'Out of Reach' by Amy Cohen – online exhibition

From delicate shells to looming mountains, ‘Out of Reach’ by Amy Cohen is a community exhibition influenced by awe-inspiring, organic structures. Cohen experiments with form, materiality, and texture through ceramic sculpture and collages to emulate natural objects and landscapes.

‘Out of Reach’ explores the wonderment and possibilities of the vast world around us that fuels our imagination yet can sometimes leave us wanting. Recalling childhood experiences of seeing sunlit landscapes that could never be reached, Cohen takes impressions from leaves and other organic materials and moulds them into mountain peaks, cliff faces and rolling valleys. Cohen’s shell-like sculptures emphasise the beauty that comes from looking closely upon the natural world, a persistent reminder of the sublimity of the everyday.

‘Out of Reach’ delivers a body of work forged by a life-long fascination with natural forms that has informed Cohen’s visual practice for over 2 decades.

Many of the artworks in this exhibition are for sale.

Visit our Boroondara Arts shop website to purchase an artwork.

Image credit: Amy Cohen, ‘Forgotten Lands’, 2022, collage, acrylic Gelli printing on mulberry paper, 10 x 30cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Textural art print of leaves in greys and whites

Amy Cohen, ‘Distant memories’, 2023, collage, Gelli print, mulberry paper, acrylics and watercolour, 30.5 x 61cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Art print of a mountainous landscape made up of leaves

Amy Cohen, ‘Dusk and dawn’, 2022, collage, Gelli print, mulberry paper, acrylics and watercolour, 30.5 x 91cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Etching of an icy landscape in blue and white hues

Amy Cohen, ‘Etched in passing memories’, 2023, collage, Gelli print, mulberry paper, acrylics and watercolour, 51 x 101cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Etching of a landscape made from leaves in blues and greys

Amy Cohen, ‘Familiar horizon’, 2022, collage, Gelli print, mulberry paper, acrylics and watercolour, 30.5 x 91cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Etching of a mountain peak made from leaves

Amy Cohen, ‘Fragments’, 2023, collage, Gelli print, mulberry paper, acrylics and watercolour, 30.5 x 61cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Etching of a gold and blue landscape with an expanse of turquoise sky

Amy Cohen, ‘I think I remember’, 2022, collage, Gelli print, mulberry paper, acrylics and watercolour, 30.5 x 91cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Etching of granite mountainous landscape sloping diagonally before a cloudy, turquoise sky

Amy Cohen, ‘I used to be here’, 2022, collage, Gelli print, mulberry paper, acrylics and watercolour, 51 x 101cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Etching of mauve and grey mountains with leaf prints

Amy Cohen, ‘In the distance’, 2022, collage, Gelli print, mulberry paper, acrylics and watercolour, 30.5 x 91cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Artwork of leaves collaged to form a mountain range in blue, white and gold

Amy Cohen, ‘Lands woven together’, 2023, collage, Gelli print, mulberry paper, acrylics and watercolour, 30.5 x 61cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Moody painting of an icy mountain peak against a stormy sky

Amy Cohen, ‘Out of place’, 2023, collage, Gelli print, mulberry paper, acrylics and watercolour, 30.5 x 61cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Collage of leaves make up a grey and mauve landscape against a cloudy sky

Amy Cohen, ‘Scattered thoughts’, 2023, collage, Gelli print, mulberry paper, acrylics and watercolour, 30.5 x 91cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Collage of blue iceberg-like shapes in a textural white and blue background

Amy Cohen, ‘The ocean was white’, 2023, collage, Gelli print, mulberry paper, acrylics and watercolour, 51 x 101cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Artwork of angular mountains against a mottled, textural background

Amy Cohen, ‘Unfamiliar ground’, 2023, collage, Gelli print, mulberry paper, acrylics and watercolour, 30.5 x 61cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Collage of an icy landscape against a snowy sky

Amy Cohen, ‘Remember?’, 2023, collage, Gelli print, mulberry paper, acrylics and watercolour, 30.5 x 61cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Elongated sculpture with pocked and twisted surface

Amy Cohen, ‘Forest of peaks 1’, 2022, hand built earthenware, multiple firings, stains, oxides and glaze, 60 x 15 x 15cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Tall, twisted vertical sculpture with highly textured surface

Amy Cohen, ‘Forest of peaks 2’, 2022, hand built earthenware, multiple firings, stains, oxides and glaze, 67 x 15 x 15cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Vertical, cylindrical sculpture reminiscent of an orchid in orange and white

Amy Cohen, ‘Forest of peaks 3’, 2022, hand built earthenware, multiple firings, stains, oxides and glaze, 62 x 15 x 15cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Vertical sculpture like a petal unfurling in red and orange

Amy Cohen, ‘Forest of peaks 4’, 2022, hand built earthenware, multiple firings, stains, oxides and glaze, 57 x 15 x 15cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Vertical sculpture of a thick, twisted shape like a unicorn horn in white, gold and blue

Amy Cohen, ‘Forest of peaks 5’, 2022, hand built earthenware, multiple firings, stains, oxides and glaze, 82 x 15 x15cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Vertical sculpture of a twisted shape like a unicorn horn in rusty orange and white

Amy Cohen, ‘Forest of peaks 7’, 2022, hand built earthenware, multiple firings, stains, oxides and glaze, 71 x 15 x 15cm, image courtesy of the artist.

Bulbous, sensual sculpture like an unfurling flower in soft orange colours

Amy Cohen, ‘Reaching out’, 2013, hand built earthenware, multiple firings, stains, oxides and glaze, 100 x 15 x 15cm, image courtesy of the artist.