For nearly five decades, painting has been as natural to Lillia Frantin as breathing. Long before she became a professionally exhibited artist, earned a Master of Fine Arts degree, or…

Ann Hart has spent a lifetime observing the natural world, but not simply as a spectator. In her paintings, rabbits become personalities, frogs seem poised for conversation, and birds appear…

For more than two decades, photographer David Hills has documented a world that most Cape Cod residents glimpse only from a distance—the working lives of commercial fishermen. His images are…

From the time she was five years old, Sharon Lieberwirth knew she wanted to make art. She was the child who was always drawing, always creating. Today, her vibrant acrylic…

For Tracey J. Maroni, the Cape Cod family vacations of her childhood weren’t so much a luxurious seaside escape as they were a time to connect with the natural world.…

There is a certain kind of artist who arrives at Provincetown and immediately recognizes it as a place not just to work, but to become. For Simie Maryles, that recognition…

As a child, Michael R. Mills dabbled in art classes and slow weekends spent copying illustrations out of magazines. “Sidewalk chalk was one of my great mediums,” he jokes. But…

Artists have made dramatic use of contrast for centuries, well before the Italians coined the term chiaroscuro to describe the technique. The term combines chiaro—meaning “light” or “clear”—with scuro, or…

In Provincetown, where artistic legacy is as much a part of the landscape as dunes and shifting light, certain figures come to embody that history in a living, breathing way.…

For Nancy Nicol, the act of creating is not confined to a single medium or moment. It is, instead, a way of moving through the world—one that began in childhood…

As you move through your day—hurrying from work to the grocery store or out to meet friends—it’s easy to miss the quiet, fleeting moments of beauty around you. The way…

As a child growing up in Flint, Michigan, David Phillips always looked forward to the annual visit of the oil distributor truck. As it rumbled past, his dusty gravel road…

Artist Susan Randall approaches her craft with a deep sense of fluidity—after all, she most often works in forgiving mediums like clay and oil. Yet beneath that ease lies remarkable…

Upon viewing Amy Belle Rice’s work, one notices an ease that feels both intentional and innate—a quiet clarity that mirrors not only her artistic style, but the life she has…

For many Cape Cod art lovers, Terry Rockwood’s paintings are immediately recognizable. Expansive marshes washed in soft sage greens, sailboats drifting across misty harbors, and quiet coastal landscapes painted with…

Across a yellow-green marsh at the edge of the wood, a white birdhouse stands alone, reflecting shafts of sunlight. The dark shadow from a heavy cloud blots the foreground, in…

For Elaine Tata, painting has always been rooted in observation—but over time, what she sees has become less about precise representation and more about feeling, memory, and response. Her artistic…

Except to check for rain or to admire an interesting cloud, most people likely don’t spend much time gazing at the sky. For painter Tom Upson, however, the sky is…