09/09/2026
Join us at the Leslie Wolfe Gallery (1763 N. North Park Avenue) this Sunday, September 13 from 2-4 PM for the opening reception of When Form Becomes Feeling by Bobbye Cochran! (Bobbye Cochran)
Featured artwork: Wild Rose Twilight. Oil on canvas, 36β x 36β.
Artist Statement
βMy work explores the evolving relationships between color, gesture, and form. Through painting, printmaking, and collage, I work intuitively, allowing each piece to develop through experimentation, revision, and discovery. I often begin with a simple mark, color, or shape, building, removing, shifting, and reworking until the composition finds its own balance.
Moving between painting and printmaking has become an important part of my practice. The immediacy of painting and the repetition and unpredictability of printmaking continually influence one another, opening possibilities I might not have discovered through either process alone.
Color is central to my workβnot simply as description, but as an active force that creates rhythm, movement, and emotional presence. Gesture brings energy and immediacy, while form provides structure and tension. I want the work to invite looking without prescribing what should be seen, leaving space for viewers to discover their own associations and emotional connections. β - Bobbye Cochran
The Leslie Wolfe Gallery
1763 N. North Park Avenue
Chicago IL 60614
Mon-Fri: 10 AM- 5 PM
Sat: 10 AM - 1 PM
Featured artwork: Crimson Tide. Oil on Canvas, 28β x 24β.
Featured artwork: Too Much is Just Enough. Monotype with silkscreened paper collage on paper, 29β x 22β.
Featured artwork: In The Garden of Patterns. Monoprint on paper, 9β x 9β.