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Lynda Cookson [S.Africa/Connemara]
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Loud Ladies by Lynda Cookson
Loud Ladies, Acrylic on Paper, 350 x 520 mm
Warm Friendship by Lynda Cookson
Warm Friendship, Oil on Stretched Cotton, 340 x 470 mm
Velvet Elegance by Lynda Cookson
Velvet Elegance, Oil on canvas, 620 x 770 mm
Sunflowers and Irises by Lynda Cookson
Sunflowers and Irises, Oil on canvas, 620 x 770 mm
Spirit of the Bog by Lynda Cookson
Spirit of the Bog, Acrylic on Paper, 160 x 110 mm
Looking Out by Lynda Cookson
Looking Out, Mixed Media, 390 x 290 mm
Boats at Inismacatreer by Lynda Cookson
Boats at Inismacatreer, Oil on Board, 400 x 315 mm
Peaks Beyond the Bog by Lynda Cookson
Peaks Beyond the Bog, Oil on Board, 620 x 475 mm
Sophia's Pointes by Lynda Cookson
Sophia's Pointes, Oil on Paper, 570 x 750 mm
Romance and Passion by Lynda Cookson
Romance and Passion, Oil on canvas, 610 x 495 mm
Weather Rolling In by Lynda Cookson
Weather Rolling In, Acrylic on Board, 445 x 605 mm
Racy Reds by Lynda Cookson
Racy Reds, Oil on Paper, 525 x 430 mm


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About Artist Lynda Cookson
  1. Artist, writer and gallery owner, Lynda Cookson is based in the Maam Valley in Connemara. Her gallery, The Painter's Palette, in the Moycullen Shopping Centre, is her window to the world for her paintings, her books and the 'Breaking Barriers' art courses she runs. Cookson's paintings, presently concentrating on horse and floral subjects, have been described as 'uplifting and stimulating' and she believes that a taste of the unexpected, lightness of spirit and a dose of humour are important elements in her art.
  2. Cookson says of her methods and techniques: 'True inspiration comes when I am excited by a subject to the point of sleeping badly at night and wanting to get up early in the morning. I use oils on artist-prepared stretched linen canvas or linen-covered board, occasionally using my own handmade paper, various fabrics, and texture paste for interest beneath the paint. I like the surface to have a 'tooth'. Much of my work is done with palette knives and brushes but I also use sponges, my fingers, pieces of cardboard, paper table napkins and scrunched plastic. In fact, whatever is to hand in the moment of need! My work tends to be colourist in that I build up layers of pure colour often allowing the lower layer to show through Techniques which give movement and life to the painting are extremely important to me.
  3. 'I use my imagination, instinctual freedom of colour, and free stroke-movements to bring my paintings to life, finding inspiration in the unexpected and in the use of 'rebellious' colours.
  4. 'Once the painting is complete it's important for me to be impelled to look at it again and again and to feel the butterflies of pleasure in what has been created - otherwise I paint over it!'
  5. Website: www.LyndaCookson.com
  6. ThisURL: http://www.NewIrishArt.com/LyndaCookson
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