Collection

The Permanent Collection

Our permanent collection includes more than 5,350 works, capturing over a century of artistic vitality in Provincetown and on the Outer Cape.

This database offers a window into that rich legacy and our ongoing efforts to showcase contemporary artists working here. More than 2,700 pieces in our collection lack digital images. Our efforts to digitize the rest of our collection are ongoing; to contribute to this critical project to digitize the PAAM collection, please contact James Robertson, Chief Development Officer, by email at jrobertson@paam.org or visit: paam.org/donate/

COLLECTION IN THE COMMUNITY

PAAM regularly loans work from its permanent collection to community organizations and businesses, expanding public access to and appreciation of these important works of art. Works from the collection can currently be seen at Seamen’s Bank (Provincetown, Truro, and Wellfleet locations), Seashore Point in Provincetown, La Tanzi, Spaulding & Landreth LLP offices in Provincetown and Orleans, and David Marshall Datz, PC office in Provincetown and Orleans. To discuss arranging an artwork loan for your business or organization, please contact PAAM Registrar Madeleine Larson (mlarson@paam.org).

Dunes/Dissolve I

Art

Watercolor composition of sand dunes and light blue sky

Description

Joel Janowitz is a contemporary artist that has exhibited his work in various public collections across the country. His work aims to tackle the emotive and psychological potentials of pictorial space. He enjoys painting in series, as it offers a chance to explore how color, light, and paint can change how one perceives and experiences a work, despite the subject matter remaining the same. In his Dunes/Dissolve series, Janowitz uses watercolors to slightly change the scattering of vegetation and sand textures while remaining in the same color palette.

Artist Information

Joel Janowitz

Entry/Object ID

3113.Wc22

Artwork Details

Date made: 2004

Medium: Watercolor on paper

Dimensions (h x w): 21-1/4 in x 25-1/4 in

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type: Signature, Date

Location: LL

Type: Signature, Date, Title, Inscription

Location: Reverse

Acquisition

Accession: 3111

Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2022

Exhibitions

Joel Janowitz Recent Gifts to the Permanent Collection (2022)