Jim Cooper is a local self-taught artist whose roots go deep in the Snohomish community. He has lived in Snohomish for the last 70 years, is a 1969 graduate of Snohomish High School, and a retired custodian of the Snohomish School District. Jim's love of nature and the outdoors are manifested in his acrylic paintings and pen sketches that he does from his head by whatever picture he sees in his mind or memory. He has lately taken up carving mushrooms from river rocks he has collected from the Pilchuck River and the Wenatchee River on his rock hounding beach combing outings. He is always thinking of what his next creation will be and keeps his hands busy, always creating.