Bobbye Cochran, submitted artwork
Bobbye Cochran
Painting
Nutopia
My fine art career began after decades as a renowned illustrator and graphic designer, earning honors like Adweek’s “National Illustrator of the Year” and collaborating with major brands such as United Airlines, American Express, and the Metropolitan Opera. I created a 20' x 60' mural for Urban Retail Properties, displayed for 30 years at 900 North Michigan Avenue. Shifting from design to fine art, I now explore instinctive and personal content, blending design principles with intuitive, experimental processes. My work balances media, scale, and gesture to impact the viewer’s emotional experience. I often start with a catalyst—photographs, objects, memories—and retain its core design while injecting spontaneous gestures and bold forms using oil paints, oil sticks, Flashe, and silk screen. The goal is to create space for interpretation, allowing viewers to connect their own stories to the work, expanding its meaning beyond my original inspiration.
Works
Bobbye Cochran, submitted artwork
The large-scale torn paper landscapes symbolize the transitory and reconstructive nature of experience, where creation and destruction shape our perception of the world. They highlight the beauty in imperfection and the fluidity of time. Through their material and visual complexity, these works invite viewers to reflect on how they, too, are constantly reshaped by time and space.
