Artist Information:
Lorraine Cooke
Norwich,
United Kingdom
Member Since: May 2009
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Artist Statement:
The current exploration of
what is best described as
'inscape' draws upon the
history of landscape genre in
painting and is an attempt to
rationalize the landscape in
which I find myself. I use
'landscape' in the broadest
sense of the word, not
excluding the landscape of the
mind. But why landscape with
all of its stereotypical
connotations? The answer is
simple- of the many
constituents that form the
human psyche our relationship
with the environment is
essential:
"Nature is the biggest of the
big pictures. We worship and
loathe it, sanctify and
destroy it... Subject both of
science and art, the landscape
functions as a mirror and a
lens: in it we see the space
we occupy and ourselves as we
occupy it. And have
consistently sought to connect
in some level with the
landscape."
My paintings mark the
contemporary relevance or
apparent neglect of landscape
art, which seems to have lost
its focus over the later part
of the last century. Having
been superseded by the
complexity and confusion of
practice, which could be
construed as artistically
introspective.
-Quotation: An extract from a
survey by Brian Wallis. ('Land
and Environmental Art.')
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Artist Exhibitions:
CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING
EXHIBITIONS:
‘A Winters Tale,’ Reunion
Gallery, Felixstowe. 14th Nov-
31st Dec.
‘Christmas Unwrapped,’ Babylon
Gallery, Ely, Cambs. 28th Nov-
24th Dec.
‘Troika 8- Open
International,’ Dragon Hall
Museum, Norwich. 11th- 13th
December.
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
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Commissions:
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Lorraine Cooke's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Lorraine Cooke's Portfolio.
The current exploration of what is best described as 'inscape' draws upon the history of landscape genre in painting and is an attempt to rationalize the landscape in which I find myself. I use 'landscape' in the broadest sense of the word, not excluding the landscape of the mind. But why landscape with all of its stereotypical connotations? The answer is simple- of the many constituents that form the human psyche our relationship with the environment is essential:
"Nature is the biggest of the big pictures. We worship and loathe it, sanctify and destroy it... Subject both of science and ... |
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