Jeanette Cook

Artist Statement

Having a background in Theatre Arts, Dance, Medicine and Midwifery, there is a fascination with the human form. I’ve spent many years attending open drawing sessions and drawing the outside of the form. I now find it intriguing to find the emotional response to the inside by learning and integrating new techniques.

Monotypes simplify the figure into form, color, and line to produce clarity.  How form moves and flows can be a challenge in 2 dimensional arts.

Learning the process of etching has brought science into my thought.  Etching is a long process, sometimes frustrating but always compelling by adding more lines, more aquatints, and more burnishing  it can making etching go on and on.

Gravure is a new and different process that takes drawing to a new level. 

The challenge for next year and perhaps for years to come will be to combine the skills and techniques of theses individual processes by pushing the techniques to speak to the fluidity of the form.

Biography

Date and Place of Birth: April 7, 1955; Wallace, Idaho

Education:

 UNM Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts with emphasis in Dance, 1979

New Mexico TVI Advanced Degree in Nursing, 1986

UNM Master Degree in Science Midwifery, 1997

SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) 1998

Additional Art Education:

Studied with Diane Schlies, Leo Neufeld, and Michelle Chrisman

Major Group Exhibitions:

2010: Exquisite Beast, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.

2009:  Return to Realism, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.

2009: NEW, New Members show New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.

2008: The Cradle Project, Albuquerque, NM

2008: Women Celebrating Women, The Gallery at The Source, Albuquerque, NM

2006: Small Treasures, ARTHAUS 66, Albuquerque, NM

2006, 2005: Small is More, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM

2004: Altar-ations, RB Winnings Encaustic Paintings, Albuquerque, NM