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Art We Love & Why – Off the Wall With the abundance of beautiful paintings in Provincetown galleries, you could be forgiven for taking your artistic nourishment solely from oil on canvas. And the same could be said for prints and photographs. But this week I want to make the case for sculpture. Most of...

Art We Love & Why – It Only Takes a Moment Art can do many things – it can inspire, it can provoke, and sometimes it can just make you smile. In these tumultuous times that’s a pretty neat trick. The pieces here don’t really have anything in common other than that they drew me...

Art We Love & Why – Less Is More Art can be like real estate – you get used to paying by the square foot and to thinking that bigger is better. Walking around the galleries this week, I was struck by how many works of small scale were grabbing my attention. Some of the...

Art We Love – We the People The human figure, people,  has been a favorite subject for artists ever since they first started scrawling on cave walls thousands of years ago. Every age has had its artistic take on the human body, from idealized Greek gods in marble to multifaceted cubist physiques. The work here...

Art We Love & Why – The Bold and the Beautiful As is true for most of us, there are some works of art that draw me in instantly. But It’s only when I get closer and understand more about a piece that the initial infatuation may turn to love. I admit I’m a sucker...

Art We Love – It’s Right There in Black and White For many people art is all about color. Each of us has emotional responses to specific colors (don’t get Barbra Streisand going on orange) and lots of us even dream in color. But how do you tell a story, provoke a reaction, or pull...

Art We Love & Why – Land It’s a given that each of us sees the world a little bit differently than the person next to us. Some of us register every detail of the scenery and others see the broadest outlines. Artists have been inspired by the landscape for thousands of years, creating works...

Art We Love & Why: Variety With so many art galleries in Provincetown, there’s always something on view for every taste and every wallet. So this week I’m celebrating variety and highlighting pieces in a different media and styles. And of course this is just a nano-sample of the incredible array of work you’ll find...

Nice to See You Again It’s reunion time. We’re gathering with friends and loved ones after the bleak Covid winter, and many of us are looking forward to visiting places we love – like Provincetown. This week as I wandered around town and into the galleries I could feel the energy returning. Here are a few...

Art We Love & Why: Buoy Benefit Artist Paint Buoys to Benefit ASGC Before coming to Provincetown I worked for an amazing and creative non profit organization.  It was a constant challenge to come up with new ideas to stand out and try and raise money for a cause we felt passionate about.  The Aids...