We are deeply saddened to hear of the loss of the great American painter, John Copeland, who passed away at the end of 2024. An artist of compassion, of introspection, of investigation, Copeland was a California-born, NYC-based figurative painter who showed at the likes of V1 Gallery and JD Malat, and once said, “I’m more interested in using the language of painting and working with the edge of abstraction, working with the push and pull of paint, image, readability and texture.”