Heather Cook was born 1945 at Riddlesden, near Keighley. She studied at Bradford College of Art and later at the Royal College of Art.
‘Broken Pier’. Image courtesy of the artist.
Heather was awarded a Shand Kydd Travel Scholarship and in 2011 a printmaking residency at Finish Print Centre, Jyvaskyla. Her collage works range from compositional studies to quite small atmospheric seascapes, which are emotional responses to the Lancashire coastline. She has a particular interest in the decorative opportunities and elements in discarded material (see example below):
Image: from artist’s website, see below
Heather is a frequent North Yorkshire Open Studios exhibitor and has also exhibited work in a number of other Northern English galleries, including the Pendle Heritage Centre, Barrowford, Lancashire; Craven Museum, Skipton; and Linton Court Gallery, Settle. She now lives and works in Malham in the Yorkshire Dales and is married to the artist, David Cook.
‘Low Tide’. Image courtesy of the artist.