Jan 12, 2021 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News
This week our local Author and ptownie Staff Writer Jeannette returns with a Winter edition of Art We Love & Why. Art We Love & Why: Edward Walsh Creates Light at the Cortile Gallery Everyone here talks about the light. Painter after painter has been drawn to...
Oct 21, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News, Reviews
ptownies- if you want to know more about our art blogger George Rogers you can read about him in the latest ptownie Fall/Holiday Magazine. Here is the link to find out who this guy is? Art We Love & Why – Fall Colors The streets are quieter and the...
Oct 16, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, Weed Extras
What is Tim-Scapes? In the relatively short ten years that Tim Convery has lived in Provincetown, his Tim-Scapes have become “the” iconic representations of our town at land’s end. The pictogram-type designs began back in the 1980s as duct-tape decorations on wrapping...
Oct 7, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and my eyes have seen some truly beautiful things in the galleries this week. At first glance, none of the pieces here seem to have much in common. But each is rendered with astonishing skill by artists of great talent and even...
Sep 23, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News
Art We Love & Why – Works on Paper This week we’re looking at works on paper and the unbelievably rich array of techniques on view all around town. Some artists have taken venerable forms like the wood block print and married them with 21st century technology,...
Sep 18, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News, Uncategorized
In the ptownie Fashion Issue this summer we wrote “Just this week we learned that designer Ken Fulk—if you don’t know who he is, make sure to look him up—is the person who bought the beautiful and historic Mary Vorse house. Instead of taking the eight-bedroom...
Sep 10, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News
Art We Love & Why- Enduring Traditions. Provincetown has had a thriving gallery scene for generations. In hindsight you can see defined “eras,” but in reality it’s one big continuum. Artists fresh to town are inspired by those who came before them and then set...
Aug 28, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News, Uncategorized
George Rogers is back this week looking at Sculpture. Art We Love and Why — Life in 3D Buying art can be intimidating. We ask ourselves, “Is it good?” and wonder if spending money on art is frivolous. We justify it by pointing to the big blank wall over the sofa and...
Aug 27, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News
CAMERA KARMA, Art of the Lens opens at On Center Gallery in Provincetown August 26 and runs through September 7, 2020. Camera Karma features photographers Thom Jackson, Jennifer Pritchard and Allison V. Smith. While these photographers are each very individualized in...
Aug 14, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News, Uncategorized
It’s the height of the season and, like the profusion of tomatoes and dahlias filling our gardens, the offerings in the galleries are abundant and infinitely rewarding. Here are a few works that give you a taste of the amazing range of art in all media that’s...
Aug 6, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, Reviews
Mike Carroll, an artist and gallerist who lives and works in Truro, MA. He is the owner of Provincetown’s Schoolhouse Gallery. Here is Art He Loves & Why. Milton Avery (1885–1965) Bay at Night, 1961 Oil on canvas, 36″ x 28″ At The Provincetown Art...
Jul 30, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News
Provincetown has been attracting artists to its shores for well over a century. Some were destined for world renown and their works for the walls of major museums. Most saw little if any financial compensation for their efforts, but their work is an essential part of...
Jul 17, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News
These days we could all do with a little joy in our lives. Moments of spontaneous happiness and excitement: something I experienced a number of times while exploring the galleries this week. The works highlighted here put a smile on my face, and I encourage you to...
Jul 9, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News, Reviews
From Mike- Full disclosure. Michelle wanted me to make sure to tell everyone that she is not an art critic. Who cares. We like what we like. The purpose of the blog is to get lots of different people telling us what they love and why. I think she did a great job and...
Jul 2, 2020 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News
From Mike: George is back this week and I love the theme. Still Life. We all can relate to that after going through this past Winter and Spring. Take it away George Rogers. In this strange summer of 2020 I thought it would be interesting to consider an art form...
