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Painted Travels by Susan Greenstein opens April 20 @ 440 Gallery

Painted Travels by Susan Greenstein April 20 – May 21, 2017 Opening reception: Saturday, April 22, 5-8pm

Brooklyn, NY – 440 Gallery is pleased to present “Painted Travels,” an exhibition of new plein air watercolor paintings by Susan Greenstein.

This collection of work comes from Greenstein’s recent travels to Maine down to North Carolina, and is her fourth solo show at the gallery. Greenstein’s scenes rarely center on iconic landmarks found in guidebooks, but are determined by a more personal view. With Greenstein’s approach, the angle of a roofline is seen from the perspective of the street, while architectural details are upstaged by a flowering garden in the foreground.

Greenstein has said that the experience of working on-site and in the moment is essential to her process. “Everything that happens around me becomes part of the work—honking cars, the feeling of the sun and wind, bits and pieces of conversation. All of these external elements differ from place to place yet find a way of weaving themselves into the painting.”

The watercolors of “Painted Travels” marks Greenstein’s return to a familiar genre: the immediacy of on-site renderings as a visual diary of a location. Greenstein’s range of work also includes pastels, sketchbooks constructed as art objects, printmaking and ceramics.

Brooklyn-based Susan Greenstein is a graduate of Pratt Institute and Queens College. She has exhibited extensively in Brooklyn, NY as well as New Hampshire and the Delaware Fine Arts Museum.

“Painted Travels” will run from April 20 through May 21, 2017. The opening reception is Saturday, April 22, 5-8pm and an artist talk will be held on Sunday, April 30 at 4:40pm.

440 Gallery is located at 440 Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn, between 9th and 10th Streets, and is convenient to the F, G, and R subways. The gallery is open on Thursday and Friday, 4pm – 7pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 11am – 7pm, or by appointment.

Contact:
Amy Williams
[email protected]
718.499.3844

Susan Greenstein