Join host Chris Stafford for a deeply personal and intimate conversation with Carylon Cooper, a visionary contemporary artist whose work challenges the boundaries of memory, emotion, and identity.
In this reflective interview, Cooper shares the early influences that shaped her creative path, how she navigates the evolving art world, and the emotional core that anchors her artistic voice. From the poetry of color to the psychology of self-expression, Carylon opens up about the successes, struggles, and spiritual moments that guide her process.
Whether you’re an artist, collector, or creative seeker, this episode invites you to slow down, reflect, and experience art through a deeply human lens.

🎙️ In This Episode:

• Carylon Cooper’s personal creative journey
• How memory and emotion influence artistic storytelling
• Navigating self-doubt and the courage to create
• The meaning of contemporary art in a digital age
• Building authenticity and trust in one’s artistic voice

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BIO
Carylon Cooper is an American contemporary artist whose work includes abstract, figurative, still life and animal portraits. Carylon was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1948, one of two daughters to Imogene & Herschel Cooper. She attended High School in Nashville and, since she was 19, she has called Chattanooga, TN home. Carylon’s art education began at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) and she followed that by majoring in art at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga (UTC) where she audited classes in printmaking and mono-printing. She spent time as a model in New York City before marriage and raising three children took priority. During a difficult first marriage, Carylon found peace in focusing on her fitness and became an endurance runner.  Her art proved to be her salvation through a second marriage, which ended after 30 years. Carylon is now happily single and feels stronger than she has ever been, She says: ”every single day of my life has been ordained.”  We hear about her discipline in the studio, and the profound impact of faith and perseverance on her life and legacy. Carylon now enjoys a happy mix of art, yoga, hiking and exercise routines. She also keeps busy as a grandmother of 10 and great-grandmother of 4 children.
 
Carylon’s playlist:
Vivaldi Four Seasons
Andres Segovia
Chris Botti
Brandenburg Concerto No. 61
Santana
Nora Jones
Chris Stapleton
Bonnie Raitt
Ero Ramazzotti
Podcasts including AART 

Favorite female artists:
Louise Bourgeois (
Camille Henrot
Tracey Ermin
Sunny Apinchapong
Peggy Kroll Roberts
Nancy Chaboun
Margaret Dyer 

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