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Book of Creative Knowledge
A.D. Cook

Disasters and Recovery – Part 3

The experts and teachers aren’t always right. My high school art teacher wasn’t right about my future. And my broken thumb convinced my doctor that my right hand would impede my art career. Yet, today, I create art that I am proud of, despite my high school art teacher’s harsh

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Lightning Storm over Phoenix, Arizona
A.D. Cook

Disasters and Recovery – Part 2

Few people know that my INDIAN SUMMER motorcycle painting experienced a colossal disaster halfway through creating it. So did BACKDRAFT, one of my better-known life-size fine art nudes.

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Luster Exhibition U.S. Museum Tour 2023-2025
A.D. Cook

Coming Up For LUSTER 2023-2025

June 2, 2023 — The LUSTER collection has arrived at The Dennos Museum Center in spectacularly beautiful Traverse Bay, Michigan, made famous by Ernest Hemmingway in the Nick Adams Stories, in which he chronicled the early years he spent in the area.

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BACKDRAFT by A.D. Cook
A.D. Cook

Disasters and Recovery – Part 1

Life is not about how many times one falls. We all fall. What is more important is how many times we get back up. That reality is a truism for life and creativity for everyone alike.

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A.D.'s Creative Time Vault
A.D. Cook

Creative Time Capsule

Have you ever experienced the melancholy feeling of packing away a lifetime’s worth of art and memories only to store them for an entire decade? If the answer is yes, then you will undoubtedly be able to relate to my recent experience.

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ETERNAL metal artwork in progress 031523
A.D. Cook

The Eternal Update

It’s been a while since I posted anything about my current artwork on the easel. ETERNAL, my lifesize metal fine art nude that I started over a year ago, has quite a story, and she’s not even finished.

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