Artist profile: Jim Freeheart
Jim Freeheart starts each of his paintings with a big heart and a smile—both literally and figuratively. He paints this as his signature before coating the canvas in color. “The message that’s under all my paintings is to live by your heart and have a…
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Paint and play
These artists, and their muses, are not your average art group This wasn’t a typical gig for Jerry Portnoy. The blues great, an East Dennis resident who’s played harmonica for Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton and Cyndi Lauper, appreciated the intimacy of the venue: the studio…
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Art on the Plate: C Salt Wine Bar & Grille
“The plating of the food is very important. People eat with their eyes first. You want to make sure that the plate is presentable, tight, clean and fun.”– Chef & owner: Jonathan Philips Chef & owner: Jonathan Philips Jonathan Philips, chef and owner of C…
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Art on the Plate: Ocean Terrace at Ocean Edge Resort
“If something you put down in front of people is exceptionally beautiful, they are going to be awestruck and want to enjoy it that much more. That first impression is key.”– Chef: Philip Flath Chef: Philip Flath With views spanning over Cape Cod Bay, Ocean…
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Art on the Plate: Strangers & Saints
“Although it’s a tavern and it’s casual dining, we want to juxtapose that with quality service and food so you can walk in off the beach and have a nice glass of Bordeaux and a plate of food that’s been carefully crafted.” – Fred Latasa-Nicks …
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Art on the Plate: Crisp Flatbread Inc.
Owner: Jamie Surprenant • Chef: Jimmy Supka “I would love for customers to walk away and say that we use fresh ingredients and put a lot of care, love and time into our products.” “I love developing concepts that fit into neighborhoods and communities,” says…
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Artist Profile: Mark Corliss
With ‘Beyond the Tattoo,’ Mark Corliss showcases the art of tattooing—and proves it’s more than skin deep When thinking of art in the traditional sense, tattooing probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. It is nonetheless a legitimate—quite an admirable—art form, one…
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Emerging Artists: Irene Lynch
Little art, lot of heart Artist Irene Lynch grew up on the beaches of Cape Cod. When she was 5 years old, her mother was taking her to the beach and told her how lucky she was that she could go to the beach whenever…
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Emerging Artists: Madelyn Murphy
The art is in the journey Barnstable High School senior Madelyn Murphy looks back fondly on one particular assignment she completed for her art class. For the assignment, she and her classmates spent a day out on Sandy Neck, gathering inspiration for a response piece…
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Emerging Artists: Alex Curtiss
Nurse puts her healing hands to work on the canvas When you are dealing with life and death situations on a daily basis, there is a good chance that at the end of the day you are going to need an emotional release. For Alex…
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Artist Profile: David Witbeck
Standing in front of a painting that’s just a tall as you—even taller—is awe-inspiring. Standing in front of a 6-foot tall David Witbeck painting is an experience made all the more remarkable given the larger-than-life nature of his subjects—take, for instance, a fisherman with a…
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Artist Profile: Caroline Weld
Caroline Weld adheres to a simple, yet pivotal, motto when it comes to her abstract work: “Get the paint on the canvas, and see where it leads you.” Both art and life have led Weld in a number of different directions. She studied drawing and…
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Artist profile: Garth Grimmer
It’s difficult to find a swath of scenery on Nantucket that hasn’t met a photographer’s lens. Garth Grimmer knows this challenge well, having lived on the island for the last 20 years, but it’s a challenge that doesn’t bother him much. What drew Grimmer to…
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Artist Profile: Julie Tremblay
Photographer Julie Tremblay never dreamed she’d own a successful gallery in Provincetown right in the middle of Commercial Street. After earning a passel of fine art degrees from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Rhode Island School of Design, Boston University, and the School of the Museum…
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Artist Profile: Thanassi
There is so much to keep up with when talking to Thanassi. He is a Provincetown bon vivant of the first order. Like Beyoncé, or Rihanna, he only goes by his first name. His stories are endless and dramatic. Growing up in Concord, Massachusetts. Mensa.…
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Artist profile: Bill Mclane
The concept of living an artistic life—one that encourages creativity and exploration, a life that greets each day as a blank canvas, a path that pursues new and exciting challenges never previously attempted—this concept might seem to be a fantasy to most. Not to Bill…
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Artist profile: Michael Helfen
“It’s like falling in love,” Michael Helfen says of the moment when his paintings finally begin to match the vision in his head. Helfen met his wife in college when he bet a friend he could guess the name of a pretty girl. “I had…
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Artist profile: Diane Slater
Diane Slater remembers the day just over two years ago when she decided to become an encaustic artist. “It’s like it was whispered to me,” she says. Since then, she’s chosen a blowtorch in place of a paintbrush. Encaustic painting—which Slater describes as “primal” and…
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