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| Nature Loves You, 2011-2012 |
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| 1989, 2009, oil on linen |
Nigel Cooke's large-scale paintings depict fantastical hyper-realistic scenes. His influences include Van Gogh, Gerhard Richter, graffiti, Dutch masters, graphic novels, and Byzantine art.
Themes of his work include the sublime, space, decay, death, self-destruction, and landscapes.
He does figurative paintings that evoke anxiety with large open backgrounds. He tries to use colors emotively to communicate ambivalence, doubt, and conflict.
article in which he describes his first painting experience ;)
