Paesaggio, by Susan Greenstein and Phil DeSantis

As a fitting tribute to the end of summer, 440 Gallery hosts Paesaggio, a series of lush landscape paintings by two artists. In this show, her second at 440 Gallery, Susan Greenstein
teams up with her husband Phil DeSantis to highlight the relationship
between each others works. Greenstein and DeSantis have been painting
side by side for over 25 years. Most recently, they clambered out onto
the roof of a 15th century building in Siena, Italy; captured the
Dutch-style architecture in gritty Red Hook, Brooklyn; and painted en
plein-air at a pastoral New Hampshire dairy farm. Their styles are
similar in spirit, but distinctly different in application and palette. Paesaggio celebrates their journey together as landscape painters.

 Each artist draws their
inspiration from a moment in time at a certain place. Greenstein finds
intriguing subjects in her local community gardens and neighborhoods, as
well as at destinations shared with DeSantis. She explores the
landscape using a rich tapestry of color and texture created with oil
pastels on a dark ground. At other times, she uses mark-making with
watercolor to capture the essence of a scene. Greenstein's sketchbooks
of painted studies and line drawings, which are also on view, provide a
window into her process. She frequently uses these sketches to develop
larger works.

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