Art & Entertainment
At the Tip of the Brush: Provincetown as the Epicenter of American Art
Understanding the roots of American art requires an exploration of Provincetown’s unique history.
Lasting Impressionism
The oldest art school in the country fosters a traditional approach to painting.
Artist Profile: Molly Avellar
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…
Artist Profile: Bobby Baker
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…
Artist Profile: Liz Carney
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 Profile: Jacqueline Chanda
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…
Artist Profile: Philip Dutra
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…
Artist Profile: Kenneth Evans
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…
Artist Profiles: Pete Hocking
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…
Artist Profile: Thomas Hoffmann
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…
Artist Profile: David Kooharian
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…
Artist Profile: Rob Longley
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,…
Artist Profile: Derek Macara
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,…
Artist Profile: Carol Maguire
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…
Artist Profile: Gwen Marcus
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…
Artist Profile: Joseph McGurl
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…
Artist Profiles: David Mesite
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…
Artist Profile: Richard Pawlak
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…