Click here to view catalog Venetian The paintings of Michael Cook by Robert Ware We used to believe that a truly harmonious relationship would result when man took his identity from his setting…Now we are inclined to manipulate the environment, use it as a tool for creating our identity. [J.B. Jackson, 1970] My task which I am trying to achieve is…to make you hear, to make you feel – it is, before all, to make you see. That – and no more, and it is everything. [Jos

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Michael Cook Venetian August 3 - 28, 2011 Opening reception: Friday, August 5, 2011, 5:00-7:00 PM David Richard Contemporary 130 Lincoln Avenue, Suite D, Santa Fe, NM 87501 p 505-983-9555 | f 505-983-1284 | www.DavidRichardContemporary.com David Richard Contemporary is pleased to present Venetian, an exhibition of recent paintings by Michael Cook. Three distinct groups of work will be presented: landscapes, clouds and abstractions referred to as “id.” T