![Cielo e mar [sky and sea] II by Allison B. Cooke](https://cdn.artcld.com/img/w_320,h_320,c_pad,b_ffffff/uy7rk1qnwu284zs82drz.jpg "Cielo e mar [sky and sea] II by Allison B. Cooke")
​"My passion for the vestiges of aged surfaces that inspires my painting has been influenced by my travels in Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Russia, and Sweden." --Allison B. Cooke Allison created her works primarily in oil/mixed media, egg tempera, and watercolor. She had an extensive national exhibition record spanning three decades, and her work is in permanent collections as far away as Japan and India. Allison B. Cooke was born in Midwest City, Oklahoma. She spent most of her childhood living on the East Coast before moving to Wisconsin in 1970. Allison held a Bachelor of Science Degree in Art Education from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Drawing and Painting from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
Allison taught drawing and painting studio courses at the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, and since 2000, full time in the Department of Art and Design housed in the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She was the Director/Faculty for a summer study abroad program at Santa Reparata International School of Art in Florence, Italy, where she taught an intensive four-week summer course in Renaissance Painting techniques, focusing on egg tempera and gilding used in traditional and contemporary studio practice. Allison B. Cooke passed away unexpectedly in March 2024. The works for sale here are consigned by the artist's estate.