Category: Blog

Merry Christmas 2022
A.D. Cook

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays — Wishing you and yours all the best for the 2022 holiday season.

Read More »
MetalFusion original artworks by A.D. Cook
A.D. Cook

MetalFusion Flashback!

My MetalFusionâ„¢ artworks were a blast to create! Each was an original mixed media blend of my blended photography, metalwork, and art. My MetalFusionâ„¢ originals began as a photo I had taken of one of my art models or a motorcycle from a rally experience.

Read More »
Happy Launch Day 2022 - ADCook.com live since 1996
A.D. Cook

26 Years Ago Today

Officially launched on October 23rd, 1996, the ADCook.com website has always been about art & design and the celebration of creativity! Since its beginning, the website has grown to over 140 artworks, 500 posts & articles, 66 pages, and over 2,500 images (yikes!).

Read More »
Bonsai Tree in Contemporary Home
A.D. Cook

Pruning The Bonsai

Sometimes, when chatting with my fellow web designers about developing and growing a website, I reference the process to a bonsai tree. Before I get too far into my story, I must confess that I have never owned a bonsai tree, but I’ve built plenty of websites.

Read More »
Resource Links for Artists and Designers
A.D. Cook

Resources For All

We’re not magicians, but what artists and designers create is magic, but there are no secrets to accessing knowledge and growing our creative bag of tricks.

Read More »
Search Engine Optimization
A.D. Cook

Search Me

With the new Advanced Search feature, it’s easier than ever to search the ADCook.com website.

Read More »
Pinterest Community Standards Violation 09/06/22
A.D. Cook

Dist By Pinterest

“When it comes to a great idea, you know it when you see it.”
That is Pinterest’s tagline. But, of course, I would not have even known that unless I visited Pinterest as I did this morning when they declared that violation of our Community Guidelines on adult content.

Read More »
Nirvana by A.D. Cook
A.D. Cook

2012 Flashback

Twenty-twelve was a prolific year for me. Over that year, I created a stainless steel metal wall art (Ascension) and painted four canvas life-size and more giant fine art nudes, including; Truth, Ascendant, Jubilee, Premier, and Nirvana, and wrapped it up with a series of abstract artworks. Please read my

Read More »
Elvis Presley '68 Comeback Tour mural by A.D. Cook for Hollywood Video
A.D. Cook

Viva Las Vegas!

Do you remember where you were 45 years ago today? I do. I was a young teenager working as a carry-out boy at a local Thriftway grocery store in Oregon City, Oregon, on August 16, 1977, That was the day Elvis Presley died and I remember it like it was

Read More »
Scroll to Top