Art & Entertainment
Artist Profile: Cynthia Packard
On her easel, Cynthia Packard turns a huge wooden panel on its side, then upside down. She might just flip it again, gaining a different perspective with each turn as…
Artist Profile: Justin Wood
It’s turning out to be a year of “firsts” for New York City-based artist Justin Wood. “I am excited about my first solo show, at Collins Galleries in Orleans,” he…
Welcome to Commercial Street in Provincetown
For two days last summer, photographer Charles Sternaimolo and I explored the creative, colorful, and quirky community that is Commercial Street in Provincetown. We walked the length of the street,…
Artist Profile: John Whitmarsh
“About four years ago, I realized I was bored with photographing literal depictions of reality and came close to hanging up my cameras,” John Whitmarsh says. “I was standing in…
Artist Profile: Edward Walsh
Like waves relentlessly wearing away the sand, Edward Walsh’s journey to becoming a painter was slow and steady. He first visited Provincetown as a child in 1954, when he and…
Artist Profile: Colleen Vandeventer
As an 11-year-old, Colleen Vandeventer often posed as a model for her artist grandmother’s painting class students. “I had the most difficult time trying to sit motionless for 30 minutes!”…
Artist Profile: Steve Lyons
Steve Lyons has earned international acclaim for a style the critics call “sculptural painting,” in which the paint, slathered on thickly, becomes as significant as the subject of the painting.…
Artist Profile: Scott Terry
Scott Terry has always had art in his blood, but it took a quiet revelation on the other side of the world to make him fully realize what his life’s…
Artist Profile: Tjasa Owen
The experience of viewing Tjasa Owen’s seascapes falls somewhere between paging through an old photo album and drifting off into a sunny summer daydream. As memories and dreams so often…
Artist Profile: Jane Marie Manco
While Jane Marie Manco’s oil paintings span a variety of genres, from seascapes to portraits, it is her still lifes inspired by the Cape’s marine bounty that bring her the…
Artist Profile: Sarah Holl
Growing up in an artistic family, Sarah Holl always intrinsically understood that she would be an artist. “In fact, one of my earliest memories is of throwing myself on the…
Artist Profile: Salvatore & Romolo Del Deo
In the East End of Provincetown, there is a dirt road that begins with a smattering of mismatched mailboxes stabbing the ground at all angles and looking as if they…
Artist Profile: Melanie Chartier
“I am always looking for objects to be my muse,” says Melanie Chartier. “Now that I live on Cape Cod, I use local objects found in the natural surroundings, which…
Artist Profile: Melissa Averinos
Self-taught in a variety of media, Melissa Averinos defies the confines of any one artistic category. “I am fluid in my artwork,” says the fabric designer, digital artist, quilter, author,…
Artist Profile: Forrest Pirovano
Forrest Pirovano was first introduced to the architecture and landscape of Cape Cod while he was serving in the Navy. What really drew him in, aside from falling in love…
The grateful eight!
These emerging local artists are young, inspired, and appreciative of those from whom they have learned When someone has it—whatever rare talent or gift “it” may serve to represent—it is undeniable.…
A few pointers from the pros
Four local companies have a lot of experience with weathervanes A weathervane can say a great deal about its owners. From displaying one’s love of the sea with a sailboat,…
Creature Comforts
Geoff Semonian has carved a career out of whales, eagles, and other wooden creations There is a saying that the most important ingredient in any great recipe, product or other creation…
