Cooke, Paul

Paul Cooke is a British figurative painter, working in oil, egg-tempera and printmaking. He studied with Nerina Simi in Florence in the early 80`s and amidst the circle of painters around Pietro Annigoni. He assisted Ben Long on the Frescoes at Monte Casino, and subsequently won a bursary to study with Nelson Shanks at the National Academy of Design in New York. He has shown at The Mall Galleries, National Portrait Gallery, Royal Academy, The Berkeley Square Gallery and Brick Lane Gallery.

Travelling frequently to work plein-air, he believes that an artisanal approach – making and working with ones own materials – is central to understanding the craft of painting and printmaking. 

Paul works from his studio in Worlds End, Chelsea.

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