Barrie Cooke

Barrie Cooke born in 1931 is an Irish abstract expressionist painter. Nature in its infinite variety and irresistible flux are Cooke’s chosen subject matter, as well as the nude figure. The primacy of nature and the apparent effort by people to distance themselves from its rawness are at the core of the artist Barrie Cooke. His painting often seem to express the soluble monumentality of the natural world.

Megacerous Hibernicus 1983, oil on canvas, 168 x 183 cm / 66.1 x 72 in

Electric Elk 1996