Cathleen Cohen
My work is concerned with space, movement across ground, and simultaneously, with the ground or space itself. Although I often use organic and natural objects as inspiration, say, light slanting through a window, or the way a grove of birch trees looks at sunset, my focus is not on representation. My paintings develop a lexicon, a vocabulary of tones, shapes and marks, all used to convey movement and mood. I am a poet as well as a painter, and most of these pieces relate to spoken words. The intent is that they stand on their own as visual poems. Any number of themes emerge; dancing, flying, synchronized bodies, conflict, nesting, things revealed, things hidden. This work relies on careful placement, the nature of the mark, and attention to edge. The ground can create a vast sea of space where color, mass and line reflect one another and suggest possibilities. The whole process is a metaphor. A blank page suggests tranquil waters, the mind in meditation, or the quiet in the lungs when we hold our breath. Breath leads to beat, heartbeat stirred up, unexpected rhythms, and poems. Poems circle below the surface of these paintings, vying for attention.
Cathleen Cohen 2020 video by John Thornton
Cerulean Arts Collective Virtual Tour & Talk - April 20, 2022
Cerulean Arts Collective Virtual Tour & Talk - April 20, 2022
Cathleen Cohen's most recent solo exhibition was held April 6 - May 1, 2022. A selection of her works is currently available at the gallery as indicated. For inquiries on all other works shown, please Contact Us.

Among Sparks, watercolor, 16" x 19" Available

Among Sparks, watercolor, 16" x 19" Available

Sip this Vastness, watercolor, 28" x 24" Available

Lean and Return, watercolor, 14" x 14" Available

Forsythia, watercolor, 11" x 7.5" SOLD

Stillness, watercolor, 9.5" x 7" Available

Suspended Moment, watercolor, 10.25" x 7.5" Available

Sparks and Disperses, book of poetry Available

Etching the Ghost, book of poetry Available

Sphere, watercolor and collage, 16" x 13"

Shimmer, watercolor, 15" x 12" SOLD

Center of Summer, watercolor, 15.5" x 14"

Not Hidden, watercolor, 17" x 15"

Still Moment, watercolor, 16" x 13"

We Hope for Fertile Gardens, watercolor, 17" x 15"

Lance-Like Leaves, watercolor, 17" x 14" SOLD

Mexican Petunias, watercolor, 17" x 14" SOLD

Reaching for Shards, watercolor, 16" x 19" SOLD

Disperses #1, watercolor, 17" x 15"

Disperses #2, watercolor, 17" x 15"

August Bloom, watercolor, 16" x 14"

Sky Measure, watercolor and collage, 17" x 13"

Soul Gate, watercolor, 15" x 12.5" SOLD

As Far As, watercolor, 16" x 18" SOLD

Orchids, watercolor, 17" x 12"

In the Styrax, In the Maples, watercolor, 18" x 16"

Sharp Joy, watercolor, 8" x 13" SOLD

Like Music, watercolor, 6" x 6.5"

Scattered, watercolor, 21" x 16"

Hidden, aqueous media on paper, 11" x 8.5" SOLD

Dappled, watercolor with graphite, 12" x 10"

Space Between, watercolor, 10" x 8" SOLD

Columbine 2, watercolor, 10" x 8" SOLD

Echo the Stillness, watercolor, 11" x 8.5"

I See You, watercolor, 11" x 13" SOLD

Lit, watercolor, 9.5" x 10" SOLD

Vessels, watercolor, 12.5" x 9" SOLD

Tapestry, watercolor, 11" x 11" SOLD

Suffuse, watercolor, 10" x 11" SOLD

There's a Story Behind This, watercolor with graphite, 14" x 13" SOLD

Watch for It, watercolor with graphite, 11" x 10" SOLD

Because of Wind, watercolor with graphite, 11" x 12" SOLD

Brief Glimpse, watercolor with graphite, 12" x 9" SOLD

Didn't You Notice?, watercolor with graphite, 12" x 13" SOLD

Reach Back, watercolor with graphite, 7.5" x 9" SOLD

Where You Shimmer, watercolor with graphite, 12.5" x 9.5" SOLD

In Season, aqueous media and graphite on paper, 11" x 15" SOLD

Landscape Dream, aqueous media and graphite on paper, 11" x 15" SOLD