Work Lorraine Cooke
Lorraine Cooke
Centred and circuitous, Cooke’s seductive landscapes weave their magic, drawing the viewer in to discover the exquisite depths and layers held within the work and marvel at the detail each production offers; another experience evident with each separate encounter.
A graduate from the Norwich School of Art and Design (2003), Cooke is an artist active in her enterprises. The founding member of ARTiculate artists syndicate, Cooke, who has exhibited widely throughout East Anglia, was awarded the AA2A National Artist of the Year 2009 prize following a residency at Norwich University College of the Arts.
Exploring the term coined by Roberto Matta, ‘inscape’, Cooke rationalises the landscape that she inhabits and works in a precise and controlled manner, the images held in the centre of the canvas allowing the viewer to navigate a breathing space from the vibrant and emotive images that fuse and flow, twist and weave. Hers is a visual dynamic which challenges the brain and intrigues the eye through a complex and inventive use of layered space and multiple, seductive perspectives.
Like the artist herself, there is an honesty and playfulness that is masterfully composed in each of her mixed media productions. Recent works mark an unexpected development in the introduction of figurative imagery, seen in Cooke’s works that reference Asian art and calligraphic line.
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