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The Artist Whisperer

With the help of world-famous designer Ken Fulk, a storied Provincetown house for creatives opens its doors once more. Four women flush with the friendship of schoolgirls come gamboling down the steep, narrow staircase, the warm intimacy of their conversation wafting through the dining room in four different accents as they make their way to the kitchen. Hailing from Austria, Germany, the UK, and the US, they have known each other since their four 28-year-old children were preschoolers. The gathering this time around is because the actress Gail Strickland (whose credits include Norma Rae, Law & Order, and The Mary ...

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Artist Profile: Roberta Anslow

By Christina Galt | August 8, 2022

According to Harvard Health Publishing, the myth of left vs. right sides of the brain is simply that: a myth. For local photographer Roberta Anslow, discrediting that myth is something…

Artist Profile: Debra Birtwell

By Susanna Graham-Pye | August 8, 2022

“I don’t ever use black. I use the white of the paper,” Debra offers. “If you study painting with me, you will learn about color. That’s my gift: I see…

Artist Profile: Joseph Conrad-Ferm

By Larry Lindner | August 8, 2022

It was an art elective that kept Yarmouth Port painter Joseph Conrad-Ferm from receiving his high school diploma. “I didn’t attend class,” he says. “From a very early age I…

Artist Profile: Betsy Payne Cook

By Kathleen McKenna | August 8, 2022

Betsy Payne Cook, an artist who paints exclusively in pastels, and a teacher who’s taught students of all ages, says, “To those who enjoyed painting once, then gave it up…

Artist Profile: Hans de Castellane

By Rachel Walman | August 8, 2022

“I never thought I was ‘good’ at art,” laughs Hans de Castellane. “I used to wonder why everyone else wasn’t ‘good’ at it. I suppose it’s like learning cursive.” The…

Artist Profile: Lauren DiFerdinando

By Brenna Collins | August 8, 2022

In the midst of downtown Harwich Port, The Nines Art Gallery’s light and airy atmosphere beckons visitors inside. On the walls, entrancing oil paintings of glass bottles and dancing ocean…

Artist Profile: Chris O’Dell Ferguson

By Rachel Walman | August 8, 2022

“I don’t ever remember not creating art,” shares Chris O’Dell Ferguson. “I was kind of born into it. I have a very artistic family. We didn’t even have a television…

Artist Profile: Corrinn Jusell

By Rachel Walman | August 8, 2022

“The first piece of pottery I ever made was a tiny coil pot,” ceramicist Corrinn Jusell recalls. “By the time I reached my junior year at Nauset High School, my…

Artist Profile: Jen Kelly

By Brenna Collins | August 8, 2022

For Hingham-based artist Jen Kelly, painting has always been part of her soul. “When I was thirteen, there was an oil painting class down the street from me in this…

Artist Profile: Bao Lede

By Julie Craven Wagner | August 8, 2022

Bao Lede is an artist who has found his home a world away from Inner Mongolia, China where he was born. As gallery owner of the Tao Water Gallery in…

Artist Profile: Sharon Mansfield

By Allyson Plessner | August 8, 2022

Sharon Mansfield still remembers the very moment she fell in love with art as a young girl. “My mother taught me how to paint with oils when I was 13,”…

Artist Profile: Sharon McGauley

By Chris White | August 8, 2022

In some ways, the form and process of Sharon McGauley’s art represents the scope of Cape Cod’s landscape. Just as the eye can take in an entire harbor or an…

Artist Profile: Debbie Mueller

By Julie Craven Wagner | August 8, 2022

What could be better than starting a whole new life after you have already lived much of a completely happy and fulfilling one? Debbie Mueller can speak to how wonderful…

Artist Profile: Rosalie Nadeau

By Julie Craven Wagner | August 8, 2022

The moment when most artists acknowledge that is in fact, what they are, who they are: an artist, must be a memorable confirmation. Not so for painter Rosalie Nadeau. “I…

Artist Profile: Vail Pagliarani

By Julie Craven Wagner | August 8, 2022

Cape Cod native Vail Pagliarani is known for expressive painterly landscapes and coastal marines. He had the good fortune to study with two noteworthy instructors. First, with the accomplished illustrator…

Artist Profile: Michael Rich

By Susanna Graham-Pye | August 8, 2022

Artist Michael Rich’s landscapes are expansive and expressive. Inspired by the vast variety of New England settings and seasons, Rich’s work has been called “irascible,” but that is a word…

Artist Profile: Candice Ronesi

By Allyson Plessner | August 8, 2022

Cape Cod has long been home to artists from all walks of life. From those just starting out, to seasoned creators, the Cape is a haven for both artists and those…

Artist Profile: Monica Rozak

By Julie Craven Wagner | August 8, 2022

Monica Rozak fell in love twice, at the same time. “I met my husband here and he showed me all of his favorite back roads, and special beach hideouts and…

Artist Profile: Snefrid Sneve-Schultze

By Kathleen McKenna | August 8, 2022

Snefrid Sneve-Schultze, or Sissi as she is known to close friends and family, was born and raised in Bardu, Norway where she lived into her early twenties. As a young…

Artist Profile: Cyle Thomas

By Allyson Plessner | August 8, 2022

An artist has the distinct skill—opportunity, really—to observe the world through a lens of passionate creativity, and to turn those observations into something imaginative, inspired…artistic. Cyle Thomas’ viewpoint, and subsequent…

Artist Profile: Milisa Valliere

By Chris White | August 8, 2022

Artist Milisa Valliere is a painter whose gifts and experience are cosmically aligned with the legendary psychedelic band, The Grateful Dead, which made an art of combining music with light,…

Emerging Artists: Creating Art to Suit the Soul

By Rachel Walman | August 8, 2022

Meet four local artists who are just beginning their journey of exploration and creativity.

Emerging Artist: Emily Hutchinson

By Emily Baxter | August 8, 2022

After working ten plus years as a CNA, Emily Hutchinson went from a career in healthcare to an emerging artist. Hutchinson first fell in love with art in high school,…

Emerging Artist: Erin Nelson

By Abigail Jones | August 8, 2022

“Like many artists, I am inspired by nature,” says artist Erin Nelson. Her jewelry, which Nelson creates in her home studio on Cape Cod, attempts to, “communicate the overwhelming awe…

Emerging Artists: Kristen Rheaume

By Christina Galt | August 8, 2022

For local emerging artist Kristen Rheaume, (known as Wonderfully Written Co. on Instagram) becoming an artist was something that happened by circumstance. As a new mother and a pediatric nurse…

Emerging Artist: Alyssa Ruggieri

By Christina Galt | August 8, 2022

For Centerville native Alyssa Ruggieri, her journey to becoming ALR Designs started back in 2018 when she went to pull out her acrylic set, only to find her paints had…

News & Noteworthy

By Cape Cod Life Publications | August 8, 2022

A Cape Cod Presence in the U.S. Embassy in Ireland How did it come to be that paintings of scenes of Cape Cod will soon be prominently displayed in the…

In the Brine-Spiked Air

By Chris White | August 8, 2022

Artist residencies across the region provide a place of learning & an opportunity for doing, against inspirational backdrops.

Rive Gauche

By Julie Craven Wagner | August 8, 2022

Wellfleet’s Left Bank Gallery, located on the left bank of Duck Creek, celebrates a halfcentury of presenting art to a discerning and appreciative audience.

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A Voyage Fueled by Vision

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By Julie Craven Wagner | June 29, 2021

Steve Lyons and Peter Demers each contributed their talents to the Steve Lyons Gallery that now honors their shared legacy. “Partnership is not…

Annual Report: The Future is Bright

By Sarah Tietje-Mietz | June 29, 2021

A stormy year brought silver linings to Cape and Islands Arts Organizations. In March 2020, when non-essential businesses began closing their doors due to…

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By Chris White | June 29, 2021

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By Elizabeth Shaw | June 29, 2021

“I don’t think about art when I’m at work. I try to think about life.” ~ Jean-Michel Basquiat Ask 100 artists on the Cape…

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By Sarah Tietje-Mietz | June 29, 2021

Arnie Casavant has a special gift beyond his ability to draw people to him through lively conversation; he also captures them by capturing…

Karen Crocker

By Elizabeth Shaw | June 29, 2021

Karen Crocker is a seventh generation Cape Codder. But unlike those who came before her, her family moved out of Centerville—to Osterville! “I…

Julie Frodigh Crowley

By Julie Craven Wagner | June 29, 2021

You might be able to take the girl off the Cape, but you can’t take the Cape out of the girl. That postulate…

William R. Davis

By Chris White | June 29, 2021

William R. Davis never thought he could make money as an artist, but his outlook changed in 1988, when the Mystic Maritime Gallery…