Artist: Barrie Cooke HRHA (1931-2014) Title: A Plant Study (1975) Signature: signed lower right and dated '75 Medium: oil on board Size: 21 x 23.60cm (8.3 x 9.3in) Framed Size: 26 x 28.3cm (10.2 x 11.1in) Provenance: David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin (label verso); Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Feeling he was stalled in his work in the early 1970s, Barrie Cooke set about organising a trip to the rainforest in Borneo: water, energy, natural form, growth and vitality were all the core of his artistic passion, and the rainforest had it all. The results were transformative. The Hendriks Galler... Read more Barrie Cooke Lot 145 - 'A Plant Study (1975)' Estimate: €1,500 - €2,000 Feeling he was stalled in his work in the early 1970s, Barrie Cooke set about organising a trip to the rainforest in Borneo: water, energy, natural form, growth and vitality were all the core of his artistic passion, and the rainforest had it all. The results were transformative. The Hendriks Gallery exhibition held on his return cemented his reputation. Influenced by Theodor Schwenk's book 'Natural Chaos', Cooke adapted a spiral, vortex form as symbolic of natural, flowing process, and it recurs in his work of the time.
Artist: Barrie Cooke HRHA (1931-2014) Title: A Plant Study (1975) Signature: signed lower right and dated '75 Medium: oil on board Size: 21 x 23.60cm (8.3 x 9.3in) Framed Size: 26 x 28.3cm (10.2 x 11.1in) Provenance: David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin (label verso); Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Feeling he was stalled in his work in the early 1970s, Barrie Cooke set about organising a trip to the rainforest in Borneo: water, energy, natural form, growth and vitality were all the core of his artistic passion, and the rainforest had it all. The results were transformative. The Hendriks Galler... Read more Barrie Cooke Lot 145 - 'A Plant Study (1975)' Estimate: €1,500 - €2,000 Feeling he was stalled in his work in the early 1970s, Barrie Cooke set about organising a trip to the rainforest in Borneo: water, energy, natural form, growth and vitality were all the core of his artistic passion, and the rainforest had it all. The results were transformative. The Hendriks Gallery exhibition held on his return cemented his reputation. Influenced by Theodor Schwenk's book 'Natural Chaos', Cooke adapted a spiral, vortex form as symbolic of natural, flowing process, and it recurs in his work of the time.
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