from right to left, creating depth, separating subject from background, and both modelling and accentuating the mainly rounded and gently curved shapes of the principal subjects of the work.

There are recurring themes in Coplu’s art, hearts and clouds being the most obvious. These are two icons that work at an almost subconscious level translating easily into different cultures. In the artist’s words, clouds represent dreams, the impossible, and by their nature are always changing and elusive. The heart obviously represents love, be it between people or extending to one’s God and even animals — universal love, in fact.  The figures in his works are often clutching hearts or clouds, and they sometimes appear to be travelling on a quest, with an optimistic feel.  For Coplu, his pictures are a way to “share his emotions”. He considers himself an optimist and in his words “life is beautiful”.
It seems that Coplu has more than achieved his goal; his works are a pleasure to look at, to enjoy. They cheer, uplift, one, and inevitably bring a smile to one’s face.  See for yourself. Coplu’s works are on permanent display on galleries..."

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