Ron O. Cook has done hundreds if not thousands of paintings since he was a youth. He has painted almost every theme that the great masters ever tried and has taught such techniques to many of his students. His works are scattered all over the Southwest.
Cook, who signs his drawings and paintings as "Von Koch" after his ancestors, has created computer graphics, paintings, illustrations, drawings and portraits over a period of 35 years. His patrons are governors, congressmen, and many, many good friends. His first commission was 32 major paintings in 1966 for a Houston Promoter. The non-objective paintings ranged from 5 X 12 feet to 3 X 6 feet in size. Thereafter, Cook's agent, J. Tom Martin (Houston Architect), helped place hundreds of paintings, drawings and prints in the surrounding Houston area for almost ten years.
Cook prides himself as a painter who can accomplish any and all techniques of applying media to a surface. He has painted numerous realistic portraits, non-objective abstracts, and graphic surrealistic representations all in the same studio setting--switching from one work to the other in seconds. Much of his recent work has involved utilization of computers to develop his visual concepts. He has done this with some of his e-books, which are illustrated and many are in the process of becoming movie storyboards for future development. One such e-book, THE ENIGMNI, is found on this site.
He had been developing a theme for his prints and paintings that stressed the Alternate Viewpoint/s of past ancient civilizations especially those thought to exist some 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. One example of such creations is represented online at various internet sites. The old works were a representation of the 2012 Mayan Series that Cook has been involved with the past 15 years.
Today, he is moving toward new thoughts that relate to the very fabric of our existence. His new series will stress the realms of meditation expressed visually. Not that one is, but that whereby Is, is.
Other than the above, Cook loves his wife and family and enjoys the experience of awe in just being here.
