Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays — Wishing you and yours all the best for the 2022 holiday season.
A.D. Cook
December 24, 2022
Posts & Updates
Observations and stories of art, love, and creative energy exchanges.
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MetalFusion Flashback!
My MetalFusion™ artworks were a blast to create! Each was an original mixed media blend of my blended photography, metalwork, and art. My MetalFusion™ originals began as a photo I had taken of one of my art models or a motorcycle from a rally experience.
A.D. Cook
November 18, 2022
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!).
A.D. Cook
October 23, 2022
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.
A.D. Cook
October 13, 2022
The Big Five-Oh Oh!
Celebrating five-hundred posts & articles, observations and stories of art, love, Las Vegas, and beyond.
A.D. Cook
September 30, 2022
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.
A.D. Cook
September 18, 2022
Search Me
With the new Advanced Search feature, it’s easier than ever to search the ADCook.com website.
A.D. Cook
September 7, 2022
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. Bots, what do they know?
A.D. Cook
September 6, 2022
Under Pressure Update
PAINTING WITH AIR ~ A Survey of Contemporary Airbrush Realism featuring world-class legends in the world of airbrush fine art.
A.D. Cook
August 31, 2022
Worldwide Auctioneers at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
Worldwide Auctioneers recently visited the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum and interviewed museum Executive Director & CEO, Brandon Anderson. Enjoy the video.
A.D. Cook
August 29, 2022
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 post from 2012 for the complete list.
A.D. Cook
August 19, 2022
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 yesterday.
A.D. Cook
August 16, 2022