2009 Goetemann Artist Residency
Karin Rosenthal: Goetemann Distinguished Artist/Teacher
Muse, photograph
Photographer, Karin Rosenthal’s desire to photograph nudes was born of the water, of a passion for being in and meditating upon still waters. Wanting to make statements about human nature as she had before in portraits and street pictures, she sought a way to photograph people in water to create images of a psychological, dreamlike, and emotive nature. When she began the Nudes in Water series, she felt that water, the source of all life, should display an equivalent density to flesh, invoking a cauldron of creation and a visceral visual connection between body and nature. These motivations were to become the foundation for all photographs that followed.
Kathleen Volp: Goetemann Artist Resident, May/June 2009
Kathleen Volp, an exceptionally accomplished mixed media artist and illustrator, is the first artist in residence for the Rocky Neck Art Colony’s 2009 Artist in Residency Program. Meet Ms. Volp at a Gallery Slide Talk on Tuesday, June 2, 7 pm, Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Ave. She will show slides of her past work and talk about the thought processes and techniques that are behind this fine body of work.
Kathleen Volp has an impressive resume of exhibitions, awards and residencies; and strong teaching credentials. Originally from Minneapolis, where she studied with Cork Marcheschi, the kinetic artist and Siah Armajani, the renowned conceptual artist, she then lived for several years in New York City where she received a BA in studio art and the social sciences from SUNY Empire State College. She currently resides Concord, MA.
The series Immobile Nature, constructions of individually tooled aluminum relief pieces assembled and nailed to cradled wood panels, took its inspiration primarily from Dutch still lifes. Her current work is small mixed media psychological still lifes, primarily oil paint and digital transfers on cloth and wood.
Michele E. Carter: Goetemann Artist Resident, July/August 2009
Reefer Fino, 42 x 42, oil on canvas
Michelle Carter, an abstract landscape painter, will be the second artist in residence for the Rocky Neck Art Colony’s 2009 Artist in Residency Program. Michelle will present a Gallery Slide Talk on at 7pm Tuesday, July 21 at the Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Ave. She will show slides of her past work and talk about the thought processes and techniques that are behind her current series of abstract landscapes.
Michelle Carter is a landscape painter who paints from nature and simultaneously explores a less representational vocabulary in large studio compositions. Her most recent paintings reflect her interest in abstract expressionism’s connection to landscape. Michelle holds degrees from Vassar College, Brandeis University, and the Massachusetts College of Art where she recently completed a Masters in Fine Art program.
Melinda Hannigan: Goetemann Artist Resident, September/October 2009
Reefer Fino, 42 x 42, oil on canvas
Melinda Hannigan is a painter from the Pacific Northwest, a region rich in maritime history as well as an active modern shipping center. The inspiration for her paintings comes from the working side of the maritime world, the colors and textures of tankers, containerships and rusty old bulk carriers. Her work focuses on close-ups of the rusted scrapes, drips and smears and characteristic lettering and numbers that give each vessel a distinct personality. Melinda has had several solo exhibitions in the Northwest and has won numerous awards for her work.