Attenborough's best bird artist lands secure perch

Updated September 19 2017 - 10:33am, first published 10:28am
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017. Curator Elise Edmonds inspects some of the art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017. Curator Elise Edmonds inspects some of the art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017. Curator Elise Edmonds inspects some of the art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017. Curator Elise Edmonds inspects some of the art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017.  The art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017. The art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017.  The art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017. The art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017.  The art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017. The art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017.  The art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017. The art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017.  The art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017. The art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017.  The art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017. The art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017.  The art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017. The art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017.  The art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. NEWS. 12th of September 2017. The art by Bill Cooper. The NSW State Library has recently acquired works by William 'Bill' Cooper. Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough described Cooper, as being one of the world's best bird artists. Story: Julie Power. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Even when he was a boy of 5, the internationally acclaimed birdman and artist William T Cooper - who British naturalist Sir David Attenborough described as the "world's greatest living wildlife illustrator" - loved animals.

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