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International Artists Day
A.D. Cook

International Artist Day 2023

Yes, artists have a holiday, too. Celebrating each October 25th, International Artist Day honors the contribution artists have and are making to society. The day commemorates the importance of art as an essential medium of human expression.

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ADCook.com Celebrating 27 Years Online
A.D. Cook

Happy Birthday ADCook.com ~ 2023

Oh, how things have changed, especially in the Internet world.

Today, the ADCook.com website features nearly a hundred pages of content, about five hundred and fifty blog posts and updates, over a hundred and fifty artworks, and nearly three thousand images.

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A.D. Cook

Las Vegas Corvette Association Car Show

The Las Vegas Corvette Association recently marked a major milestone as it commemorated fifty years of existence. In what turned out to be a truly remarkable showcase, the association exhibited a wide range of sixty (give or take a few) Corvettes that spanned seven decades of America’s Sports Car’s illustrious

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Elysian Dream metal art by A.D. Cook
A.D. Cook

My Elysian Dream

I’m excited to share something new from the studio and a departure regarding my figurative metal creations. ELYSIAN DREAM started as a simple little sketch over a cold beer. I must have been drawn to the shapes because I sketched them several times over a few sessions before finally power

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After Party Zedonk at ADCook.com
A.D. Cook

After-Party to Zedonk

The Merriam-Webster Time Traveler tells you when a word was first used in print. I also love its other feature, the “Select a Year” button, where you can enter any year and see what words were published that year.

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Leonardo DaVinci the Polymath
A.D. Cook

Are You A Polymath?

So, what is a polymath? A Polymath is defined as someone who excels in multiple fields of knowledge. Today, we might refer to that person as a “jack of all trades” — and some might suggest “a master of none.” I have to laugh at the master of none thought.

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Momentum Corvette paintings - Creation and Evolution
A.D. Cook

Momentum in Action

Most dictionaries define momentum as motion or a series of events and speak of mass and velocity. My new art in the studio is all of that! I could not be more excited as my latest artwork, MOMENTUM, moves forward. Momentum is not about light speed. After all, the difference

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ETERNAL Music Video featuring music by Bonzai Caruso
A.D. Cook

An Eternal Time Out

My musically gifted friend, Bonzai Caruso, sent me a soothing rhythmic tune that I wanted to share with you. This relaxing music, he suggested, compliments my latest metal artwork, ETERNAL, so I felt it only fitting to create a short video with both sight and sound — an eyes-wide-open meditative

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The Making of Eternal - Video Splash
A.D. Cook

The Creation of ETERNAL

Two years after photographing my model/muse for my latest metal fine art nude, the artwork is now finished and ready for my collector’s home.

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Yellow Blown T-Bucket at Cars & Coffee Las Vegas
A.D. Cook

Cars & Coffee Las Vegas 10/7/23

It was a fantastic morning for this week’s Celebrity Cars & Coffee. The fresh air, clear skies, and perfect temperature inspired me to include the car show in my sunrise walk, so I got there earlier than my previous visits and hung out for about an hour so, taking in

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Celebrating 550 Posts & Updates on ADCook.com, since 1996
A.D. Cook

Five Fifty

It seems like only yesterday that I shared my post, The Big Five-Oh Oh!, celebrating my 500th post on the ADCook Blog, but looking back, it was about a year ago (original post date September 30, 2022). I hadn’t thought about it until now, but I have averaged about a

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