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Roger Cooke Swift Bird Colored Pencil Drawing

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Roger Cooke Swift Bird Colored Pencil Drawing
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Title is Swift Bird. Colored Pencil on Paper. 13 5/8" by 21 5/8" framed. Roger Cooke (1941 - 2012) was active/lived in Oregon. Roger Cooke is known for Wildlife and Indians in landscape painting, horse and riders. Roger Cooke has been working as a professional artist since 1968. His career began as an illustrator while he was still attending art school, and he has worked as an illustrator in Los Angeles, Indianapolis, and Portland, Oregon. In 1971, he sold his first major painting and this was through Kennedy Galleries in New York City. He had been developing his paintings on a part time basis, but in 1974, he started painting full time for galleries and shows, and since then has been involved with major galleries and shows throughout the United States. His education includes two years at Portland State University, and four years at The Art Center College of Design in San Francisco, where he majored in illustration. He is noted for oil paintings and pastel portraits of the Inland Plateau Indians of Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington, oil paintings of the Oregon Trail, scenery and wildlife paintings of Oregon, and historic illustrations for interpretive companies. Periodicals such as Southwest Art, Art West, Wild West, The Illustrator, and Bugle Magazine have featured his work. Publishers who have published his work include The Greenwich Workshop, Leanin' Tree, and Sunrise Publications.