Paintings of the Lake District and Dentdale.

About the Book

This book is a collection of paintings of one of the most beautiful places in the world.  The Lake District of Northern England has its aficionados in many countries and needs no introduction, but the paintings between these covers are a deeply personal statement about odd corners discovered and explored by an artist to whom the region is both an adventure and home.

About the Author

John Cooke set up his studio in Cumbria after teaching in East Anglia.  Numerous commissions from companies such as Shell and Readers` Digest convinced him that it was time to move to the hills he loves and paint full time.  Since then he has had many more commissions including book covers for Oxford University Press and Penguin, posters for London Transport and the Department for National Savings and numerous calendar paintings.  He has exhibited in galleries as far afield as Los Angeles and Dubai, numerous provincial galleries and has had an annual London one-man exhibition for over 30 years.  His work is in the permanent collections of Stoke-on-Trent City Art Gallery and the Museum and Art Gallery, St.Peter Port Guernsey and is represented by the International Bridgeman Art Library.