Painting by Athena Cooper shows a power wheelchair sitting outside of a music festival. A small group of people are seated on the grass nearby, and two people are walking away from the viewer in the distance. The setting sun casts a golden light.

Calgary-based visual artist and creativity coach, Athena Cooper, uses her art to highlight the ordinary nature of her disabled life. From fine art exhibitions to children’s book illustration, she continues to challenge perceptions around people with disabilities.

  • Portfolio

    Working in small scale acrylic on stretched canvas, Athena’s paintings blend depictions of the everyday with the fractured light and intense colour inspired by stained glass.

  • Athena Cooper seated in her wheelchair wearing a navy short sleeve blouse.

    About the Artist

    Inspired by her love of the vibrant colours and interplay of light found in stained glass, Athena strives to paint an extraordinary, ordinary disabled life.