‘ I don’ t know how my pictures happen, they just do. They exist, but for the life of me I can’ t explain them’ .
Beryl Cook, O.B.E. 1926 - 2008
Beryl Cook began to paint during the 1960s and became a local phenomenon in Cornwall, England where she lived with her family, but it wasn’ t until 1975 that she first exhibited her work. Her appeal was classless and she rapidly became Britain’ s most popular artist. She was a ‘ heart and soul’ painter, compelled to paint with a passion. Her work became instantly recognisable and was soon a part of our artistic vernacular. A modern-day Hogarth, Beryl Cook was a social observer, albeit with a more sympathetic view of humanity. The warm, original style of her paintings encapsulates joy. She possessed that rare gift – the power to uplift.
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