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Lynette Cook
Mark of Zorro / acrylic painting

2017

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Photorealistic still life street scene that features an American flag and resist sticker in the window of a home. Brown with red, white and blue. The street numbers are 8102 (2018 in reverse). A sign of the times. 'Mark of Zorro' features a "Z" in shadow, and the title conjures images of contemporary heroes and heroines that are every-day common citizens, as in the legend of Zorro, where a commoner stood for justice in a fight against immorality. 24 x 24 inch painting is impeccably painted by Lynette Cook, whose contemporary acrylic paintings glimpse places near her San Francisco home. The series captures buildings and places around San Francisco and other Northern California towns which convey the stories of their inhabitants. Exterior facades of urban dwellings that are both architecturally complex — and mundane — are the focus of Cook’s Shadows and Silhouettes series. The paintings feature the rhythmic dark-light dance of light traveling through wrought-iron balconies and inner-city fire escapes, as well as shadows cast from clean laundry hanging out to dry. The work captures that which is universal and connects all people in their elemental desire to create a sense of home. This important series that was exhibited at California’s Morris Graves Museum in 2016. In the same year, the artist was awarded a prestigious Jackson Pollock-Krasner Foundation honorary grant. LYNETTE COOK Grants: 2016 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York, NY 2014 Quick Grant, Creative Capacity Fund, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco, CA 2013 Quick Grants (2), Creative Capacity Fund, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco, CA Capelli d'Angeli Foundation, Canton, CT 1999 Research Corporation for Science Advancement, Tucson, AZ Selected Group Exhibitions: 2017 So—, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA Cityscapes 2017, Christian Daniels Gallery, San Francisco, CA Urban Vistas, Christian Daniels Gallery, San Francisco, CA Streets of San Francisco, Christian Daniels Gallery, San Francisco, CA Salon at the Triton, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA Steep Hills and Tall Buildings, Christian Daniels Gallery, San Francisco, CA Local Streets, Christian Daniels Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2016 Small Works, Christian Daniels Gallery, San Francisco, CA Fall National Juried Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA Richeson75 Still Life & Floral 2016, Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Kimberly, WI Richeson75 Small Works 2016, Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Kimberly, WI 2015 Silicon Valley Small Art 2015, Vargas Gallery, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA Tiny, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA Delicious, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA Make it Work, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA City Streets, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA Crocker-Kingsley Competition, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA Terrain, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA Richeson Small Works 2015, Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Kimberly, WI Gallery 85, San Jose, CA 2014 Salon 2014 Statewide 2D Competition and Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA Tiny, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA Art Silicon Valley/San Francisco (International Contemporary Modern Art Fair), Gallerie Citi, San Mateo Event Center, San Mateo, CA Delicious, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA City Streets, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA Collector, San Francisco Airport, San Francisco, CA Collector, Berkeley, CA Waves of the Current, Klein Gallery, Lafayette, CA Space Stories, Roll Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2013 2013 Statewide Painting Competition and Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA Gems II, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA Array, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA Silicon Valley Small Works II, Vargas Gallery, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA Tiny, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA Falkirk Annual Fall Juried Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA Nature's Many Splendors: Farms, Gardens, and Woodlands, Filoli, Woodside, CA Collector, Berkeley, CA 5th Annual 50/50, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA Summer National Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA UArt Open 2013 Exhibition, University Art, San Jose, CA City Streets, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA Breath of Spring, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA Delicious, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA Richeson Small Works 2013, Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Kimberly, WI The Guerilla Show 3, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2012 George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA Introductions 2012, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA Tiny, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA First Annual Small Painting Exhibit, Rich Timmons Studio & Gallery, Doylestown, PA 4th Annual 50/50, Pacifica, CA February/March 2012 Gallery Show, Society of Western Artists, Redwood City, CA Bon Appétit, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA 28th Annual Juried National Show, North Valley Art League, Redding, CA 2011 Silicon Valley Small Works, Vargas Gallery, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA 3rd Annual 50/50, Pacifica, CA Ode to California, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA 2011 Alumni Invitational Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS 2009 Paint the Parks 100, PaintAmerica, Traveling Exhibit, Topeka, KS 2008 Member’s Exhibit, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Palace of King Dom Manuel, Évora, Portugal 2003 Arts for the Parks Seventeenth Annual National Arts Competition, Top 100 Tour, National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY 1999 The Artist’s Universe, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL Distant Vistas, Explora Science Center & Children’s Museum of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM 1997 Imagine the Universe, Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL. 1996 Arts for the Parks Tenth Annual National Arts Competition, Top 100 Tour, National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY 1995 8th International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 1994 Spaceweek International Space Art Exhibit, Space Center Houston; Houston, TX Ancient Myths, Legends, and Future Dreams, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 1993 Reflections of O'Keeffe, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS Free Hand: The Fine Art of Commercial Illustration, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 1992 Artists and the Universe, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Art of the Cosmos, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 1990 Art in the Service of Science, Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. 1987 Bridge Works, sponsored by KPIX/Evening Magazine and Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco, CA California Species: Biological Art and Illustration, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA Selected Awards 2017 Honorable Mention, Salon at the Triton, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA 2016 3rd Place, Fall National Juried Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA 2nd Place, Richeson75 Still Life & Floral 2016, Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Kimberly, WI Top 100, Artistic Excellence Competition, Southwest Art Magazine Honorable Mention, 2016 Artist’s Magazine All-Media Online Competition 2015 Top 100, Artistic Excellence Competition, Southwest Art Magazine 2014 Best in Show-2nd Place, UArt 2014, University Art, Redwood City, CA 2013 Honorable Mention, 2013 Statewide Painting Competition and Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA Best in Show, Richeson Small Works 2013, Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Kimberly, WI 2nd Place, Breath of Spring, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA 2012 Winner, Introductions 2012, California Realists Juried Exhibition, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2nd Place, Bon Appétit, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA 1987 1st Place, Bridge Works, sponsored by KPIX/Evening Magazine and Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco, CA
  • Creator:
    Lynette Cook (American)
  • Creation Year:
    2017
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Burlingame, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: FDCOOL0501stDibs: LU37532980901

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