American Art Collector – August 2019

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ARTIST FOCUS

ARTIST FOCUS

Tim Saternow

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atercolor painter Tim Saternow
explores the old buildings
and houses of New York’s Greenwich
Village and the streets of Provincetown,
Massachusetts, as he pays tribute to the
silent histories of these homes and of the
lives and loves that have lived within. As he
explains, these houses have stories to tell.
Saternow wants to capture the beauty
of the old before it is all “improved”
out of existence, and knowing that they
could disappear at any moment. Trained
as a set designer in theater and fi lm,
he has used his design sensibilities to
make environments to tell stories of
the characters. Not only is it important
to “set the scene,” but his designs help

to tell about the emotional lives of the

individuals themselves.

Saternow paints large architectural

landscape watercolors with a thick use

of watercolor paint, playing with the

tension between the illusions of depth,

carefully drawn linear perspective, and

an obvious play on the surface of the

paper through watermarks, paint runs,

blooms and spatters.

The artist is particularly sensitive to

the emotive power of light, especially

the distinct light of fall and winter

creating deep shadows while playing

across the faces of the old brick town-

houses in New York and the clapboard

of Cape Cod. Says Saternow, “I paint a

moment with light and shadow, and a

calmness begins.”

Through December 31, his work

will be on view in the exhibit House

Portrait/City Portrait at Kobalt Gallery in

Provincetown.

Want to See More?

[email protected]

http://www.timsaternow.com

Represented by Kobalt Gallery

366 Commercial Street

Provincetown, MA 02657

(508) 487-1132 | http://www.kobaltgallery.com

@timsaternowpainting

101 Commercial St (A Home at Last), watercolor, 33 x 22½" Obadiah Snow & Sons Fancy Goods, watercolor, 11 x 15"

Hold Out, 111 W. 13th St., watercolor, 33 x 22½"