DAN COOK

Dan Cook is a British painter, born in Cambridge and raised in Southeast England. Currently living near St Ives Bay in Cornwall. His focus has fallen on a personal and immediate perception of the natural environment through oil paint and pencil.

Cook’s process involves a constant effort to decode and record an ever-changing theme. It could be the light, a surface or just a place and atmosphere that dictates the artwork. In collecting personal responses to his environment, the need for a physical unique representation of these responses has become essential, compelling and urgent.

Working primarily on wood panel provides a solid platform for much of the wall art. Each piece starts from a visual plan but often the first physical markings begin on the final piece itself. This is memory work. A reminder of a place or a sensation felt, rather than an attempt to represent a whole view or arrangement. The current collection passes a thread through stone surfaces, refracted daylight, and how the eye delivers us colour suffused, distorted or in focus.

Thinned inky paint mixes and patiently built layers search out the well-kept secrets of natural water. Etching, scraping and sanding connects with a solid surface.

For further information on pricing and availability for Dan’s work, please contact [email protected]