Paul Resika was browsing in a bookshop in New York City when he came across four volumes of engravings of paintings in the Vatican Museums. He bought the whole set […]
Art
LESSONS
John Clayton Dreams in Color
Finding the perfect balance between life and work
Many people dream of quitting their jobs to become painters or writers, musicians or playwrights. The prospect of no regular paychecks — and no guarantees — can be frightening. But […]
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
Diana Horowitz Paints Big Places on a Small Scale
The artist explores her long connection to the Outer Cape in a new show
Diana Horowitz’s landscape paintings are notable not only for her mastery of technique but also for their size. None of her works has a dimension larger than seven inches; all […]
THE STROLL
Wellfleet, Late August
Seen and heard on the weekly gallery walk
Frying Pan Gallery 250 Commercial St. Friends Heather MacBride of Mashpee and Debbie Ward of Sandwich are dressed up for a night on the town. Having just enjoyed oyster happy […]
KIND OF BLUE
Drawing With Light and Making Magic
Three Provincetown artists take one of the oldest photographic techniques in new directions
When a new medium was unveiled in 1839 that miraculously seemed to fix images from an ever-changing reality onto a permanent surface, the British scientist and polymath Sir John Herschel […]
BACK SHORE
Pete Hocking and the Embodied Experience
Through his painting, the artist takes viewers on journeys through land and sea
Pete Hocking is many things: image maker, teacher, community organizer, blogger, curator — and the possessor of one of the Outer Cape’s most notable beards. “And I’m a big walker,” […]
WORKSHOP
Free Jazz Ceramics Class: Variations on a Theme
Jeff Shapiro leads students toward experimentation
Jeff Shapiro likes to break the mold of what ceramics students are typically taught in class. “I’m not particularly interested in teaching technique,” he says. In a recent class at […]
MARSHLAND
This Ineffable Thing
Jennifer Moller reflects deeply on one tidal pool
On a snowy day in 2011, Jennifer Moller was on a Wellfleet marsh with her medium-format camera, looking for images. She photographed a singular tidal pool, positioning it at the […]
THE STROLL
Provincetown, Friday Night
Seen and heard on Provincetown’s weekly gallery walk
Woodman/Shimko Gallery, 346 Commercial St. Erin Long is an artist from Sharon. She gazes at a wall of paintings by Danielle Coenen. All are close-up portraits of faces. Long feels […]
GALLERIES
Jack Pierson Celebrates an Artist’s Life
A new show in Provincetown features words as images
A plumber’s son who grew up in Plymouth and made his way to extraordinary success in a variety of media, Jack Pierson always feels a bit defensive about the bona […]
ABSTRACT EXPRESSION
In Jeannie Motherwell’s Work, the Paint Is Moving
Her influences include Cape Cod Bay and the Hubble telescope
The Jeannie Motherwell paintings now on view at the Schoolhouse Gallery through Aug. 31 are a dramatic exploration of three-dimensional space in two dimensions. Experiencing them is like weighing anchor […]
INNER VISION
Liz Dexheimer Embraces ‘Atmospheric Conditions’
At Rice Polak, an artist’s abstract paintings create a meditative space
It isn’t easy finding Liz Dexheimer’s studio if you haven’t been there before. Cellphone reception is spotty in this remote area of Connecticut, and even with detailed directions its gray […]
ASYLUM
Two Afghan Women Flee the Taliban and Land in Wellfleet
The sisters are safe but hoping to rescue the rest of their family
WELLFLEET — Maryam and Shabnam have been enjoying a typical Outer Cape summer — going to Newcomb Hollow Beach and the Fox and Crow Café and on whale watch excursions […]
PRINTMAKING
Replacing Narrative With Feeling
Robert Shreefter’s layered prints grow lighter
Robert Shreefter is learning to lose the storyline in his printmaking. Until recently, he says, he didn’t allow himself that. “If I don’t have something to motivate me, like a […]
FLUCTUATION
Betty Carroll Fuller’s Wobbling, Quivering Grid
Mining memory, music, and poetry to create a new body of abstract drawings
During the pandemic lockdown, Betty Carroll Fuller spent a lot of time alone in her Falmouth home and studio. It coincided with her recovery from a rare form of cancer, […]
