Jennifer Cook

Coming soon... Jennifer Cook was born with a God given tatent that her artist parents Robert Colver and Jean James recognized early on. Her parents studied at Chouinard Art Institute. From their knowledge they taught her how to 'see' with an artists eye, as well as teaching her to use pastel, acrylic, and oil painting medium. She studied drawing at the Honolulu Academy of Art from the late Louis Pohl and Joseph Faber. She studied with the famous seascape painter, the late Bennett Bradbury. There have been various other learning opportunities with well known artists. Some lessons with seascape painter, Jean Lopes. A Plein Air painting day with the late Peter Hayward. And a sketching day with Martin Charlot. In 1984, she began doing pastel portraits of people at the International Marketplace in Waikiki. Painting people from around the world. In 1986 she put her art on hold to raise three kids and build two houses with her husband Rick. She kept her hand in the arts by offering art classes to kids in her homeschool group, and by sketching her kids and numerous nieces and nephews. In 2000, she entered a painting into the Arts for the Parks competition. It was an international competition where artists from around the world painted from life, a scene from one of America's National Parks. Out of 2217 entries, hers was picked in the top 200 finals. Although it didn't get in to the top 100 pick, it was an enormous honor. She has won some 1st and 2nd place award locally as well.
' I believe that we are all creative in some way. We are all created in God's image by THE GREAT Creator. Some people write, some teach, some sew, some cook, some design and build. The visual arts are unique in that the artist can stop a moment in time for people to 'see' for generations to come. Art is a wonderful privilege. We get a chance to say something loud and clear, and to be heard. To mark history saying, 'I was here, and this influenced me, can you 'see' it?'

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