Artist Marty Cohol

I graduated Girard High School and
enrolled at Cooper School of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, graduating with a Degree in Commercial Art and a minor in Watercolor Painting.

I am a lifelong resident of Youngstown/Warren, Ohio Area

Work Experience:

Gasser Chair Company ,Liberty, Ohio

Nashbar, Osborne & Associates, Canfield, Ohio ---Layout Artist/Architectural Renderer

Ted Berndt Advertising Agency, Warren, Ohio---Staff Artist/Art Director

Olfield Graphics,  Austintown, Ohio ---Art Director/Creative Manager

Related Experience:

Taught Watercolor and Drawing Classes at Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, Ohio

Taught Advertising Design and Printing Production Classes at Youngstown State University

Taught Watercolor and  Beginning and Advanced Drawing Classes at Mahoning County Career and Technical Center, Adult Education, Canfield, Ohio

Artist Statement

Over the years I've had paintings in many local, regional and national shows...including Am. Artist, National Watercolors, the Butler Museum, the Hoyt in New Castle, John Young Show, invitationals at Youngstown State and many state and national watercolor only shows & watercolor organizations. I'm a member of the Ohio Watercolor Society, Midwest WCS...and formerly belong to the Pittsburgh, Kentucky and Georgia WC Societies.

I have a very straight-forward approach to art, specifically visual art. I believe that a painting, sculpture, etc. should be self-explanatory, it should be able to convey whatever message, image, mood or feeling you are trying to express. If the viewing public does not understand it, and/or you have to constantly explain it to everyone, most often it is not the lack of appreciation on the part of the public that is at fault, it is the artist that has failed.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my website and read a little about me.

Marty Cohol