Carol Taylor-Kearney, Mass Moment of Inertia

As an artist, I am interested in exploring three features while I work. One is the interaction of the imagination with mundane objects. A second is art historical paintings and what and how they extend to present day paintings. The third is the picture plane itself.

I begin with collecting pictures from newspaper clippings or found photographs. The subjects in the pictures are usually children or families, the actions themselves are ordinary. I paint preliminary figures on wallboard. While painting, ideas come to me relating to a narrative and to art historical artworks. I keep notes to assist me in developing my painting on windows.

The painting on windows began as a response to thinking about the picture plane. Windows allow me to literally paint on and behind the picture plane. I can combine the figure in an environment in reverse painting then add more painting and collage elements to complete the story. The window’s sash is a perfect frame and is used to extend the image.

Carol Taylor-Kearney, artist, educator, curator and gallerist, is a life-long resident of Southern New Jersey. She creates in series on unique objects and collects materials for her reverse glass paintings on found windows and doors, for her work on canvas, flags, and blankets, and for her installations. A graduate of Rowan University (BA in Art Education) and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (MFA), she has worked as the Coordinator of Graduate Studies at PAFA, taught Studio Art at Burlington County College and Rowan University, and was the curator at StrataSphere, an exhibition space in Philadelphia. She has served as a Cultural and Heritage Commissioner for Gloucester County, NJ.

Taylor-Kearney has been exhibited nationally and her art is part of both public and private collections including Wells Fargo Bank, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Queensborough College, CUNY, Gloucester County Public Library, and Penn Medicine. Art Fairs she has participated in are the Parallax Art Fair, Clio Art Fair, and Art Fair 14c. Support includes grants from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and Artist Fellowship, Inc., and artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Peters Valley Craft Center, and the Pouch Cove Foundation in Newfoundland. She is represented by Atlantic Gallery, an artist co-op in Chelsea, NYC and Cerulean Arts Collective in Philadelphia. She had written an art blog, www.whatsartblog.com, and presents the #OneMinuteCrit on Instagram and talks with other artists on YouTube. Most recently she has opened an art gallery in Collingswood, NJ called Powell Lane Arts. To find more information visit www.PowellLaneArts.com.