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DAN R COOK'S MEDIA FEED
painting and drawing abstractions


20 Jun 2024
'As Sure as Daylight' 100x80cm on wood panel. Digging back through preparations of colour, wax and alkyd mixes. The daylight reaches back...
Dan R Cook
Jun 20, 20241 min read
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18 Jun 2024
A passing over Vivid Shoal. A mix of waxed oil layers, digging, glazing, scraping and drawing. #oilpainting #abstractart #ukart #fineartu...
Dan R Cook
Jun 18, 20241 min read
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17 June 2024
Introduced this week with a debut collection for @smithsonprojects in Bristol. Some of the works heading to the collection. Lots of...
Dan R Cook
Jun 17, 20241 min read
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14 June 2024
'Vivid Shoal' 165 x 105cm. A new painting on a double board. A restless sandbar offers up fleeting treasures. A recent painting homed by...
Dan R Cook
Jun 14, 20241 min read
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20 May 2024
A couple having a cure together. Pastels, oils, earth pigments, pencils and mediums. #oilpainting #abstractart #ukart #fineartuk #artwork...
Dan R Cook
May 20, 20241 min read
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22 April 2024
'Knot and Bine 4' 64x56cm Oils, pencil and pastel. Part four of this set has a mellow pink palette. More fall of shade than the solid...
Dan R Cook
Apr 22, 20241 min read
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21 April 2024
'Knot and Bine 3' 100x80cm Oils, pastels, wax and sharp tools. A little more overlay of forms in this one. Introducing more pastel to...
Dan R Cook
Apr 21, 20241 min read
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20 Apr 2024
'Knot and Bine 2' 105x105cm Oils, wax and sharp tools. A change in tone from No.1. Warm pink and burning light. Somewhere between...
Dan R Cook
Apr 20, 20241 min read
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19 Apr 2024
'Knot and Bine 1' 120x100cm, cold wax, pencil and various abrasions. Buckling stems and joints or just an impression. Fossilised or...
Dan R Cook
Apr 19, 20241 min read
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18 Apr 2024
Second half of a recently commissioned pair of darkening and overlapping shadows. 97x80cm Oil glazes, cold wax and surface abrasions....
Dan R Cook
Apr 18, 20241 min read
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17 Apr 2024
First half of a recently commissioned pair. 97x80cm Overlapping shade from organic forms. Bright sun light plunges in to deeper and...
Dan R Cook
Apr 17, 20241 min read
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8 Apr 2024
Working in to the darker greens and browns with a sharp edge. Last layer before a final glaze on top. #oilpainting #abstractart #ukart #f...
Dan R Cook
Apr 8, 20241 min read
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Shared Palette
Different jobs but catching very similar tones in the light. Greens and soft pinks about. #oilpainting #abstractart #ukart #fineartuk #ar...
Dan R Cook
Apr 2, 20241 min read
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Contrast of Brush and Rough
After scraping and gouging in to layers old and new, it is pleasing to finish with a calming smooth brush gesture....
Dan R Cook
Feb 22, 20241 min read
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Clinging on to Daylight
I want to work as much as possible in natural daylight. This means clinging on to the last workable wisps of the day. There is a moment...
Dan R Cook
Feb 20, 20241 min read
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Finished with Phthalo and Brush
The bolder gestures added at the end have got this piece right I feel. Still a big open space but the forms now show the right motion and...
Dan R Cook
Feb 19, 20241 min read
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Verona and Ochre
Verona Green earth pigment going in to this new piece. Powders are versatile and I've been working behind the scenes to find interesting...
Dan R Cook
Feb 15, 20241 min read
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Building a Surface
Using earth tones and all sorts of mediums, exploring the surface and developing techniques. #oilpainting #abstractart #ukart #fineartuk ...
Dan R Cook
Feb 12, 20241 min read
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Hanging with Aluminium
I work mostly on wood panel. Larger artworks need extra stability and aluminium sub frames offer anti-warping, framing ease and hanging...
Dan R Cook
Feb 10, 20241 min read
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Earth Pigments
This panel has had priming, staining, cold wax and oil paint. Scratching, etching, charcoal and now working in some beautiful earth...
Dan R Cook
Feb 6, 20241 min read
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