Jack M. Hooper (1928 - 2014) was an American painter, muralist, sculptor, printmaker and art educator. He was a major figure on the Southern California art scene, belonging to that generation of Los Angeles painters who matured during the late 1950s and 1960s. He was an innovator n the use of new materials, most importantly plastic art. He is known for abstract expressionism, mural and figurative painting. Hooper exhibited in art museums and galleries nationally and internationally including solo shows in Europe, Mexico and the United States. Modeling renown UCLA art professor and figurative artist, Jan Stussy, the last 20 years of his life were spent in rural Mexico, where he drew and painted every single day until his death.