Currently Showing
Tim Saternow
Quiet City
November 3 – 28, 2026
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, November 5, 5-8 pm
Quiet City is Tim Saternow’s first solo exhibition of watercolor paintings at the Prince Street Gallery.
Tim Saternow paints New York City. For years he has risen early on Sunday mornings to walk the empty streets of Lower Manhattan, finding the ordinary and overlooked. A longtime scenic designer for theater and film, he frames his settings before the characters arrive.
His urban landscapes begin with precise draftsmanship sharpened by years of designing sets. He then attacks that precision with drips and thrown paint, detonating blooms of color across unusually large watercolor paintings.
Saternow’s mastery lies in the way shadow interrupts light, revealing the textures of brick, glass, and concrete – the worn facades of old buildings and their puddled, neglected side streets. These are streets we pass without a word. Saternow makes the city quiet.
Saternow has exhibited widely in the United States, with solo exhibitions at the George Billis Gallery, New York City; the Christopher Hill Gallery, Saint Helena, California; and the William Scott Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts. His work has also been shown at the Salmagundi Club, the Art Students League, and the National Arts Club in New York City, and the Brattleboro Museum, Vermont. His honors include a Clark Hulings Foundation Fellowship, awards from the American Watercolor Society and the Allied Artists of America, and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Art Direction. Saternow studied set and lighting design at the Yale School of Drama.
Upcoming Exhibition
Tim Saternow
Quiet City
November 3 – 28, 2026
OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, November 5, 5-8 pm
Tim Saternow paints large watercolor paintings of New York City with shadow and light revealing the worn textures of brick and glass and their forgotten side streets. We pass these streets without a word. Saternow makes the city quiet.
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Prince Street Gallery is currently accepting applications for new members. We are a contemporary co-operative art space located in the Chelsea Gallery District of NYC. Prince Street Gallery is governed and run entirely by its members. Each artist member can expect a solo exhibition approximately once every three years, along with additional group exhibition opportunities. The gallery takes no commission on sales—all proceeds go directly to the artist. Membership also offers the chance to join a dedicated community of artists that extends beyond PSG itself.
Our gallery shares a floor with several distinguished cooperative galleries, including The Painting Center, First Street Gallery, and Bowery Gallery. Openings are often coordinated with our neighbors, creating opportunities to connect with a wide network of contemporary NYC-based artists and art professionals.
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