David Cook
Born: 1957Place of Birth: Dunfermline
Cook was born in 1957 in Dunfermline and attended Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee from 1979-84. He was recognised early as an exceptional talent, winning the first prize at the annual student show at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1983. He then won a travel award which took him to Paris, Amsterdam, Belgium and Cyprus. He won the Guthrie Award at the RSA in 1985 and was given Scottish Arts Council Awards in 1985, 1988 and 1989. He has exhibited irregularly but notably at The Traverse Theatre in 1982 and with the 369 Gallery throughout the following decade.
In the 1990s he was already visiting Seagreens (his current home) and staying at a cottage at Benholm, two miles to the North also frequented by Alberto Morocco and Ian Eadie. Cook travelled regularly in these years to Turkey, the Balearics and significantly, at the invitation of the Everard Reed Gallery, to Southern Africa for three months in 1997. He was able to secure the tenancy at Seagreens shortly after his return and eventually bought it in 2004. This sense of belonging is now deeply embedded; he can see the seasons change and paint the whole calendar; the daffodils of Spring, wild flowers of Summer, the Autumn skies and bleak drama of Winter are all on show: immediate, raw and compelling.
David Cook will be exhibiting with The Gallery in March 2021.
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Hollyhocks View details
David Cook
Hollyhocks
oil on canvasH:121cm W:99.5cm£4,750Detail of Garden View detailsDavid Cook
Detail of Garden
oil on canvasH:110cm W:110cm£4,750Seen in Green View detailsDavid Cook
Seen in Green
oil on boardH:31cm W:39cm£1,450Pithead on the Estate of Mintes View detailsDavid Cook
Pithead on the Estate of Mintes
oil on boardH:15cm W:20cm£525Paper Factory View detailsDavid Cook
Paper Factory
oil on boardH:39.5cm W:46cm£1,750The Comfort View detailsDavid Cook
The Comfort
oil on boardH:122cm W:122cm£5,500Study 1 View detailsDavid Cook
Study 1
oil on boardH:18cm W:23cm£550David Cook in his Studio View details-
Paper Factory at Inverkeithing View details
David Cook
Paper Factory at Inverkeithing
oil on boardH:81cm W:101.5cmDunfermline District MuseumSmall Mine Operation View detailsDavid Cook
Small Mine Operation
oil on canvasH:23cm W:28cmSoldSeventh February Foam Waves View detailsDavid Cook
Seventh February Foam Waves
oil on canvasH:140cm W:210cmSoldFactory Paint Study View detailsDavid Cook
Factory Paint Study
oil on boardH:21cm W:23cmSoldRain Tearing Through the Sea View detailsDavid Cook
Rain Tearing Through the Sea
oil on boardH:122cm W:153cmSoldThundering Spray Waves View detailsDavid Cook
Thundering Spray Waves
oil on boardH:61cm W:92cmSoldCorner of Johnshaven Harbour View detailsDavid Cook
Corner of Johnshaven Harbour
oil on boardH:46cm W:61cmSoldAcross the Field to Work View detailsDavid Cook
Across the Field to Work
oil on boardH:51cm W:61cmSoldHeaps of Scrap Metal View detailsDavid Cook
Heaps of Scrap Metal
oil on boardH:20cm W:31cmSoldHeaps of Scrap Metal View detailsDavid Cook
Heaps of Scrap Metal
oil on boardH:20cm W:31cmSoldScrap Yard Study 1 View detailsDavid Cook
Scrap Yard Study 1
oil on boardH:15cm W:21cmSoldChimney Study 1 View detailsDavid Cook
Chimney Study 1
oil on boardH:20cm W:26cmSoldChimney Study 2 View detailsDavid Cook
Chimney Study 2
oil on boardH:16cm W:20cmSoldStudy 2 View detailsDavid Cook
Study 2
oil on boardH:18cm W:23cmSoldStudy of Dead and Dying Flowers View detailsDavid Cook
Study of Dead and Dying Flowers
oil on boardH:108cm W:122cmSoldIris Study View detailsDavid Cook
Iris Study
oil on boardH:46cm W:36cmSoldTiny Poppy Study View detailsDavid Cook
Tiny Poppy Study
oil on boardH:23cm W:16cmSoldPoppy View detailsDavid Cook
Poppy
oil on boardH:71cm W:61cmSoldApple Blossom View detailsDavid Cook
Apple Blossom
oil on boardH:81cm W:102cmSoldApple Blossom View detailsDavid Cook
Apple Blossom
2019acrylic on boardH:7cm W:7cmSoldTree of Temptation View detailsDavid Cook
Tree of Temptation
2017oil on boardH:17.5cm W:17.5cmSoldPatch of Daffodils View detailsLoading
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