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Original Works by Gary Cooks
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Check out my latest creations below or click around to see my Dad's artistic debut,
take a look behind what makes me tick, behind the scenes of murals, series, experiences, digital work and more.
 10 x 10 inch acrylic painting on 12 x 12 inch frame. ***Sold*** |  10 x 10 inch acrylic painting on 12 x 12 inch frame. NFS |  10 x 10 inch acrylic painting on 12 x 12 inch frame. ***sold*** |
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 xtra large playing card with ink sketch (in 5 x 7 inch frame) |  extra large playing card with sketch (sold) |  xtra large playing card with ink sketch in 5 x 7 inch frame |
 xtra large playing card with ink sketch (sold) |  10 x 10 inch acrylic painting in 12 x 12 inch frame $400 |  10 x 10 inch acrylic painting on canvas in 12 x 12 inch frame $400 |
 xtra large playing card with ink sketch (sold) |  xtra large playing card with ink sketch |  10 x 10 inch acrylic painting on 12 x 12 inch frame $400 |
 xtra large playing card with ink sketch (sold) |  xtra large playing card with ink sketch |  Acrylic painting on unstretched canvas from French residency |
 Large Acrylic painting on unstretched canvas |  **Sold** Painting based on a photo of my dad's mom also known as my Big Mama and my little sister. |  Painting based on a vintage photo of me and my mom at an early birthday party. I have a huge respect for the work and magic that parenting demands and wanted to honor it in a creative way. |
 ***sold***Painting based on a vintage photo of me and my little sister, Candace. She loved taking my toys. And would routinely cry at my birthday parties when we were little because she didn't understand why the gifts were mine alone. Normally, the toys would eventually land in her hands. LOL. She's crying in this painting as I grinned with my newest acquisition, a bronze Raggedy Ann doll. |  Painting based on a vintage photo of my Granny and Gigi. They both hailed from Taylor, Texas. |  acrylic on 24" diameter wooden circle. Features a church member in a moment of solace in my childhood church's Sanctuary against the backdrop of the stained glass windows. $2400 |
 Painting based on a vintage photo of My granny with me and my little sister celebrating her birthday. She readies to blow out the candles as we assist. $2500 |  24 inch diameter acrylic painting on wood panel depicting me and my little sister and Dad. $2400 |  24 x 24 in mixed media piece created for Tears Exhibition at African American Musuem of Dallas. Available $1000 |
 24 x 24 in mixed media piece created for Tears Exhibition at African American Museum of Dallas. I created this particular piece during the brutal winter storm in February. I wanted to try and capture my frustration and disbelief in true reconciliation between White and Black women en masse. Available $1000 |  24 x 24 in mixed media piece created for Tears Exhibition at African American Museum. Available $1000. |  SOLD. self portrait on bamboo plate. |
 NFS. Part of Hair Story series for African American Museum of Dallas. |  NFS. Part of Hair Story series for African American Museum of Dallas. |  NFS. Part of Hair Story series for African American Museum of Dallas. |
 NFS. Part of Hair Story series for African American Museum of Dallas. |  NFS. Part of Hair Story series for African American Museum of Dallas. |  NFS. Part of Hair Story series for African American Museum of Dallas. |
 NFS. Part of Hair Story series for African American Museum of Dallas. |  NFS. Part of Hair Story series for African American Museum of Dallas. |  NFS. |
 12 inch acrylic on round canvas. Part of my Quarantine Series, depicting me finding a sanctuary jump roping in the midst of the chaotic season. $300 |  SOLD 12 inch acrylic on canvas. Part of my Quarantine Series depicting my sister finding her sanctuary skating in the street outside our Oak Cliff home to escape from the chaos of this season of COVID and killings. |  24 x 36 in acrylic on canvas with mixed media playing cards added. Depicts Eartha Kitt's reality being blackballed by Lady Bird Johnson with an Alice in Wonderland twist. $2400 |
 30 x 48 acrylic on canvas with mixed media playing cards added. Depicts an interpretation of Nina Simone's "Four Women" with an Alice in Wonderland twist. $4800 |  NFS 24 x 36 in acrylic on canvas collaboration with Jamaal Eversley. |  SOLD. 11 x 14 in acrylic on linen board. |
 11 x 14 acrylic on canvas board. Collabo with Jamaal Eversley. On view/sale at Beacon Gallery in Boston September through October. |  ***sold*** 24 x 24 in Painting for Color Me Empowered Auction. |  NFS. Collab with Mayor's Rising Star Council tweaked with digital masks |
 SOLD. 16 x 20 in mixed media on framed kraft paper. Depicts Josephine Baker and the dilemma of being mocked by Statue of Liberty as a Black woman in America. |  11.5 x 48 in acrylic on canvas. pending sale $660 |  SOLD. 16 x 20 in acrylic on canvas. |
 SOLD. 11 x 14 in mixed media on framed kraft paper. |  NFS. Collabo with Jamaal Eversley. Gifted to Oprah's assistant (I hope) during her wellness tour to Dallas. |  ***SOLD***Collabo piece wth Jamaal Eversley. Heading to Boston for dispaly at Beacon Gallery |
 Acrylic on cardboard depicting TV moms confronting food deserts. |  SOLD. 8 x 10 in acrylic on canvas. |  ***sold*** 18 X 24 in mixed media on canvas. |
 11 x 14 in acrylic on canvas |  SOLD. 12 x 25 in acrylic on canvas. |  SOLD. 24 x 36 in acrylic on canvas. |
 SOLD. 4 x 12 in acrylic on canvas. |  NFS |  30 x 40 acrylic on canvas. $1600 |
 **SOLD**24 x 24 in mixed media on canvas. |  11 x 14 in acrylic on canvas. $500 |  SOLD.12 x 24 in acrylic on canvas. |
 SOLD. 12 x 24 in acrylic on canvas. |  12 x 24 in acrylic on canvas. $500 |  20 x 20 inch acrylic painting on heavy duty canvas $800 |
 8 x 8 in acrylic on canvas. |  SOLD. 4 x 12 in acrylic on canvas. |  Sold. 4 x 4 in acrylic on canvas. |
 NFS |  16 x 20 acryic on canvas. $500 |  18 x 30 in acrylic on canvas. $500 |
 SOLD. 18 x 24 in acrylic on canvas. |  NFS |  24 X 24 in acrylic on canvas. $600 |
 11 x 14 in acrylic on canvas. $400 |  SOLD. 4 x 12 " acrylic on canvas |  20 x 20 " acrylic on frame kraft paper $250 |
 20 x 20 " framed acrylic on kraft paper $250 |  Sold. |  ***NFS***24 x 36 " painting based on a scene featuring Nat King Cole and Eartha Kitt. |
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