UPPER CUMBERLAND ARTS ALLIANCE
ISABEL COHEN
Abstract Painter, Mixed Media
Abstract Painter, Mixed Media
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I
started to paint abstract when I was a child. To cover sheets and
sheets of paper with color fields gave me so much joy, that I did
not need any known object in it. Hours went by sitting in the corner
on the floor painting. I was told that during those hours, I was a
pleasant child.
Not much has changed. I am still painting mostly abstract. The process of painting still gives me the most of excitement. To work with the flow with no concept, but let the dynamics of the process of painting take me to an unknown place, that’s what it is all about for me. It is proven how strong music can influence people. Music can move us, touch us, and make us dance or make us cry. It opens up our receptors and stirs up our adrenalin. That is exactly what happens to me during a painting session. The whole band width of raw emotions is triggered when I find the right form for that particular color, the right width of a line, etc. |
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But before I find that perfect form
there is a war zone on that canvas. To have the guts to dare…where
else can you do that in life? There is pure lust involved when I
apply the paints on the canvas. There is dripping, painting,
printing, rubbing, pressing, and wiping off. The process is very
physical and includes angry brushstrokes as well as gentle ones.
Then comes the moment when the canvas takes over the process and
makes me want to capture a certain feeling. That’s when the real
work starts and I have to take back my own Ego and let things happen
the way they want to happen. Usually I leave the place of excitement
and reach a place of serenity. |
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So what is the message? There is no
message. An abstract painting is an abstract painting. Period. I put
my interpretation in it. So can everybody else. We all have
different pasts and therefore each interpretation will be different.
What serenity is for me may be boredom for someone else, or wisdom.
Who knows? But the longer a painting triggers a dialog between it
and the viewer, the better it has been done. That is my goal. When
one of my paintings can make the viewer pause for a moment, wake him
up and let him step out of his busy everyday life for a minute, then
I know that I did a good job. We don’t have to understand why it
makes him pause, but the fact that it does is what counts. |
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Isabel Cohen 390 Holleman Bend Ln Granville, TN 38564 931-653-4117 houseboat@twlakes.net www.isabelcohen.com www.keywest-art.com |
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