Art & Entertainment
Artist Profile: Kate Pelletier
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…
Artist Profile: John Ricciardi
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…
Artist Profile: Janine Robertson
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…
Artist Profile: Andrea M. Sawyer
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…
Artist Profile: Lee Surette
“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…
Artist Profile: Richard Vecchione
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…
Artist Watch: Sarula Bao
In 1999, Tao Water Art Gallery opened its doors bringing Asian contemporary art to West Barnstable. Inside the doors of that gallery was five-year-old Sarula Bao, the daughter of owners…
Artist Watch: Dianna Braginton-Smith
Being a born and raised Cape Codder shapes your identity, saltwater runs through your veins, and the sounds of the ocean’s waves crashing on the shore echo in your subconscious…
Artist Watch: Matthew Jay Russell
There’s something unmistakable about a Matthew Jay Russell painting. At first glance, the viewer is struck by its compositional restraint: no clutter, no noise—just a boat, a horizon, a quiet…
Whale Tail Weaving: Threads of Tradition and the Joy of the Unexpected
Bridget Wiatrowski, the artisan behind Whale Tail Weaving, isn’t just preserving the storied tradition of Nantucket basketry—she’s reshaping it with charm, elegance, and a spark of modern whimsy. This story…
Dream Weaver
Michelle Romano has big plans for a production she’s created, set against the charming backdrop of Chatham.
An Artist’s Assistant
With her trusty Golden Retriever by her side, there is nothing artist Meredith Hanson cannot create.