If you have not yet visited the National Corvette Museum, it’s time! My diptych painting, MOMENTUM, featuring a 1953 and a 2023 Corvette, is still on display through the end of 2025. I created this epic creation in celebration of Corvette’s seventieth anniversary as part of the LUSTER: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automotive and Motorcycle Paintings Exhibit, which ran from March 15, 2024, through January 5, 2025.
The National Corvette Museum’s 31st Anniversary Celebration kicks off TODAY! From August 28–30, join the National Corvette Museum as they honor 31 years of preserving, sharing, and celebrating the legacy of America’s Sports Car. While online registration is closed, you can still join the celebration with on-site registration available in the Wendell Strode Club Room throughout the event.
Portland • Las Cruces • Bowling Green — I am incredibly excited to share that this weekend, for the very first time ever in my artistic journey, my art is featured at three distinct and captivating exhibits, each taking place at different and unique venues across the United States. This incredible opportunity not only showcases my work in a way that I have long dreamed of but also allows me to connect with diverse audiences and fellow art enthusiasts in a deeply meaningful way.
I am truly honored to share that my Corvette artwork, “MOMENTUM,” which I meticulously created for inclusion in the prestigious National Corvette Museum as part of the LUSTER: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Paintings exhibit, is now featured prominently in their esteemed 2024 Annual Report. This recognition marks a significant milestone in my artistic journey and I couldn’t be more thrilled.
I’m excited to share that while the LUSTER Automotive Art Exhibit wrapped up and moved on to its next venue, my Corvette diptych paintings celebrating America’s Sports Car remain at the National Corvette Museum for a six-month extended stay.
With 2024 at a close, the LUSTER Art Exhibition showcasing realism and hyperrealism in contemporary automobile and motorcycle paintings featuring fifteen artists and sixty artworks, which opened on March 15th, 2024, has ended at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, this past Sunday, January 5th. As the Corvette Museum packs up the exhibit and its accompanying artworks, I am excited to share that the LUSTER Exhibit will travel to two well-known museums this year.
It’s almost hard to believe that the LUSTER Exhibit at the National Corvette Museum is coming to a close, with only a month left to catch it live.
Beauty in the Abstract: A.D Cook and Hyper-Realism Art — magazine interview by Robert Maxhimer, Director of Cultural Affairs & Education at the National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Long before artificial intelligence consumed all conversations related to the blurred line of assisted creativity, artists had often found themselves at the center of the question, “How is art defined?” Art, whether a sculpture, painting, photograph, theatrical production, or film, is inherently subjective and interpreted only through the eyes of the individual viewing it at that given moment. The viewer consumes and digests the art, not as a computer program might with cold ones and zeros, but through the filter of their memories, experiences, and opinions formed over many years or seconds before their eyes reach the canvas.
Myself, 14 other artists, 60+ paintings intermingled with these beautiful cars will be set up and on display through the end of the year. Come on down to the National Corvette Museum. The exhibit is now upon. It’s an awesome show, so come down and check it out.
The LUSTER Exhibit at the National Corvette Museum has been extended beyond its original December 31st closing date to Sunday, January 05, 2025.
My recent trip to Kentucky for the LUSTER exhibit at the National Corvette Museum left me in Corvette nirvana. While my visit was far too short, I savored every moment in good company, whether it was the southern hospitality, the stunning cars, or the gracious staff and crew.
