STEVE  KATZ

Steve Katz was born in Mount Vernon, New York and graduated from The State University at New Paltz with a degree in Art Education.  He taught art at Arlington High School in Poughkeepsie, NY and at the Browning School in New York City.

He has had one-man shows of his work at the Robert Samuel Gallery in Manhattan, and in Provincetown, MA at the Ellen Harris Gallery.  His work is currently represented by On The Main Gallery in Ogunquit, Maine, The Dunedin Fine Art Center Gallery in Dunedin, Florida, and at Norma Glamp Gallery and The Memories Gallery in Provincetown. Steve Katz is also a frequent exhibitor at The Provincetown Art Association.  Seventy-two of his hand-colored images are sold nationally as greeting cards by Artists To Watch of St. Paul, MN.

Five years ago, Mr. Katz participated in a one-day workshop on Polaroid Transfer.  He immediately realized the Polaroid Transfer technique was the medium that would allow him to combine his photographic talent with his unique sense of hand-coloring.  The resulting image appears to be a cross between a photograph and a painting; dreamy, with an old-world quality.  He is currently a faculty member at the Dunedin Fine Art Center where he teaches workshops on Polaroid Transfer.

Photographing his subjects using slide film, he then projects the slide and photographs it using Polaroid film.  The negative from the Polaroid print is then burnished into watercolor paper, creating a print. Mr. Katz then hand-colors these prints with many layers of colored pencil to bring out the feeling of light, which is so indicative of his work.

Steve Katz lives in Provincetown, MA and New Port Richey, FL.  His work can be viewed on his website: www.stevekatzgallery.com.