Jessica Cook
Title: Untitled 2016
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Location: Chan & Naylor
Artist
statement
I have always felt a sense of
therapeutic connection to nature when painting landscapes. It is a chance to
truly lose yourself as you study every detail within a scene. In this series of
paintings Sunraysia and its unique aerial landscape inspire me. I have always
felt a sense of beauty and connection when flying over the district. I wanted
to capture the graphical patchwork of the fruit blocks that are distinctly
recognisable as Sunraysia and so too the irrigation channels and river that
weave and carve their way through the landscape. I encourage you to take a
moment and reflect on the wonderful landscapes that Sunraysia has to offer and
perhaps they too will inspire you to pick up your own pencil or paintbrush and
try to capture its unique beauty for yourself.
About the artist: Jess Cook is an active Visual Arts Educator who
trained at Melbourne University and La Trobe University Mildura. She has worked
as a Graphic Designer in Melbourne and currently is working as a Secondary
Visual Arts teacher at Irymple Secondary College, teaching a range of subjects
including Digital Photography, Ceramics and Printmaking. Recent art activities
that have kept her busy include painting and creating artwork in her spare
time, curating exhibitions for students, involving herself in the Artist
in Schools projects and collaborating with Stuart Walsh and students on the
Mildura Langtree Mall make over project, working to create a mural on one
of the table tennis tables.
