carole Conatser
photographer and ceramic artist
Bachelor of Science in Art Education
Bachelor of of Fine Art, University of of Cincinnati, ‘69
Art teacher, Established art program and taught middle and high school, N Dearborn, Indiana, substitute art teacher, Amherst, Massachusetts, Milford, Ohio, private art lessons, Boardman, Ohio
Jewelry designer, silver Studied Syracuse University, Youngstown State University Advanced Ceramics, both Raku technique Ceramics Workshop with Paul Soldner and Peter Voulkos, Low Temp, Salt-fumed Ceramics, Anderson Ranch, Colorado, Over the years have shown and still show in juried exhibitions, Midyear National, Area Artists, Butler Museum of American Art, Celebration of Art YWCA Womens Exhibition and NCECA Conference, Columbus, Ohio, One Woman Art Exhibits, Geller Gallery, MillCreek Fellows Garden, Youngstown, Ohio, Old North Church, Canfield, Ohio One of 3 women exhibition, Youngstown State University, Arches/ Angles/Sound exhibition, Trumbull Art Gallery
Black and White is my focus in my photography . For me, it captures the essence of the subject, usually winter landscapes, which are usually colorless anyway. If any color is present, however, it is a distraction. Beyond that aspect, black and white, I feel, is a more elegant, minimal, moody and intimate look that allows and pulls the viewer in to enjoy visual textures, strong contracts of dark, light and various tonalities.
As one can see in my 3 examples of my work, I feature winter at the wetlands, Lake Newport, and other areas of our amazingly beautiful treasure, Mill Creek Metro Park. The photos I choose to take are not the usual type, but a different point of view, my point of view. An Art professor of mine once said “ Do Art that’s close to you.” And, now, that is what I do!
