| Jeannine Cook |
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Born in Kenya, Jeannine Cook now lives in coastal Georgia. An artist, environmentalist and writer, she combines these energies as much as possible in the States and Europe.
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| About the Artist |
Silverpoint drawing and watercolours are Cook's main media. Since silverpoint is relatively unknown, she devotes considerable energies to promoting more knowledge and appreciation of this subtle, shimmering medium, in lecturing, exhibiting and writing. |
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Sunken Treasures, Mallorca
2007 30 x 23 cm |
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Mallorca has been a trading port for millennia. The Mediterranean Sea around its rocky shores abounds with shipwrecks, Greek, Roman and many others... |
African Memories II
2005 Silverpoint,watercolour, silver foil on paper 32 x 28 cm |
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My African childhood was full of brilliant flowers, animals, birds, Masaai warriors.... and away in the distance, beyond the thorn trees, floated Mt. Meru. |
Autumn Moon
2004 Silverpoint,silk on paper 30 x 23 cm |
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Salt marshes, threaded by shining creeks, offer endless dramas, especially beneath a full moon. |
Marianna's Zinnias
2004 watercolour, graphite on paper 28 x 38 cm |
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A gift from a friend's garden, vibrant and urgent. |
Tiime Woven I
2007 graphite 18 x 28 cm |
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A weathered live oak becomes an amazing sculpture. |
Time Woven II
2007 graphite 18 x 28 cm |
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More of the weathered live oak. |
Huitres sur Ardoise - Oysters on Slate
2008 silverpoint 30 x 23 cm |
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Brittany's wonderful oysters, served on a sliver of slate, an old roof tile from a Breton house. |
Cedar Convolutions
2006 silverpoint 18 x 25 cm |
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Cedar trees fight for survival along the coast of Georgia in the salt-laden winds. |
Fallen Palmetto
2005 silverpoint 25 x 18 cm |
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A victim of the encroaching sea along a lonely South Carolina beach. |
Solitaire, Wild Acres
2007 silverpoint 30 x 23 cm |
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A skeleton pine stands bare and lonely in the Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina. |
Creighton Roots I/II - diptych
2005 silverpoint 38 x 28 / 38 x 28 cm |
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Coastal Georgia's trees survive in the most tenacious ways. |
Sapelo Lichen
2008 silverpoint/ white gouache highlights on tinted ground 23 x 30 cm |
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In the high humidity of the Southeastern US, lichens abound in elegance and diversity. |
Gerbera Pinwheels
2008 graphite/watercolour 38 x 28 cm |
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The vibrancy of African daisies harks back to my Tanzanian childhood - can't resist! |
Dance of the Air Roots, Edisto River
2008 silverpoint 38 x 28 cm |
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Air Roots live in a world of their own! |
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| Education and biography |
| Tefair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA: NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC: Emory University, Atlanta, GA: Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta, GA, Flanders Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC: Pen & Brush, New York, NY: Art Students League of New York |
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| Future shows |
| Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN: North Georgia College, Dahlonega, GA: Fulton county Public Library, Atlanta, GA: Southeast Georgia Health System Gallery, Brunswick, GA. |
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Website: www.jeanninecook.com |
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