Elizabeth Satin: Chapter 2

Exhibition Dates: March 4 - March 8, 2025
Opening reception: Thursday, March 6 @ 6PM

39 White Street, Tribeca

Up until just five years ago I spent my entire life in New York City. I raised my kids there and enjoyed a successful career, first as an investment banker, and later as head of Mergers & Acquisitions for a large global information services provider. It was a fast paced and frenetic existence, with little time to sit back and reflect.  Covid hit and I moved up to Western Massachusetts with the man who would later become my husband. This transformational change affected more than just geography; it made it possible for me to spend my time making art, and in fact has become the subject of the work itself.

In this Chapter 2 of my life, this transformational change has manifested in several ways: first and foremost it’s simply the way the pace of my life and thinking has slowed down. There’s room now, to consider a shape, a shade or a material in a crucial way that was simply not available to me before. This “slowing down” has given this work its signature; a deliberate pace, a careful contrast and comparison of colors and materials that invites not just perception but critical awareness.

Using watercolors, I am exploring the interplay of simple geometric shapes as well as shapes found in nature, and a limited color palette, I have created a reductive language that I use to explore different feelings. In many of these works I am exploring the confluence of balance and calm (“peace” so to speak) combined with energy and movement. Certain shapes inspire the mind to see an abstract human form, which, for me,  is the focal point, of some of these works The instances of a brighter color creates energy in its juxtaposition with more calming blues and grays. I am also interested in the creation of a sense of balance through the structure and placement of the shapes. In this sense some of these works are more successful than others, but I am enjoying the experimentation process.

Dimensions indicate size of artwork.
Each work is framed in natural or white painted wood.

For Price List, please contact:
Quang Bao I quang@1969gallery.com

Elizabeth Satin | Peacock, 2024 | collage | 22h x 30w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Partner 1 and Partner 2 2024 | watercolor on paper
each piece 41h x 30w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Love, 2024 | watercolor on paper | 41h x 30w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Through the window, 2024 | watercolor on paper | 30h x 22w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Scramble, 2024 | collage | 30h x 41w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Carnivale, 2024 | collage | 14h x 20w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Disco, 2024 | watercolor on paper | 16h x 20w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Off Ramp, 2024 | watercolor on paper | 20h x 16w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Playpen, 2024 | collage | 10h x 14w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Greenfield, 2024 | collage | 16h x 22w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Podcast, 2024 | collage | 22h x 30w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Scooter, 2024 | watercolor on paper | 41h x 30w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Tango, 2024 | watercolor on paper | 41h x 30w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Big Mouth, 2024 | watercolor on paper | 30h x 22w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Spring, 2024 | watercolor on paper | 30h x 22w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Holiday, 2024 | collage | 22h x 30w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Work Life Balance, 2024 | collage | 14h x 20w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Sam, 2024 | watercolor on paper | 20h x 16w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Otus, 2024 | watercolor on paper | 16h x 20w inches

Elizabeth Satin | Orange, 2024 | collage | 16h x 20w inches