Portraits, Places, Buildings, and Landscapes: John W. Cocke '63, Rockwell Visiting Artist
Portraits, Places, Buildings, and Landscapes: John W. Cocke '63, Rockwell Visiting Artist
Drawings and paintings by John W. Cock '63
November 3, 2017—December 8, 2017
Opening reception November 3, 2017 5-7 pm
This exhibit is made possible by the Andrew R. Heminway '57 Endowment Fund.
Artist's Statement
When I sit down to start a drawing or painting, my work largely is drawn from what I see, rather than what I think, or from something from my mind. I find the observable world a great challenge, rather than a handicap. Mr. Potter said to me once when I was beginning to learn how to draw, “an object is as it appears just one time when you observe it, so draw it that way.” Therefore, observation has become critical in my departure from nature when I draw or paint.
I have always been a portraitist and have added landscape painting and drawings of architecture. Accuracy is an objective at the center of my work, however it is not at the expense of light and color.
Content is found through constant observation. Even the Impressionists, as brightly colorful as they were, achieved their ends through observation.