Process > Small Beachairs - 2012

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.beach painting drawing
Small Beachair #1
Acrylic and wood dowels on shaped canvas
12 X 10 inches
2012
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.beach painting drawing
Small Beachair #2
Acrylic and wood dowels on shaped canvas
11 X 11 inches
2012
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.beach painting drawing
Small Beachair #3
Acrylic and wood dowels on shaped canvas
11.5 X 12.5 inches
2012
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.beach painting drawing
Small Beachair #4
Acrylic and wood dowels on shaped canvas
15 X 11 inches
2012
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.beach painting drawing
Small Beachair #6
Acrylic and wood dowels on shaped canvas
15 X 13 inches
2012
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.beach painting drawing
Small Beachair #7
Acrylic and wood dowels on shaped canvas
12 X 12 inches
2012
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.beach painting drawing
Small Beachair #8
Acrylic and wood dowels on shaped canvas
14.5 X 9 inches
2012
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.beach painting drawing
Small Beachair #5
Acrylic and wood dowels on shaped canvas
12 X 8 inches
2012
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.beach painting drawing
Small Beachair #9
Acrylic and wood dowels on shaped canvas
10 X 11 inches
2012

In preparation for the Beachair paintings, I experimented with
color, shapes, marks, lines...

I was attracted to the imagery of beach chairs with their association to the beach and their multi-colored stripes. As much as I wanted to convey the fun, free spirit of the beach, I didn't want to make paintings that were literal or narrative.