This painting is from the City Portrait series of iconic buildings in New York City.

Tim Saternow’s paintings explore the gritty industrial streets of New York; the old dignified houses of Provincetown; and the empty spaces of the High Desert around Joshua Tree, California.

Tim Saternow, an Emmy nominated art director for TV and films, and a theatre lighting & set designer, is extremely sensitive to the emotive power of light, while playing across the faces of the old houses, warehouses, and train trestles.   I also find energy and timelessness in the rust, stains and patina of these old locations, and the stories they tell.

I paint a moment, with light and shadow, and I make the city quiet.