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There’s no question that Cape Cod has a vibrant community of artists, but few can say that their journey as an artist was shaped by following in the footsteps of…

e.e. cummings once wrote, “For whatever we lose (like a you or a me) it’s always ourselves we find in the sea.” This one simple poetic line resonates deeply with…

For local gallery owner and artist, Liz Carney, retreating to the scenic shores of Provincetown during the hazy summer months was home. Growing up in Boston, as the youngest of…

Artist Jacqueline Chanda’s journey into painting began not with a brush but with a pencil. At a young age she found herself gravitating toward drawing—an inclination of which her parents…

Growing up on the shores of Cape Cod, Philip Dutra channels a lifetime of coastal experiences into his artwork, capturing the eloquent simplicity of our surrounding waters. Before fully embracing…

Ken Evans was a young boy in the early 1950s when he received a John Gnagy charcoal drawing set as a gift. From his Connecticut home in Stamford, with fog…

For lifelong artist Pete Hocking, memory is instrumental to his work, both in the way it is created and the way it is beheld and experienced. Hocking has spent most…

It’s not unusual for an artist to carefully navigate the delicate balance between the pull of creative inspiration and the demands of day to day life; sometimes having to set…

What’s the best thing about living as an artist on Cape Cod? According to David Kooharian, “Anywhere you have different environments meeting is fascinating. And I love the fact that…

The word Impressionism conjures certain ideas about art–heavy brushstrokes, an emphasis on nature, and a European ideal. In Rob Longley’s Impressionistic landscapes, the Cape becomes a vision in these techniques,…

So many great artists achieve appreciation and recognition after they have left this earth. Van Gogh, Cezanne, Monet; the list is long and impressive. For third-generation Provincetown native Derek Macara,…

For some artists, challenge is found most in the daunting stare of a blank canvas or in the struggle to find inspiration—like writer’s block with a paintbrush. But for almost…

For more than a century, the Cape has had a history of being a significant crossroad for artists of distinction. The fact that Gwen Marcus, a gifted and talented sculptor…

For artist Joseph McGurl, one of the country’s premier landscape painters, each brushstroke is like a love letter to the planet he holds so dear. Whether he is painting a…

On Cape Cod, the landscape is teeming with breathtaking beauty—winding roads, ever-changing shorelines, and scenes that evoke stories of summer picnics, peaceful sunset strolls along the beach, and leisurely walks…

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but what about a painting? Look at Richard Pawlak’s abstract expressionist paintings, and years of life lessons and stories emerge from…

In Kate Pelletier’s Nantucket studio, art begins not with a sketch or a plan but with a feeling. Her process, much like the island itself, is organic and atmospheric—guided more…

There is a picturesque quality to John Ricciardi’s paintings that invites the viewer to step into them, to spend time on his colorful beaches, his quaint streets, and his sweeping…

For Janine Robertson, the path from trompe l’oeil muralist to contemporary landscape painter was both a natural evolution and a conscious departure. A classically trained artist who began her career…

The journey along life’s unexpected twists and turns has brought Andi Sawyer to a place where she’s still happily mystified to have arrived. Even though her childhood in Maine was…

“Cape Cod is a mirror,” says gifted watercolor and oil painting artist Lee Surette, reflecting the stunning beauty of natural light echoing off the ocean. There are few places, says…

Like an absentminded connection between your brain and your creative side, the act of doodling is effortless and playful. It sparks ideas, helps us with concentration, provides stress relief and…