Nigel Cooke Art

“As Seen on 'Look North' in July 2009”

Born in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, Nigel joined the Mearchant Navy after leaving school & subsequently has held a number of jobs on the road to becoming a full time artist. He sold his first painting at the age of 14 & joined Butlins as their resident caricature artist in 1992. He later went on to open caricature concessions on Blackpool's 'Central Pier' & Pleasure Beach, the 'Trafford Centre Mall' in Manchester & 'Alton Towers'. During this time he estimates the number of caricatures completed for live sittings to be in excess of 50,000.