George Pringle Cook, "The Painted Image"

JAMES PRINGLE C OOK

July 6 – 18, 2020 Jackson Hole Opening Reception | July 7 | 5:30-7:30pm

JAMES PRINGLE C OOK The Painted Image

Jackson Hole | Scottsdale | AltamiraArt.com

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String Lake - Lillies Oil on canvas | 50 x 70 inches Enquire

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JAMES PRINGLE COOK

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These paintings stem from long cycles of looking at reflections in water. For instance, when I’m trout fishing, I observe the movement of fish in water. They are complicated because they involve my learning and understanding of the paint itself as a medium and how it informs the image I am working with. It’s not a photorealistic rendition of this subject.

It’s about what I see, but also about how I paint the thing. It’s a painterly rendition of an image.

I am painting things from memory, from immediate experience. I go out and I sketch. I started painting down in Arizona, and I stayed here primarily because plein air painting is so doable. The weather is ideal for it. The access to public lands is unparalleled.

Painting from life gives you a repertoire of moments where you’ve seen a certain kind of light, a certain kind of mark. It fuels my painting. I don’t paint outdoors as much as I used to, but that volume of work informs me all of the time.

I work with all sorts of devices— paintbrushes, palette knives and plastering tools—to get the kind of paint quality that I want. When I am working on a painting, what I am really after is this flash under my hand of nature. It is when I see the thing that I am painting come alive. That moment is the most important to me.

That can inform the whole painting. One series of marks just pops. That’s what I hope my viewer sees—when the painting comes to life. It’s not only a painterly process but a sculptural one as well.

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Teton Pool #2 Oil on canvas | 40 x 50 inches Enquire

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Vienna Falls #1 Oil on canvas | 48 x 48 inches Enquire

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String Lake Oil on canvas | 42 x 42 inches Enquire

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Upper Pool - Teton #1 Oil on canvas | 60 x 70 inches Enquire

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Oxbow Oil canvas | 50 x 70 inches Enquire

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Teton Meadow #1 Oil on canvas | 50 x 40 inches Enquire

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Teton Pool #1 Oil canvas | 60 x 40 inches Enquire

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