People & Businesses
Artist Profile: Kenneth Vincent
Landscape artists living and working on Martha’s Vineyard are often thought to be born with a quiet reverence for a dramatic tree line, with paintbrush in hand. Not so for…
Artist Profile: Lois Castellana
From the first day she took a class in pastel painting at the library, Lois Castellana was hooked. She was so moved by the intensity of the colors that she…
Artist Profile: Maralyn Menghini
The pride a parent possesses for a child is not a rare thing, but the reverse, the pride a child has as it relates to their parents and the gifts…
Artist Profile: Matthew Bielen
“Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure… Consider all…
Artist Profile: Maurine Sutter
Maurine Sutter first traversed the Province Lands dunes in 1998, embarking from the tiny lot opposite Snail Road, trudging up and clearing that first big dune, lugging her cameras along…
Artist Profile: Michael Shaw
As far back as he can remember, Michael Shaw loved looking at realistic landscape paintings, so engrossed by their beauty. “Exactly when and how I went from strictly being an…
Artist Profile: Michele Usibelli
Twenty years ago, Michele Usibelli’s husband gave her the best Christmas present. It was a gift certificate for an oil painting class just down the street from where they lived…
Artist Profile: Russell Gordon
There are some pieces art of that are immediately evocative of a bygone era—in other words, timeless. It’s more than just subject matter. It’s the light, it’s the color palette,…
Artist Profile: Ryan Young
Ryan Young loved to draw and paint, even before grade school. Fortunately, his talent was nurtured at Falmouth High School by teachers who took him under their wings and expanded…
Artist Profile: Stephen Knight
Stephen Knight’s travels have taken his talents all over the world. He’s painted in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and France. But he settled down on the Cape, where his…
Emerging Artists: Masters in the Making
Four local artists creatively celebrate the Cape and its artistic future From sand dunes to marshes, bustling beaches to still winter mornings, storm-riled seas to quiet wooded paths, the Cape…
Emerging Artist: Daniel Michael Dobbins
“I’ve always been very mathematical, and that comes into play in my art,” says Daniel Michael Dobbins, whose preferred medium is watercolor. “A lot of people see watercolor as a…
Emerging Artist: Margot Keil
“I feel a lot of romanticism toward the land,” says painter Margot Keil, “and that comes in many different factions—I feel sorrow but also comfort. It’s like poetry. It’s profound…
Emerging Artist: Nick Heaney
For Nick Heaney, verbal communication doesn’t come naturally. With dyslexia, words don’t always come so easily. For the stumbling block that it is, dyslexia has actually been a building block…
Emerging Artist: Ted Skirvan
As a guidance counselor at Barnstable High School, Ted Skirvan is visiting art classrooms almost every day. “Watching students be creative,” he says, “it’s neat to see it through their…
Harvest Gallery Wine Bar
Harvest Gallery Wine Bar in Dennis is an oasis for the creative spirit, bringing together food, drink, art and entertainment in a way that is both mindful and astoundingly original:…
Cape Cod Camera Clubs
Cape camera clubs share insights into their photographic pursuits There’s one undeniable truth about photographers: They are all geeks, every last one of them, and they will continue to geek…
Cape Art Classes
these local arts centers are sure to bring out the inner artist in you At the heart of the reason people love the Cape and Islands are the splendid vistas…
