Peter Simpson Cook
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PETER SIMPSON COOK is a Los Angeles based artist of twenty years. His most recent paintings of Southern California themes were part of his one man show at West Hollywood's Risk Press Gallery in October of 2005. Architecture, zen landscapes, figures and portraits painted in acrylic on canvas are among his current body of work. Peter also specializes in watercolor, illustration and graphic design and has worked as an art director for the Rod Dyer Group, a designer for the Mark Taper Forum and was represented by Sharpe+Associates as a freelance illustrator. He also runs a small business creating home drawings suitable for framing and printing on stationary and cards.
Peter was born in the American West of British artist immigrants in the mid 1950s. He studied fine art, illustration, graphics and theatre design at Southern Utah University and has been a working artist ever since. As a student, his love for natural beauty led him to live and work during the summers at Zion National Park, which has had a profound effect on his work.
