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Artist A.D. Cook airbrushing at the easel

Showing Art in Houston, TX

Saturday, December 9, 2-4pm and 6-8pm – A.D. Cook made scheduled appearances at the Oh My Godard Art Gallery located at The Galleria Mall in Houston, TX. It was a ...
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A.D. Cook at Desert Sun Art Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Desert Sun Art Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

December 2, 2006 – A.D. Cook made a scheduled appearance at the Desert Sun Art Gallery located within the Scottsdale Fashion Square, Scottsdale, AZ Showcasing new art and hobb-knobbing with ...
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A.D. Cook at Oh My Godard Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

A.D. Cook at The Aladdin

November 25, 2006 – The newest series of A.D. Cook’s original paintings was revealed at the OH MY GODARD GALLERY at the Aladdin Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Explore ...
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Custom Automotive & Motorcycle Airbrushing 101 by Pamela Shanteau featuring A.D. Cook article

Custom Automotive & Motorcycle Airbrushing 101

by Pamela Shanteau Foreward by Craig Fraser Whether you’re just starting or you’ve been painting like a pro for years, there’s something to be learned on every page of Custom ...
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Aphrodisia featuring A.D. Cook Book Cover (preview)

Aphrodisia

Aphrodisia ~ Art of the Female Form Beautiful and imaginative paintings, drawings, sculptures, and computer-generated imagery of women chosen by a jury of some of today’s best artists and connoisseurs ...
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Quick Throttle featuring A.D. Cook motorcycle art 2005 (preview)

Quick Throttle Magazine

Rider Profiles By Janga Northwest Edition June 2005 and California Edition January 2006 A.D. Cook Is it a photograph? Look again. The big, juicy motorcycles with bottomless chrome, glowing color, ...
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Art Monkey at A.D. Cook art studio, Las Vegas, NV

Creating the Perfect Ultra-Smooth Canvas

Published in Airbrush Action Magazine, December 2004 (updated December 2022) Creating The Perfect Ultra-Smooth Canvas For Airbrush by A.D. Cook Canvas and fine art go hand-in-hand. But the readily available ...
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ECLIPSE painting by artist A.D. Cook

Creating Eclipse

Creating Eclipse by A.D. Cook Canvas Wrap Article, November 2004 Welcome to CANVAS WRAP and my ongoing series of step-by-step instructional articles on the art of airbrushing as fine art. ...
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Indian Summer by A.D. Cook (preview)

The Putnam County News

November 26, 2001 Cycle/Auto Art Exhibit To Open In Beacon ArtTalk.com Announces the Opening of a New Exhibition, “Cycle/Auto Art” at the Gallery in the Square in Beacon Featured from ...
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INDIAN SUMMER motorcycle painting by A.D. Cook, 2000

A Study in Chrome and Reflected Surfaces | 2

The Sequel by A.D. Cook Published in Airbrush Action Magazine, June 2001 Indian Summer by A.D. Cook Step 9: Engine, Tire, and Grips Start by masking the upper black parts ...
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Iwata Performs magazine ad featuring A.D. Cook (preview)

You Imagine. Iwata Performs. You Create.

You Imagine. Iwata Performs. You Create. There is no such thing as excess when it comes creating art. I often paint big and I need tools that respond in a ...
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Indian Summer by A.D. Cook on Airbrush Action cover

Indian Summer on Airbrush Action

Indian Summer by A.D. Cook Featured on the cover of Airbrush Action magazine April 2001 VIEW INDIAN SUMMER Click here for the step-by-step article
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INDIAN SUMMER motorcycle painting by A.D. Cook, 2000

A Study in Chrome and Reflected Surfaces, Part 1

INDIAN SUMMER Published in Airbrush Action Magazine, April 2001 Created in Autumn 2000 Size and Surface: 48” x 36” on 100% pure cotton duck stretched canvas. For this painting, I’m working ...
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Easyriders, April 2001

Easyriders Magazine

April 2001 Art Imitating Art. A.D. Cook paints pictures of Harleys and man does he ever. “Passing Time” is his latest piece, and it’s a fine one. No question about ...
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Creating A Living Medical Illustration by A.D. Cook (preview)

Creating A Living Medical Illustration | Body Art 101

Creating A Living Medical Illustration | Body Art 101 by A.D. Cook Published in Airbrush Action Magazine, December 2001 A unique and fun project has presented itself, creating a living ...
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