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PAINTING AT NIGHT Jess Cofrin, "Cave of Eileithyia I"
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Jess Cofrin, "Cave of Eileithyia I"

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$750. Oil on canvas, 24”x30”, 2020.

Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.

Artist statement

“This is my home. This dark, bone black inner cave where I am making a world for myself.”- bell hooks "Bone Black". I work as a painter and printmaker primarily within an abstract figurative framework. I employ color to further explore emotional depths and frequencies. Color can elicit a physical response of elation in my body and that is what I strive to convey in each of my paintings. My work explores the psychology and physicality of being human. I am interested in how one’s inner experience can often remain hidden and differ so much from the outward projection that others receive. My paintings are a way to bring forward my struggles with depression and try to make clear what feels mysterious and unknowable. Most recently, my work centers around my transition into motherhood where I suffered a loss of self, and am piecing it back together through my art.

Artist bio

Jess Cofrin received her BA in Art History from Cornell University before moving to London to pursue fine art at Chelsea College of Art and Design. She completed her MFA in 2D painting and printmaking from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her work has been exhibited both domestically and abroad. She currently lives and works in Berkshire County, MA.

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$750. Oil on canvas, 24”x30”, 2020.

Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.

Artist statement

“This is my home. This dark, bone black inner cave where I am making a world for myself.”- bell hooks "Bone Black". I work as a painter and printmaker primarily within an abstract figurative framework. I employ color to further explore emotional depths and frequencies. Color can elicit a physical response of elation in my body and that is what I strive to convey in each of my paintings. My work explores the psychology and physicality of being human. I am interested in how one’s inner experience can often remain hidden and differ so much from the outward projection that others receive. My paintings are a way to bring forward my struggles with depression and try to make clear what feels mysterious and unknowable. Most recently, my work centers around my transition into motherhood where I suffered a loss of self, and am piecing it back together through my art.

Artist bio

Jess Cofrin received her BA in Art History from Cornell University before moving to London to pursue fine art at Chelsea College of Art and Design. She completed her MFA in 2D painting and printmaking from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her work has been exhibited both domestically and abroad. She currently lives and works in Berkshire County, MA.

$750. Oil on canvas, 24”x30”, 2020.

Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.

Artist statement

“This is my home. This dark, bone black inner cave where I am making a world for myself.”- bell hooks "Bone Black". I work as a painter and printmaker primarily within an abstract figurative framework. I employ color to further explore emotional depths and frequencies. Color can elicit a physical response of elation in my body and that is what I strive to convey in each of my paintings. My work explores the psychology and physicality of being human. I am interested in how one’s inner experience can often remain hidden and differ so much from the outward projection that others receive. My paintings are a way to bring forward my struggles with depression and try to make clear what feels mysterious and unknowable. Most recently, my work centers around my transition into motherhood where I suffered a loss of self, and am piecing it back together through my art.

Artist bio

Jess Cofrin received her BA in Art History from Cornell University before moving to London to pursue fine art at Chelsea College of Art and Design. She completed her MFA in 2D painting and printmaking from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her work has been exhibited both domestically and abroad. She currently lives and works in Berkshire County, MA.

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