Process > Release

These drawings are a total release or letting go. I loosely drew with a light graphite pencil until a shape emerged. Then I developed it with colored pencils. When grouped together in diptychs and triptychs, the dynamics of the pieces change.

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.
Release (15 grouped together)
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
18.75" X 31.25
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.
Release #6
Graphite and colored pencils
6.25" X 6.25"
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.
Release #11
Graphite and colored pencils
6.25" X 6.25"
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.
Release #14
Graphite and colored pencils
6.25" X 6.25"
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.
Folded Paper #2
Graphite and colored pencils
6.25" X 6.25"
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.
Folded Paper #3
Graphite and colored pencils
6.25" X 6.25"
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.
Folded Paper #8
Graphite and colored pencils
6.25" X 6.25"
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.
Vessels
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
6.25" X 6.25"
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.
Vessel #5
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
6.25" X 6.25"
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.
Release Triptych #1
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
6.25" X 18.75"
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.
Release Triptych #2
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
6.25" X 18.75"
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.
Release Triptych #3
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
6.25" X 18.75"
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.
Release Triptych #4
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
6.25" X 18.75"
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.
Release Triptych #5
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
6.25" X 18.75"
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. shape painting color
Survival of the Fittest
Graphite, gesso and oil paint on paper
34 X 45 inches