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Sad to hear that Beryl has gone - a wonderful British painter.
I knew Plymouth in the 1960's - played at a Folk Club at Devonport and first heard Cyril Tawney sing 'The Oggy Man'. Another item to tell that one - Prince Albert Gate at Devonport Dockyard.
Union Street Plymouth - famous in every port in the world - haunt of sailors and ladies was just the colourful and vibrant place that can be seen in Beryls pictures. She paints the action , the fun and the characters she has seen. Here is description from her web site . . . . . .
" . . . . there is nothing dark in her world. The appeal of Beryl Cook’s paintings is their directness, exuberance and the instant laughter they create. Her characters are always enjoying themselves to the full. Beryl is the least pretentious of painters and an artist in the same tradition as Breughel, though perhaps via Donald McGill! She was described by Victoria Wood as ‘Rubens with jokes’.
Beryl Cook’s work is particularly interesting when viewed in the context of the tradition of British social realist painting and she could easily be described as a contemporary Hogarth or Gilray, although she has a more sympathetic view of the human race. She is like those painters above all a social observer. She records human frailties and the absurdities of human behaviour with her own unique vision."
I knew Plymouth in the 1960's - played at a Folk Club at Devonport and first heard Cyril Tawney sing 'The Oggy Man'. Another item to tell that one - Prince Albert Gate at Devonport Dockyard.
Union Street Plymouth - famous in every port in the world - haunt of sailors and ladies was just the colourful and vibrant place that can be seen in Beryls pictures. She paints the action , the fun and the characters she has seen. Here is description from her web site . . . . . .
" . . . . there is nothing dark in her world. The appeal of Beryl Cook’s paintings is their directness, exuberance and the instant laughter they create. Her characters are always enjoying themselves to the full. Beryl is the least pretentious of painters and an artist in the same tradition as Breughel, though perhaps via Donald McGill! She was described by Victoria Wood as ‘Rubens with jokes’.
Beryl Cook’s work is particularly interesting when viewed in the context of the tradition of British social realist painting and she could easily be described as a contemporary Hogarth or Gilray, although she has a more sympathetic view of the human race. She is like those painters above all a social observer. She records human frailties and the absurdities of human behaviour with her own unique vision."
Go visit her work - maybe you can afford to buy a painting!
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