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• General Ticket: $10

• Members: Free, RSVP Required

Explore nature’s ephemeral metamorphosis with Roisin Bateman, an established artist born and trained in Ireland and Sag Harbor resident for forty years.  Though not a traditional landscape painter, her work is known for its exquisite use of color to evoke nature’s continual change. Using her work Rising Air as the focus of exploration, Bateman will discuss her approach to making art and insights along the way. Following the presentation there will be a delightful Q&A with the audience.

In her pastel drawing, as in her use of thin layers of oil paint, beeswax in other works, Bateman illuminates the way colors appear and disappear in the crossing of air, water, warmth, light. Join us as we reflect on nature around and within us through an artist who sees more than what meets the eye.

Stop in ahead of the program, between November 20 – December 13, during our exhibition hours 11 AM – 5 PM, Thursday through Monday, to see Bateman’s work Rising Air in person.

• ABOUT ROISIN

  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 in 1986, she moved to the USA. Since then, 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 pastel 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.