Tag: Hollywood Video

Mark Steger - Super CSR mural at Hollywood Video 1990
A.D. Cook

Farewell Mark Steger

I was wakened late last night with the news that an old friend had passed away. It seems as we get older that this is an all too common occurrence. This is the reality of life – that we only have today.

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Laurel and Hardy airbrushed mural by A.D. Cook
A.D. Cook

Rediscovered Hollywood Video Mural Pics 1989-1990

A few months back, I shared a story about my forgotten art and memories. I mentioned that I had recovered my large rolling flat file with 17 drawers full of who-knows-what and a whole lot of whatnot. Recently, I tripped across some old portfolio pages in a large envelope with a few photos from some Hollywood Video murals from 1989-1990.

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Artist A.D. Cook with Elvis & John Wayne mural
A.D. Cook

My Thirty-Year Flashback

1993 was an epic year for me, but it also marked the last year of painting Hollywood Video murals. After four solid years of hand-painting thousands of square feet of walls in dozens of stores up and down the West Coast, things were changing.

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Hollywood Video murals by A.D. Cook Private Collection PDF
A.D. Cook

Hollywood Murals

During my five years (1989 – 1994) as Hollywood Video’s creative director and resident artist I created over a hundred hand-painted wall murals – most measuring upwards of ten feet tall. The pace was fast and furious and it was

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Video Store Magazine featuring A.D. Cook Hollywood murals 1993 (preview)
A.D. Cook

Video Store Magazine

Hollywood Video is a brash young chain out of Portland, Oregon, Setting its sights on you-know-who? Video Store magazine cover, August 9-13, 1993 – © 1993 Advanstar, Featuring the Hollywood Video Elvis mural by A.D. Cook.

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