Richard P Cook
RBA

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Richard is a painter in oils, watercolour and occasionally acrylic. His subject matter is portrait, English and continental landscape, marine and still life.
Born in 1949 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, he studied at Grimsby College of Art: Maidstone College of Art and as a Post Graduate at the Royal Academy Schools, London.
Richard lives and works in Brighton, E. Sussex.
Elected a Member of the Royal Society of British Artists 1976

Portrait fascinates me because there are very few situations in life where you are able to observe another person so intensely, visually and to some extent, perhaps psychologically. Landscape, townscape or marine views are demanding because of their constantly changing light, atmosphere and mood. You have no control over that – so choosing to fix a moment – making that decision is endlessly fascinating. Although my work is firmly figurative the abstract nature of light and atmosphere, shape and colour, are a large driving force in my painting.

1975 Final Year Exhibition at Royal Academy Schools Gallery:
1976 – annually to present Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) Exhibitions at the Mall Galleries London:
New English Art Club, Laing Landscape: John Player Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery
1984 Royal Society of Portrait Painters: Singer Friedlander /Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibitions: Royal Overseas League, St James:
Medici Gallery London: Hallam Gallery London: Anna Mei Chadwick Gallery London: Bourne Gallery Reigate: Barry M Keene Gallery
Henley on Thames: Towner Gallery Eastbourne: Brighton Festival Exhibitions:
1989 – 1999 Richard participated for four days each year at the Art in Action Festival at Waterperry House and Gardens near Oxford, exhibiting and demonstrating portrait and landscape painting.
Richard has been a regular contributor to Summer and Christmas exhibitions at The Russell Gallery Putney for a number of years.
1974 David Murray Landscape Award
1975 E.T Greenshields Travelling Scholarship
1982 Richard Ford Travelling Scholarship (Spain – Prado)  (administered by Royal academy of Arts)
1989, 1991 Prize winner: Bath and Wells Art Exhibition
2015 Reynolds Club Windsor and Newton Watercolour Prize
2022 Michael Harding Art Materials Award at RBA Exhibition
2026 Peter Kelly Painting Award at the RBA Exhibition