William Cokeley: Traveler
- When
- January 09, 2016
- Where
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d m allison
2709 Colquitt
Houston,TX 77098 - Cost
- Free
d. m. allison gallery presents the exhibition William Cokeley: Traveler. In his latest solo offering “Traveler” on view at d. m. allison, January 9, through February 6 2016, painter William Cokeley takes us on an intuitive journey through loose paint, spontaneous expression.
About William Cokeley:
William Cokeley began his undergraduate studies in 1982 at the University of Florida attending the School of Fine Arts where he studied Art History while attending studio classes in Drawing, Design and Photography.
In 1985 Cokeley left the university to study privately with abstract expressionist Jeanne Pelligrino in Orange Park Florida, before returning to school in 1989 to finish his degree in art History at the University of North Florida.
While earning his art history degree the artist was drawn to the works of Willem de Kooning, Per Kirkeby, Joan Mitchell and Cy Twombly which prompted him to return to Florida State University in Jacksonville to study under Anne Banas before leaving for the Netherlands in 2007.
For a year in The Hague, Cokeley worked in the studio space provided by the Vrijie Academie, and explored his techniques in oils. In 2009 he moved to Amsterdam, and because of health concerns, began working in acrylics as he dose now. Here Cokeley apprentice with well known Dutch artist, and Karl Appel associate Arty Grimm.
This was an inspirational period for William Cokeley working in Grimm’s studio in the heart of Amsterdam, where the artist discovered the core of what we see in his works today.
