Shelly Cook
For as long as I can remember I have been interested in details. Not the bigger picture but the finer intricacies, the colours and textures of life. I prefer to find beauty in the bark and lichen on a tree rather than the forest itself. The striations of a rock, the folds of fabric, the wrinkles of skin or the rust and the peeling paint on a weathered object. My work is mostly trying to capture this through colour and texture and the impact it has on our emotions.
Living in Cornwall for many years, my work is inspired by the textures and colours of its rugged coastline and landscape. Its geology and history. Cornwall is steeped in magic and myth. I believe in its magic, the intrinsic wonder and beauty of the natural world. With all of its cycles of life and death and transformation. The energy it raises and transmutes, forever changing. To me abstract art can represent this perfectly. It is alchemy for the soul and often healing for the mind.
(Biography provided by White Court Art)
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Hidden Depths: Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Heavily textured with paste, crackle, bitumen, fabric and acrylics. In the words of the artist; “this piece reminds me that we are all more than what we can see on the surface”.
Signed on reverse so that it can hang whichever way you choose.
NB:- This piece may work well as a diptych with Scar Face...
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2010s Abstract Shelly Cook
Materials
Paste, Fabric, Acrylic
Rusty Sunflowers: Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Heavily textured with paste, crackle, rust and acrylics.
As the artist says;”I have a thing for rust. I find it beautiful in it’s alchemical splendour and currently I have become ob...
Category
2010s Abstract Shelly Cook
Materials
Paste, Acrylic
Breaking Up: Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Shelly describes this painting thus; “This one is quite grungy. To me it speaks of a relationship breaking up/down or perhaps oneself…”
Signed on reverse to allow hanging in any or...
Category
2010s Abstract Shelly Cook
Materials
Paste, Acrylic
Feeling That Way: Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Heavily textured with paste, crackle, acrylics and ink in a heavy box frame.
This painting is full of texture and colour and would look great as a diptych with Breaking Up.
Signed ...
Category
2010s Abstract Shelly Cook
Materials
Paste, Ink, Acrylic
When The Music's Over. Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Acrylic, Texture, Rust, Oxidized Copper, Gold Leaf, Bitumen
Climate Collapse has been happening for years but now as countries are literally on fire around us, is it too late for pe...
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2010s Abstract Shelly Cook
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Copper, Gold Leaf
Drought: Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
This painting is resonant with bold colours and layers of those colours combine to form a beautiful whole. The inspiration for this piece was the drought we experienced in the Summer of 2022. Sun baked earth and relentless, cloudless skies, the drought seemed endless.
Acrylic on box canvas with gold leaf and oxidised copper...
Category
2010s Abstract Shelly Cook
Materials
Acrylic
Sun Spots: Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Solar activity impacts our entire world and when the sun experiences turbulence so do we. Sunspots offers Shelly's very personal view of the sun's mood.
Acrylic on box canvas with gold leaf and oxidised...
Category
2010s Abstract Shelly Cook
Materials
Acrylic
Scar Face: Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Heavily textured with paste, crackle, and acrylics
This piece was inspired by a trip Shelly made to Orange County in 2019. In her own words; “On a trek in the mountains there were a...
Category
2010s Abstract Shelly Cook
Materials
Paste, Fabric, Acrylic
Troubled Tides: Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Heavily textured with paste, crackle, fabric, bitumen and acrylics.
Signed on reverse to enable hanging in any preferred orientation.
Winsor & Newton Professional Wrapped Canvas.
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Category
2010s Abstract Shelly Cook
Materials
Paste, Fabric, Acrylic
Throwing The Bones: Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Heavily textured with paste, crackle, fabric and acrylics.
The inspiration for this piece is the ancient divination practice of throwing the bones and a quote from the wonderful Clarissa Pinkola Estes in her book Women Who Run With Wolves. She said ‘Be proud of your scars, they have everything to do with your strength and what you have endured. They are a treasure map...
Category
2010s Abstract Shelly Cook
Materials
Paste, Ink, Acrylic, Fabric
In This Moment, A Memory: Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
This painting is signed on reverse so that it can be hanged whichever way one chooses.
Heavily textured with paste, crackle, and acrylics in a heavy box frame.
This is Shelly’s des...
Category
2010s Abstract Shelly Cook
Materials
Paste, Ink, Acrylic
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