8 Holland Street is thrilled to announce RICHARD COOK: WITHOUT A COMPASS.An exhibition of paintings at 8 Holland Street FLAGSHIP, St James’s Park, London.
These paintings, which are largely drawn from the last ten years, reflect perhaps my preoccupation with walking/being in nature. The images do not represent any topographical viewpoint, but rather manifest something that exists already inside of me. They are given birth through an exact moment in time and location/place, which boundary, conversely, sets them free.
Since wandering the rivers of my childhood growing up, and now my walking on Dartmoor or on the extraordinary coastline of Cornwall, my need has always been to express this powerful and extant inner reality. Memory exists within us as an endless and infinite ocean, and I would say that this is the breeding ground for these paintings. In order to possess any truth or validity the paintings have to emerge untrammelled, and with complete freedom from this world and without any conscious interference from me. Thus the paintings cannot be thought up, but have to be discovered, and through the act of painting a given form that is both unexpected and often unrecognised.
— Richard Cook, June 2025
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Richard CookFor Ever They Linger2018
Oil on canvas
H185 x W200 cm£ 28,000.00 -
Richard CookBeacon2022
Oil on canvas
H185 x W200 cm£ 26,000.00 -
Richard CookIn The Black Mountains2016
Oil on canvas
H153 x W153 cm£ 21,000.00 -
Richard CookHolding Hands2022
Oil on canvas
H185 x W200 cm£ 26,000.00 -
Richard CookOpening2007
Oil on canvas
H140 x W153 cm£ 18,000.00 -
Richard CookSpring Morning (Standing Stones)2017
Oil on canvas
H136 x W142 cm£ 16,000.00 -
Richard CookBrechfa Pool2009
Oil on canvas
H142 x W136 cm£ 16,000.00 -
Richard CookPortrait of Linda2013
Oil on canvas
H101 x W65 cm£ 6,000.00 -
Richard CookBreathing In2008
Oil on canvas
H135 x W180 cm£ 20,000.00 -
Richard CookYou Say I Am Repeating2022
Oil on canvas
H136 x W142 cm£ 16,000.00 -
Richard CookPortrait of Linda2015
Oil on canvas
H76 x W67 cm£ 5,500.00 -
Richard CookForgotten Places2019
Oil on canvas
H92 x W112 cm£ 10,000.00 -
Richard CookSea Shells2020
Oil on canvas
H92 x W112 cm£ 9,000.00 -
Richard CookAbove Newlyn2016
Oil on canvas
H120 x W136 cm£ 14,000.00 -
Richard CookSummer, Studio Window2020
Oil on canvas
H76 x W82 cm£ 5,500.00 -
Richard CookHead Of Linda2018
Oil on canvas
H56 x W50 cm£ 5,000.00 -
Richard Cook15th July2024
Oil on canvas
H30 x W40 cm£ 2,500.00 -
Richard CookStroke By Nyland After Constable2015
Oil on Panel
H12 x W15 cm£ 1,850.00 -
Richard CookSmall Prussia Cove2018
Oil on panel
H15 x W23 cm£ 2,000.00 -
Richard CookLady Down2020
Oil on panel
H15 x W22 cm£ 2,000.00 -
Richard CookLow Tide2016
Oil on panel
H19 x W23 cm£ 2,250.00 -
Richard CookRed Admiral2017
Oil on panel
H31 x W33 cm£ 2,500.00 -
Richard CookAspens2023
Oil on canvas
H30 x W40 cmSold -
Richard CookPink Headland2023
Oil on panel
H32 x W49 cm£ 2,750.00 -
Richard CookOpen Road2024
Oil on panel
H28 x W33 cm£ 2,500.00 -
Richard CookLeaving Dartmoor2023
Oil on canvas
H25 x W35 cm£ 2,500.00 -
Richard CookSteeperton, Dartmoor1999
Oil on panel
H21 x W30 cm£ 2,500.00 -
Richard CookFrom The Studio2024
Oil on panel
H29 x W29 cm£ 2,500.00 -
Richard CookWinter DartmoorOil on canvas
H25 x W36 cm£ 2,500.00 -
Richard CookMoonrise2016
Oil on canvas
H16 x W21 cm£ 2,000.00 -
Richard CookMidnight Sea2020
Oil on panel
H15 x W34 cm£ 2,500.00 -
Richard CookSmall Head Linda2017
Oil on panel
H23 x W20 cm£ 2,500.00 -
Richard CookGospel Oak2020
Oil on panel
H22 x W22 cm£ 2,250.00 -
Richard CookNear Prussia Cove2023
Oil on panel
H29 x W35 cm£ 2,500.00 -
Richard CookOn The Journey Home2021
Oil on canvas
H76 x W86 cm£ 6,000.00 -
Richard CookViaduct2023
Oil on canvas
H102 x W66 cm£ 5,500.00 -
Richard CookMere2023
Oil on panel
H27 x W37 cm£ 2,500.00 -
Richard CookNanven In Moon Light2020
Oil on panel
H20 x W29 cm£ 2,500.00 -
Richard CookAcross The Bay2022
Oil on panel
H16 x W41 cm£ 2,500.00 -
Richard CookGrey Headland2000
Oil on canvas
H21 x W25 cm£ 2,500.00
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