Roisin Bateman began her life and her art in the west of Ireland. After receiving her BFA from Belfast College of Art in Northern Ireland, she moved to the USA. For the past thirty years she has lived in Sag Harbor on the South Fork of Long Island. Bateman is not a “landscape artist” in the traditional sense. But her observation of nature’s laws of metamorphosis informs her work.
In her work, she explores the metamorphic effects of weather upon the landscape. It is an exploration of how color changes – how it manifests and dissipates as elements meet and cross. In the large paintings, she uses layers of thinned oil paint to create veils of atmosphere. In recent works on paper, she uses wax and layers of fine pigment to play with the presence and absence of color. Oil, wax and colored dust seem like the perfect media to explore such an ephemeral subject.
Bateman’s paintings, prints, and outdoor site specific works have been shown throughout the US and Ireland, including, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Harbor, WACH Gallery, Bridgehampton, Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY; Leiber Museum, East Hampton, NY, and the Linenhall Gallery in Castlebar, Ireland.
She has been leading art workshops for adults for the past 15 years, including at Madoo Conservancy, The Art Barge, The Church, Sag Harbor, Guild Hall Museum, and JJML Library in Sag Harbor. Residencies include The Vermont Studio Center, The Andy Warhol Foundation, Montauk, NY, and The Church in Sag Harbor, NY.
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Photo: Laurie Lambrecht