Allyson Cook

Allyson (A.Lynne) is an artist and designer based in South New Jersey. She has been teaching computer graphics full-time at a public high school for nine years. Teaching has provided Allyson with the ideal lifestyle to pursue an additional career as an artist and designer. It also provides an ideal schedule to pursue adventures as an outdoor athlete, from which she draws much of her inspiration.
As an artist, she focuses on nature, spirituality and their combined connection to the human body. She primarily works in colored pencil on toned paper to create vibrant and sometimes surreal images. Drawing largely in plein air, she weaves together elements of her encounters with various plants, animals, and landscapes. Then she relies mainly on her train of thought to combine these elements in unexpected ways. Allyson is always in awe of the way her final artwork can be perceived to have deeper and unplanned meanings. Not intentionally, many symbols and images are recurring throughout her art.

2024, Exhibiting Artist, Hivve Art Hubb, Grants Pass OR
2024, Artist in Residence, Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve, Cave Junction OR
2024, Exhibiting Artist, Naturalist Gallery, Online
2023, Pancakes and Booze Group Show, Philadelphia PA
2019-21, MK Apothecary Group Shows, Collingswood NJ
2019, Juror, The Rowan Arts Collective Juried Exhibit, Glassboro NJ
2016, Artist in Residence, ArtBOX Wildwood NJ