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Born in Windsor, England on Bastille Day of 1976, Christopher “Moonlight” Cooksey soon found himself, off to America, as his father strived to leave the British rock and roll industry, for a new life. There, he spent most of his childhood in the back hills and parks of Southern California, discovering snakes, lizards, animal bones, fossils, and the many other treasures that nature has to offer a small boy. Interspersing these wonderful days, were his trips to the local drug store for ice cream and the wonders of the comic book spinner rack. In his teenage years, Christopher developed a passion for art, and the nuances of life that most kids his age seemed to take for granted. The injustices of life seemed to glare out at him whilst others either took no notice, or seemed to contribute to with ignorant relish. The fact that pointing this out to people only seemed to garner him scorn, led him to become a part of the LA Goth culture , where he spent most of his time meeting and hanging out with musicians, club promoters, and other artists, while also publishing his own comic book, “ The Black Lipstick Curse ” with writer and best friend, Frank Kane. In his 20’s the adventure continued. While becoming a well known figure in the circles he ran, he was privileged to learn from such comic artists as The X-Men ’s Paul Smith , gallery artist Ryan Wurmser , and Exhibit A Press’ Batton Lash , whose comic “ Supernatural Law ” Christopher at one time contributed artwork to. On a list of many profound experiences, two that he would note are: once seeing the ghost of a cat, and being blessed with his wife Faith, with whom he now has a baby girl named Katelyn. Christopher has been showing in such galleries as The Zander, The Black Cat , Carved in Stone, and Art Is Our Passion (the art school in which he teaches now) for the past seven years. He also still publishes small print run comics, while storyboarding for independent films. His latest project is Moonlight & Mermaids , a quarterly magazine about art.
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Interested in advertising in Moonlight & Mermaids?

Interested in advertising in Moonlight & Mermaids Art Magazine? I've got four (now three) full page add spaces available for $50 each. We're using Ka-Blam.com for our printer in order to make it a...
Posted by Christopher on Fri, 23 May 2008 01:39:00 PST

Christopher Moonlight Available Artwork as of 05/21/08

The photos below are or the works I have available right now. Note how diverse in style and theme they are. That's because I enjoy reinventing my artwork over and over again as I go. It helps me to co...
Posted by Christopher on Fri, 23 May 2008 09:37:00 PST

Looking For A Gallery?

Hey artist! One of my space's newest things you can make it do is to divvy up your friends list into categories. We here at Moonlight & Mermaids Art Magazine want to help artist find just the rig...
Posted by Christopher on Fri, 02 May 2008 10:18:00 PST

The Art Of Christopher Moonlight Opening Reception @ Wine Styles, Sat. May 3rd

For one night only I will be showing new paintings from my wood panel series at Wine Styles in Thousand Oaks. The reception is May 3rd and will go on from 5PM to 8PM during wine tasting. I will also b...
Posted by Christopher on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:27:00 PST

Mo&Me Art Magazine says, "Vote for Sand Babies!"

In the interest of making our new magazine (Moonlight & Mermaids) more interesting, I’m asking everyone to vote for featured artist Glenda Rolle’s sand babies photograph, to be on the ...
Posted by Christopher on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:09:00 PST

A Summary Of Christopher Moonlight News for 04-04-2008

I really do have an interesting life. There’s been good and there’s been bad, but I feel very lucky to be me, and I think that in the next few months in particular you’ll see why. I&...
Posted by Christopher on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:45:00 PST

EBay: Limited Edition Demise of Venus 1 of 25

This painting, Demise of Venus (part of Christopher Moonlight’s Strange Icons series) is now available as a limited addition artist reproduction with the number 1 of 25 accompanying the artist s...
Posted by Christopher on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:24:00 PST

The Save Cupid Fund

Being a starving artist with a wife and baby, cat surgeries are hardly what I would call convenient, but what can I do. Here is the rule of owning pets. They depend on you for their well being. They h...
Posted by Christopher on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:22:00 PST

Moonlight & Mermaids Magazine...

...is my endeavor to create the kind of art magazine that I want to see. "What kind is that?" you ask. Well, I want a magazine that thinks about enriching life with art. It’ll be the kind of thi...
Posted by Christopher on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:17:00 PST

Help Captain Marvel Save Our Cat.

This is my copy of Rocket’s Blast Special Presents... Captain Marvel. Contributors include: Don Newton, Robert Kline, C.C. Beck, and Gene Arnold. It has some truly beautiful artwork in it which ...
Posted by Christopher on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:36:00 PST