Intense colours and dramatic textural juxtapositions have established Nigel Cooke as the quintessential artist of the cityscape genre. Born in Mirfield Yorkshire in 1960 he sold his first painting when he was just 14. In the early days he joined Butlins as their resident caricaturist and entertainer, and later going on to open American style caricature booths, the first of their kind, with a team of artists in uk theme parks. During that time completing in excess of 50,000 live drawn caricatures. His “paint on instinct with gay abandon “a term that reflects his distinctive of the moment dynamic style of working, which captures movement reality and atmosphere in a short period of time is evident in all his work, there is a airy weightless movement, with crisp relaxed structure and soft simplicity all around, and always a touch of the unexpected, with subtle shifts in proportion, and quiet surprises where beauty humour and kindness shine through.
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