In Between The Dark, The Light
Janet Cook (PiV ‘02)
$1,000.00
Monoprint and pastel on paper
14 x 10 inches
2002
Framed
50% of proceeds benefit the Pratt in Venice Scholarship Fund.
The common thread running throughout my work is a fascination with the figure; it's timeless, beautiful and powerful. Additional inspiration comes from a variety of sources ranging from the old masters (in this case Tiepolo) to modern day advertising, graffiti, and body art. My goal is to combine all these elements, along with my own imagination, into a cohesive whole that intrigues and engages the viewer.
Janet A. Cook (‘02) has exhibited widely, including at the United Nations, Haven Gallery, Northport, NY, and Dacia Gallery, New York, where she had her forth solo show. She is the recipient of many awards, including as a finalist in the Arc Center Renewal and The Portrait Society of America 2017; two awards at the Portrait Society of America Annual Member Show; a Gold and Silver medal from the Allied Artists of America and The Salmagundi Club; a Master Circle Medal award from The International Association of Pastel Societies; and Best in Show from the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club. Cook is an elected member of the Salmagundi Club, Pastel Society of America, The Allied Artists of America, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, and America Artists Professional League.
Cook currently teaches a portrait and figure painting class, and has been subbing for her mentor and former teacher Sharon Sprung for the past year at the Art Students League, New York. She also teaches workshops in pen and ink at the League, and instructs a weekly class at the Pastel Society of America, NYC. Recently, she taught workshops in France and was a guest lecturer at the Southern University of Utah. Over the past few years she has been invited to judge and jury shows at a number of arts organizations and currently serves as a member of the Arts Committee at the Salmagundi Club.
Cook's work has been featured in the New York Times weekend section and reviewed and in the Times of Trenton, NJ, The Artist’s Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, The Brooklyn Rail, NYArtbeat.com, Artdaily.org, The Epoch Times, The American Art Collector, American Artist Magazine, the Gallery and Studio Magazine, The Times Square Chronicle, TheGreatNude.tv (which made a Youtube video of her 2017 solo show at Dacia), Fine Art Connoisseur, NBC's 'Dateline' program, the 'Da Vinci Code', The Pastel Journal, The New York Optimist, Drawing Magazine, and the International Artist Magazine. Her portraits have appeared on the front covers of Alzheimer's Foundation of America, the Art Students League Lines Magazine and in Poets and Artists Magazine.
Cook studied at the National Academy of Art and Design and Art Students League, NYC, and attended the residency program with the Pratt Institute in Venice, Italy. She has a degree with honors in the History of Art from de Montfort University, UK. Her work is in many private collections in the US, UK, Panama, Israel, and in the permanent collection of the Trenton City Museum, NJ.
