18 Oct 2024
Pastel worked in to alkyd resin and earth pigments. A detail from 'Field Tracings' #abstractoil #pastels #pastelart #oilpainting...
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DAN R COOK'S MEDIA FEED
painting and drawing abstractions
Dan R Cook
Oct 161 min read
17 Oct 2024
A short film of 'Boat Glass and Mist' 120 x 110cm The title suggests something specific. A thick and aged viewing glass on a sea vessel....
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Dan R Cook
Oct 151 min read
16 Oct 2024
Colour applied in a variety of ways. Folds and cuts create a rough cross section of lamination. Kind of resembles an old ledger. A useful...
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Dan R Cook
Oct 131 min read
14 Oct 2024
A short film of 'Field Tracings' 200 x 100cm Pastel, oil, pencil and mediums. An imagined history of lodes and veins or trails and...
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Dan R Cook
Oct 111 min read
12 Oct 2024
A much enjoyed trip back to some draughting and drawing on this piece. On a wood panel prepared to make it as drawing friendly as...
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Dan R Cook
Oct 91 min read
10 Oct 2024
A short tour of 'Snicks and Reeds' 100 x 80cm Oil, pastel and mediums on wood. A piece with a soft, open space. Reflection and diffused...
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Dan R Cook
Oct 71 min read
8 Oct 2024
Digging or prodding the pastel. Not dragging or drawing. Definitely not painting. Pastel is a unique tool for mark making and creates a...
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Dan R Cook
Oct 41 min read
5 Oct 2024
A short film passing round 'Corridor Spirit' 100x80cm There is figure here but perhaps not present. Echo, suspension or residual...
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Dan R Cook
Oct 11 min read
2 Oct 2024
A short film of 'Shaped in Readiness' Oil, pastel, pencil and mediums on wood 100x80cm. This is figurative but without the solid...
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Dan R Cook
Sep 291 min read
30 Sep 2024
More pastel work. A bit of scraping or digging in the clay. #pastels #pastelart #oilpainting #abstractart #ukart #fineartuk #artwork ...
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Dan R Cook
Sep 241 min read
25 Sep 2024
Fitting 'Shaped in Readiness' in to its timber L frame. #pastels #pastelart #oilpainting #abstractart #ukart #fineartuk #artwork ...
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Dan R Cook
Sep 91 min read
10 Sep 2024
Deepening or highlighting some existing marks. Just pressing or pushing the pastel in. #pastels #pastelart #oilpainting #abstractart...
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Dan R Cook
Aug 141 min read
15 Aug 2024
Brushing detail in to a wet surface. I wanted to work from above so a bit of clearance (bamboo) is rigged up. #pastels #pastelart...
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Dan R Cook
Jul 101 min read
10 Jul 2024
Pastel and pencil going first on the board. A draw before the paints. #pastels #pastelart #oilpainting #abstractart #ukart #fineartuk...
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Dan R Cook
Jul 61 min read
6 Jul 2024
‘Paper 2420’ Oil paint, pastel and pencil on paper with a thin wax finish 49x44cm. #pastels #pastelart #oilpainting #abstractart #ukart...
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Dan R Cook
Jul 41 min read
4 July 2024
A new piece with pastels, pencil, oils and resin mediums on paper. 49x44cm ‘Paper 2421’ a dance and a musical moment with a concertina....
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Dan R Cook
Jul 31 min read
3 Jul 2024
Pastel work on a large panel. Tapping in the smaller marks. #pastels #pastelart #oilpainting #abstractart #ukart #fineartuk #artwork ...
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Dan R Cook
Jun 281 min read
28 Jun 2024
Angles light catching the topography of ‘As Sure as Daylight’. A lot of picking, scraping and gouging back through the thick layers....
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Dan R Cook
Jun 241 min read
24 Jun 2024
‘After the Plume’ 100x80cm on wood panel. A suspension of line and fragments settling back down. #pastels #pastelart #oilpainting...
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Dan R Cook
Jun 211 min read
21 Jun 2024
'Circling the Hard Road’ 100x80cm Oil, resin, wax mediums on wood panel. Limestone tones layered and dug away. Once verdant colours under...
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