Jean Cook - "Sorting the Cows"

Oil on board 8" x 10" After graduation from Hutchinson Community College, Jean left for the Kansas City area and Hallmark Cards. There she worked 34 years, the last 21 as an engraving artist creating bas relief sculptures for emboss and hot foil dies. While working, she attended KCAI and studied with nationally know artists Phil Starke, Charles Sovek and Al Currier among others. Like her mentors, her style is painterly and loose. Awards include many BOS. She has won the Grand Award in the Professional Art class at the KS state fair twice. She has also won the Plein Competition at the State Fair 3 times. Other BOS include the 4-State, Tulsa, OK, Artis Gras, Leawood, KS, Bourbon County, Ft. Scott  and the New Jersey Equine Art Association, NJ. She has won BOS in miniatures show, including the Heartland Art Guild Show, Paola, KS,  Sulpher Springs Show, Wilcox, AZ, and the Chambersburg show in Chambersburg, PA. She has exhibited in the Arts for the Parks and was a finalist in the Annual Artists’ Magazine competition (13,000 entries). She is a signature member of the Society of Animal Artists and an associate member of the Miniature Painters, Sculptors, Gravers Society of Washington, DC. Jean works primarily in oil, but has also worked in acrylic and pastel.