Cathleen Cohen


Cathleen Cohen during her exhibition at Cerulean Arts

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 

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 


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