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The sun sets over the harbour.
Fiery, glowing rays
Rebound off the gentle ripples.
Time to reflect on the day.
Poem by Diane Cooke
Size: Approx 51cm x 40cm
Art Medium: Acrylic
Limited Edition Giclee Fine Art Prints with Poem
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Artist in Watercolour and Acrylic
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More Art by Derek: Portfolio on Surrey Artists website
Phone: 01932 566535
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Email: info@derekcookeart.co.uk
Website: derekcookeart.co.uk
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I went to sea at 15 with the Royal Navy and came ashore again 12 years later having experienced typhoons in the Pacific, hurricanes in the Atlantic, the deep freeze of the Arctic and monsoons of the tropics; but such beauty everywhere.
Then after 3 years in commerce which was illuminating but boring, I became a Financial Adviser for the next 47 years, which on balance I found wonderfully fulfilling.
Even after all that time, salt water still flows through my veins but I love the dry land and all its surprises too.
I have had no formal training but had been painting in water colour on and off for about twenty years. After trying acrylics in about 2015 the bug bit: I had to become a painter!
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Image Size: 54cm x 34cm
Art Medium: Oil on Board
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Painter In Oils and Watercolour
Landscapes, Portraits, Equestrian and Still Life
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Phone: 01784 457 719
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Email: mark@surreyartists.co.uk
Website: www.markdorsett.com
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Subsequently, Mark joined the Sunbury Art Group for a few years, but due to business commitments, discontinued painting until some 15 years later. In 2007 he joined the Littleton Artists Group, where he learnt to paint in oils under the tutelage of professional artist John Green.
Mark has exhibited at the Chertsey Gallery and exhibited at the Bank Gallery, Chobham in July 2010.
Littleton Artists Group: Contact John Green 01932 854 443
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"Dear Chris,
We are delighted with our art website. In addition to all the items we requested, you have added many artistic details that really enhanced the site.
We would also like to thank you for your patience, explaining and talking us through all the concepts we did not understand.
It has also been reassuring knowing that you are on the end of the phone ready to answer our queries as they arise.
It has been a pleasure working with you.
Best regards."
"This is the second website that Chris and Colette from Surrey Artists have designed for me and I am delighted with the result. They put in an amazing amount of work collating a large amount of detail to ensure my paintings are professionally displayed.
The finished website has already attracted a large number of serious enquiries some of which have been converted"
This painting is a straightforward depiction of a fishing boat berthed at Newhaven, Sussex, with its collection of net markers. This particular boat had a large number of markers in bright and luminous colours giving a festive air, but was selected for the subject of a painting because the colours of the boat itself provide a pleasing contrast which creates a bright and cheery, almost abstract, composition.
Watercolour Artist
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Email: richardccave@btinternet.com
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I have been painting watercolours seriously for over 30 years, initially as a facility to illustrate my own work as an Architect which developed into providing that service for others. An interest in the built environment, landscape and setting focussed interest of early paintings on buildings in landscape and townscape, inevitably leading me to a traditional taste in subject matter. Although such subjects from real life are still an inspiration, my work over the last ten years has been orientated toward effects of light and the development of a technique which captures this.
Subject matter is often the depiction of life ‘en plein aire’, instigated by the quality of light and form. To capture the moment, watercolour is the ideal medium and my approach has been traditional, even to the extent of not using white body colour (this is a personal preference, because of the ‘alien’ effect of body colour in a transparent medium rather than a criticism of those who use it). I also try to avoid the use of masque but this is mainly because the essence of ‘plein aire’ is usually a fleeting quality of light which does not allow the time necessary for the use of masking mediums.
Studio paintings are different, but even in in these circumstances I prefer to preserve white surfaces while painting or to lift colour in the process. I also tend to use natural earth colours as much as possible; this is partly because they best suit my normal subject matter but also because, unlike a staining colour, they can be lifted when dry to create ‘whites’. I also tend to use a heavy, rough watercolour paper as my support, which lends itself to techniques for manipulating colour including scratching to produce highlights.
One cannot practise watercolour painting and be unaware of the many great practitioners of the art, both alive and dead. One can admire some, such as John Yardley whilst recognising his approach would be impossible for me, whereas examples from John Blockley, Trevor Chamberlain, Lucy Willis and even Russel Flint and Rowland Hilder have all contributed to my own technique.
I have occasionally submitted works to national exhibitions and have had works accepted on several occasions by the Royal Society of Marine Artists. This is valuable as a means of getting work seen by a wider audience, but the high percentage of sale taken by the gallery does not make this financially advantageous. I therefore prefer to exhibit where my work can be presented for what I consider to be a fair price, without the need to overprice to meet the gallery commission. I also provide watercolour tuition to local groups and occasional commissions.
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We are delighted with our art website. In addition to all the items we requested, you have added many artistic details that really enhanced the site.
We would also like to thank you for your patience, explaining and talking us through all the concepts we did not understand.
It has also been reassuring knowing that you are on the end of the phone ready to answer our queries as they arise.
It has been a pleasure working with you.
Best regards."
"This is the second website that Chris and Colette from Surrey Artists have designed for me and I am delighted with the result. They put in an amazing amount of work collating a large amount of detail to ensure my paintings are professionally displayed.
The finished website has already attracted a large number of serious enquiries some of which have been converted"
Painting Medium: Watercolour
Image Size: Approx 36.5cm x 28.5cm
Availability: Limited Edition Fine Art Prints
Print Price: £60 + p & p
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Woking
Paintings In Watercolour & Acrylic
Commissions Invited
Phone: 01483 764 548
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Email: david@drury-art.co.uk
Website: www.drury-art.co.uk
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David is largely self-taught and has developed his own recognisable style. He has reached a stage where his work is attracting attention at local exhibitions. He enjoys painting a wide variety of subjects using traditional methods but particularly enjoys painting landscapes and buildings combined with a use of strong colour.
David now has his own website which has the full range of his art work, including a Surrey Scenes Collection, a set of Venice & Florence Paintings, and a Gallery of his other art. Most paintings are available as high quality, limited edition giclee prints.
David is a member of Woking Society of Art, Byfleet Art Group, The North Surrey Artists Group and Pirbright Art Group.
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"Dear Chris,
We are delighted with our art website. In addition to all the items we requested, you have added many artistic details that really enhanced the site.
We would also like to thank you for your patience, explaining and talking us through all the concepts we did not understand.
It has also been reassuring knowing that you are on the end of the phone ready to answer our queries as they arise.
It has been a pleasure working with you.
Best regards."
"This is the second website that Chris and Colette from Surrey Artists have designed for me and I am delighted with the result. They put in an amazing amount of work collating a large amount of detail to ensure my paintings are professionally displayed.
The finished website has already attracted a large number of serious enquiries some of which have been converted"
Painting Medium: Watercolour
Image Size: Approx 43cm x 26cm
Availability: Limited Edition Fine Art Prints
Print Price: £60 + p & p
Commissions Invited
Woking
Paintings In Watercolour & Acrylic
Commissions Invited
Phone: 01483 764 548
Please mention the Surrey Artists website
Email: david@drury-art.co.uk
Website: www.drury-art.co.uk
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David is largely self-taught and has developed his own recognisable style. He has reached a stage where his work is attracting attention at local exhibitions. He enjoys painting a wide variety of subjects using traditional methods but particularly enjoys painting landscapes and buildings combined with a use of strong colour.
David now has his own website which has the full range of his art work, including a Surrey Scenes Collection, a set of Venice & Florence Paintings, and a Gallery of his other art. Most paintings are available as high quality, limited edition giclee prints.
David is a member of Woking Society of Art, Byfleet Art Group, The North Surrey Artists Group and Pirbright Art Group.
The Derek Cooke website has been created by Surrey and Sussex Artists. If you are an artist in need of a website, please Contact Us.
"Dear Chris,
We are delighted with our art website. In addition to all the items we requested, you have added many artistic details that really enhanced the site.
We would also like to thank you for your patience, explaining and talking us through all the concepts we did not understand.
It has also been reassuring knowing that you are on the end of the phone ready to answer our queries as they arise.
It has been a pleasure working with you.
Best regards."
"This is the second website that Chris and Colette from Surrey Artists have designed for me and I am delighted with the result. They put in an amazing amount of work collating a large amount of detail to ensure my paintings are professionally displayed.
The finished website has already attracted a large number of serious enquiries some of which have been converted"
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