Timothy Horn’s presence can be felt in his paintings though he’s not the subject. His impressionistic works have a personal quality to them, and they will be on view at Altamira Fine Art in Reflections, which runs from January 31 through February 12.
“These ‘roadside’ curiosities, locales and automobiles could be anywhere, yet the allure is that of a comfortable, familiar setting to the viewer,” says Altamira’s Stacy Barr. 
French Curve, oil on linen, 36 x 48"
Many of the paintings featured in Reflections are part of Horn’s Shadow Selfie series. He got the idea as he was taking reference photos of cars. “Invariably, I would step one way and there would be my shadow cast on the car,” he explains. “Normally, I would just take a step back, but I started to embrace it.” He began going out early in the day or late in the evening when his body would cast an even longer shadow.
Fordomatic is part of the Shadow Selfie series, and it features a car belonging to Horn’s neighbor that he’d had his eye on for a long time. “I have a little obsession with that teal-turquoise color, and I love to paint anything in color,” he says. 
Fordomatic, oil on canvas, 36 x 36"Additional works in the show feature Horn’s Airstream trailer in the landscapes he encountered when traveling through the United States. In Desert Sunset, the trailer is a small, human-made creation dropped into a vast all-natural landscape.
Horn says there is something remarkable about the light and colors of the desert. “The sun is shining on everything until the second it goes below the horizon, and you get these raking shadows across the landscape and the colors are so unusual. They’re purples and plums and oranges,” he says. “That area is very sandy with no trees, and because the trailer is polished it’s like a bead of mercury in a sandbox.” 
Desert Sunset, oil on canvas, 24 x 30"
The Airstream is featured in other paintings in the show from different points of view. “I’ve been painting Airstreams for about 15 years now, and I don’t want to keep painting them in the same way,” Horn says. Sometimes, he will crop out the context of the setting and focus on the reflective quality of the vehicle. “There are two layers of visuals, and your brain can flip from one to the other. There’s the surface quality of the rivets and the hinges and door handle, but there’s also the image in the reflection.”
A reception for Reflections will be held at the gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona, on February 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. —
Altamira Fine Art
7038 E. Main Street • Scottsdale AZ 85251
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