{"id":549883,"date":"2026-07-29T17:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/549883\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T17:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:15:12","slug":"british-artist-produces-detailed-portraits-and-cityscapes-his-drawing-tool-is-the-typewriter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/549883\/","title":{"rendered":"British artist produces detailed portraits and cityscapes. His drawing tool is the typewriter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Twenty-nine-year-old British artist <a href=\"https:\/\/jamescookartwork.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Cook<\/a> is gaining international accolades for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jamescookartwork\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his art<\/a>, which includes portraits of public figures (artists, writers and more) as well as cityscapes and landmarks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">What sets him apart from others is that his drawing tools are nearly 100 vintage typewriters. Some of his works are inked entirely in black and white, others employ splashes of color.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Among his latest are Wimbledon, which he &#8216;typed&#8217; from the iconic stadium&#8217;s center court, Times Square, and portraits of artist Frida Kahlo and philosopher Plato.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Host Robin Young talks to Cook about his art and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collater.al\/en\/james-cook-typewriter-art\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">how he does it<\/a> (including the secret messages he sometimes inserts into his work).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/250122_12-scaled.jpg\"   alt=\"Frida Kahlo by James Cook. (Courtesy of James Cook)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Frida Kahlo by James Cook. (Courtesy of James Cook)<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CrossingPaths_Manhattan-2.jpg\"   alt=\"Crossing Paths Manhattan by James Cook. (Courtesy of James Cook)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Crossing Paths Manhattan by James Cook. (Courtesy of James Cook)<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/250122_07-scaled.jpg\"   alt=\"The Girl With The Pearl Earring by James Cook. (Courtesy of James Cook)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>The Girl With The Pearl Earring by James Cook. (Courtesy of James Cook)<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/260121_Evening_in_Tokyo_Website_Image_01.jpg\"   alt=\"Evening in Tokyo by James Cook. (Courtesy of James Cook)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Evening in Tokyo by James Cook. (Courtesy of James Cook)<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NYC.jpg\"   alt=\"Courtesy of James Cook\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>(Courtesy of James Cook)<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Twenty-nine-year-old British artist James Cook is gaining international accolades for his art, which includes portraits of public figures&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-549883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}