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Art is all about making connections; the artist to their subject, the viewer to the artist’s work. I was thinking about this as we worked on this issue profiling dozens of painters, sculptors, and photographers—all with Cape and Islands ties that have defined their talent somehow.
For some—like Sarah Hinckley, an abstract painter with 13th-generation Cape Cod roots who lives and works in New York—memories of childhood Cape summers are an inspirational oasis that she revisits during long hours in her Manhattan studio. “It’s kind of like Chapin Beach—the tide goes out, but it comes back in and covers everything and it’s beautiful. You can see that in my paintings,” she says.
For others, like Yingzhao Liu and Duoling Huang—both Chinese artists who emigrated to the U.S. in search of freedom—Cape Cod is an artistic refuge. After driving 20 hours from Los Angeles, Liu was so inspired by the Cape’s beauty that in 2012 he opened a gallery in Brewster, which showcases this international artist’s fi ne paintings as well as the work of other Chinese artists.
These connections even run through the sta of Cape Cod Life Publications to some of the artists we share with you here. Jennifer Dow, the gifted art director of Cape Cod ART, was a student in our featured artist, and Barnstable High School Art Director, Carl Lopes’s classes. It was quite an experience for Jen to be using her artistic talents to design her admired former teacher’s pages.
As Cape Cod ART’s editor, this annual issue is one of 14 issues released by Cape Cod Life Publications, including Cape Cod LIFE and Cape Cod HOME, that I have the pleasure of working on every year. As a writer and a lover of art, the stories—and the connections to the people in this issue—stay with me long after the magazine is printed and in the hands of readers around the country.
In the end, Cape Cod ART is all about this special place that we are lucky enough to live or work in. Whether it’s the light, the beaches, the ocean, or a safe harbor from the rest of the world, Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket seem to provide us all with a limitless canvas for making life better—and ever more beautiful.
Best,
Susan Dewey, Associate Publisher & Editor
sdewey@capecodlife.com
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Cottage HOME
There’s something about living in a cottage. Maybe it’s because small, cozy spaces give such a feeling of comfort and safety. Read more…
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Our Cape Journeys
Cape Cod and the Islands are the kinds of places where chance encounters—someone you meet on a beach, a person who smiles at you in a restaurant, a trip to Provincetown, a ferry boat ride to the Islands—can end up determining the path of your life forever. Read more…
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You live on the Cape… year ’round?
This is a sign that hangs on my office wall, given to me by a good friend who has a wonderful sense of humor and, as a native Cape Codder, has heard this question from far too many people in her life. Read more…
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Spring Alive
Winter seemed especially challenging this year, with numerous nasty storms battering our shores, reminding us all that Mother Nature can be brutal on Cape Cod and the Islands. As I write this, we are recovering from February’s “Winter-cane” Nemo, which lashed the Cape from stem to stern, leaving thousands without power for days on end underneath more than a foot of heavy snow. At our house in Centerville, we huddled around a wood stove for three days, grateful for some heat, but marveling at what the challenges of daily life on the Cape must have been before electricity and central heating. Read more…
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HOME Inspiration
We remodeled our kitchen a few months ago. Our kitchen project wasn’t a complete overhaul by any means—we wanted to keep a lot of the original cabinetry and the somewhat haphazard architectural details of the kitchen, which was built sometime before 1920. Read more…
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It is the first day of October as I write this—a glorious Cape Cod day with a bluebird sky lit by autumnal light with a strong southwest wind tossing the treetops around like ocean-bound clipper ship sails. Summer has finally left us, although there are still days when you can sit in sunny spots and pretend that it is August; believe you can still wear shorts and flip-flops; and if you are hungry, imagine hitting The Barnacle on Craigville Beach for some hot fried clams. Read more…
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Harvest Home
As I write this in early August, my vegetable garden is about to burst with tomatoes, squash, and basil. I have so many cucumbers that I plan to make jars of sweet pickles to give to out-of-town guests when they arrive on the Cape for our son’s September wedding. I will also be harvesting some sunflowers for the wedding—one variety that we planted is so tall it towers over my head. It has been an amazing summer for gardening—day after day of warm sunshine, followed by brief cooling showers. It is a perfect recipe for garden plentitude. Read more…
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Dine With Us!
One of the best things about being on the Cape and Islands is the huge buffet of dining choices that extend from the canal all the way to the tip of Provincetown. Everyone seems to have their favorite choices, although year after year thousands of Cape Cod Life readers do seem to agree on such winners as Best Fried Clams, Best Pizza, or Best Romantic Restaurant in our annual Readers Poll. Read more…
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I am not kidding when I tell people that I have the best job on Cape Cod. There are many times—especially during the summer months—when I think how lucky I am to get paid to do things like cruise around Nantucket’s waters on a big ship, watching stately yachts compete in the Opera House Cup. That is what I was doing in the photo on the right while watching the races aboard the beautifully restored Nantucket Lightship last summer. Read more…
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