Tony Cook - Fine Artist

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Circus 7, 2014

A circus performer visiting my gallery, assured me that this image truly reflected the way a circus arena appears from the highwire. While not intended as such a representation, I have named the piece Circus 7. It is acrylic on watercolour paper, framed under glass.
Condo City 4, 2015
Fireglow, 2015

A miniature canvas in a non-objective impression.
Red and Blue, 2013
Blue September, 2014

Heavy body acrylic paint applied thickly to a Terraskin sheet, with noticeable texture provided by heavy gesso. The Terraskin* was then mounted to a gallery birch panel using archival acrylic medium.

*Terraskin is an ecologically-sound support made with calcium carbonate. It is extremely strong and archival.
Tango, 2013

Non-objective, lively and playful image, reminiscent of my circus series, this one is mixed media using acrylic paint brushed and squirted from the fluid container. The support is heavy watercolour paper glued (with acrylic gel) to a gallery birch panel. Texture is achieved through the sparing use of acrylic pumice. The final piece is brushed with acrylic varnish.
Black Lace, 2015

This piece is currently unframed and would be shipped rolled into a tube. We can frame the piece on request, for an extra charge.
The lace effect was achieved by inserted a lot of India ink underneath cling film that had been placed over the painting while the background was still damp. Left to its own devices, the ink responded to the slight tilt of the board, thus forming this interesting effect. If you look closely, you can see the wavy effect in the background.
Springtime, 2017
Becoming, 2017
Circus 3, 2016
Flight of Fancy, 2018

One of a series of experimental abstracts on 12" x 12" gallery canvas. Somewhere in there is a white bird, hence, Flight of Fancy. (The image does not do it justice, as there is some glare which dulls down the paint. It is actually a very bright painting).
My Old Man Said Follow the Band, 2018

A free-flowing abstract piece in acrylic on canvas. The title is from an old English music hall song (look up the lyrics) and is used for no apparent reason other than that it came into my head at the time.
Ode to Monet, 2018

Start of a series of abstracts created without brushes, using only a credit card (expired!) First, an orange ground is applied smoothly, followed by pigments straight from the tube, placed randomly on the surface. Then, the credit card is used to move the paint freely without any real thought given to design.

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