About
Atlanta native artist, Bonnie Beauchamp-Cooke, is a true cowgirl. When not in her Atlanta studio, she is with her family and dogs in Madison, Georgia trail riding her horses or working the cattle on their Southeastern farm. Life on the farm is where she developed her passion for art. Bonnie has painted actively since high school and has owned and ridden horses for pleasure and competition all her life. Her evocative paintings of horses and landscapes have won appeal and praise while she continues to create new and inventive views in her art. Bonnie typically works on large canvases or wood, which she prepares with several base layers of mixed media such as molding paste, paint, paper and dirt. She begins by molding and applying the base with her hands, creating several layers and then paints in both acrylic and oil over the surface thereby creating dynamic works of art. One of the most interesting features of her art is the very thick texture, which captures the essence of a horse’s movement and the play of light on a landscape.
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Horse commissions are particularly special for Bonnie, especially the moment the client sees the completed painting for the first time. In her words, “I study the horses and then paint them from a split-second moment in time, in this manner I believe I can best capture the power, personality, thoughts and intensity of the animal that has both fascinated and served man from our earliest history”. Bonnie includes a cross in each painting, sometimes hidden, other times bold, an anchoring element symbolizing her spiritual connection with nature.
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Bonnie studied at the University of Georgia and The Atlanta College of Art, receiving her BFA in painting and drawing in 1991. Bonnie’s cohorts at The Atlanta College of Art included artistic giants such as Radcliffe Bailey, Kara Walker, Carolyn Carr and Todd Murphy. She maintains a commitment to the arts community by serving on the board of the Hambidge Center, an artist retreat in North Georgia. She was also one of the co-founding board members of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCAga). She has been published in Veranda, Southwest Magazine, Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, Simply Buckhead and the Atlanta Journal Constitution, among others. Previous representation was Atlanta’s Fay Gold Gallery and Arroya Gallery.
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2025​
“Equipoise” A Retrospective by Bonnie Beauchamp Cooke, Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, March 2025, Madison, GA
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2024
Group Show, Paper Factory, November 2024, Atlanta, GA​
2022
“Reimagine Peace. The Art of Resistance” ArtXchange Jack Sinclair Gallery juried show, Atlanta, GA
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2018
The Art Party on Trabert
Spotlight on Hambidge Auction - Art
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2017
Blue Print, Dallas, Texas
Spotlight on Hambidge Auction - Art
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2016
Ventullet Gallery "Equipose" Show
Spotlight on Hambidge Auction - Art​
2015
“Barn Raising” group show, Huff Harrington
2014
12 Canoe Point Fine Art Gallery group show
Arroyo Gallery, Telluride CO
Spotlight on Art 2014
Neiman Marcus, Atlanta, GA
2013
Lovett “Spring Festival Artist”
“Draws Near” Charleston SC
The Peaks- Telluride CO Spotlight on Art 2013
2012
Huff Harrington group show
Trinity Group Show
“THE SHED” Featuring Steve Penley and Bonnie Beauchamp-Cooke
2011
'Spotlight on Saks Fifth Avenue 2011’
Huff Harrington, “The Blonde Bombshells” (6 artists that happen to have blonde hair!)
“Spotlight on Art 2011” Trinity, Atlanta, GA
2010
"The Softer Side" Huff Harrington Gallery
“Commission for “2010 Official Artist for the Atlanta Steeplechase”
2009
Museum of Contemporary of Ga. (MOCAga)
“Artists to Watch - The Prestiqious”
MOCA GA Extension Gallery
Southern Accents Showhouse, Christmas
St. Regis Hotel, Atlanta, GA (Lobby and Boardroom)
TBS Movie and A Makeover, Block 55
Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, September
Huff Harrington, Group Show, September
Saks Fifth Avenue, Group Show, Atlanta, GA
“Spotlight on Art 2009” Trinity, Atlanta, GA
2008
Fay Gold Gallery, Group Show
“Wet Paint” Huff Harrington Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“Spotlight on Art” Trinity, Atlanta, GA
Hambidge Live Auction, Atlanta, GA
2007
“New Works” Huff Harrington Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“Institute of Classical Architecture, NY (Best in Show)
“Hambidge, Live Auction, Atlanta, GA
Spotlight on Art” Trinity, Atlanta, GA
2006
“Stall’s at Peridot” Atlanta, GA
“Spotlight on Art” Trinity, Atlanta, GA
“Hambidge Live Auction”, Atlanta, GA
2005
Tula Group Show, Atlanta, GA
2004
“Pin-up Show” MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA