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Throughout its history, the landscape has proved a vehicle for some of the most enduring
artistic explorations. Whilst many painters have produced rich studies of colour,
light, geometry and rhythm, others have looked beyond the purely formal to investigate,
too, such timeless themes as man’s spiritual relationship with the world about
him. In the works of Andy Cook we find a continuation of that tradition. Mountains, oceans and skies in striking shades of blue, green and orange successfully evoke the ghosts of Cezanne, Nolde, Munch and the great Dutch master, Jacob van Ruisdael. In a series of bold images Cook proves himself not only a fine colourist, but also somebody who has given careful consideration to our longstanding dependence upon our immediate world. In doing so he has clearly discovered something elemental, almost primeval. Alongside silhouetted tree trunks and empty vistas, we see Neolithic barrows and an almost omnipresent moon. Whether it be the firmament that appears to swirls at the centre of the star-lit landscape in “Winter’s Night” or the mood of tranquility that underlies “The Unanswered Question”, he asks us to look once again at the overlooked around us, and does so most successfully. Paul Wadey The writer is a regular contributor to “The Independent” Web Site Design by Advertise By Design
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