Drawing > Beach Walks

Inspired by the Oregon dunes, I started drawing the dunes realistically. The drawings were boring. I developed these shapes to capture the powerful, monumentality of the 300-foot-high dunes with their wind and shifting sands.

Yvette Cohen lives and works in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, NY. She creates flat boldly colored shaped painting sculptures, paintings that look like sculptures, positioned to convey infinite air and unlimited possibilities. powerful oregon dunes
Dune Loops I, Diptych
Graphite on paper
35.5 X 102 inches, 90 X 259 cm
2014