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Provincetown is a spit of land surrounded by the Atlantic at the tip of Cape Cod. For over a century it has been a significant role in the history of American art, often in the forefront, playing the role of microcosm to a larger art world. The town has nurtured and inspired artist and writers from around the world to create and interact with the various communities that have inhabited this fabled fishing village on the outer most banks of Cape Cod. The interactions of the art community with the town made for a unique world where artists, often destitute, could trade works for their basic needs of food and housing, resulting in masterworks of the 20th century on the walls of local homes and cafes. I learned to paint at an art school but Provincetown taught me to identify as an artist.
I arrived in Provincetown in the Autumn of 1978 and was immediately seduced by the light, landscape and the unusual and brilliant personalities I encountered. I have now been drawing the individuals both from within and outside the art community of this town for over forty years. For this artist, it is the people of the village as well as its geographic location that make it “the last resort”.
Dermot 2018
22.75" x 30", Pastel, Charcoal, Russian Clay on Paper, 2018
Private Collection
Arnie Charnik
30" x 22", Crayon on Paper, 2016
Aurileo Battaglia
22" x 21", Crayon on Paper, 1979, In the collection of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Dennis DuBerry in My Studio
26" x 19", Crayon on Paper, 1979
Ed Crane
26" x 18", Crayon on Paper, 2017
Donna Pomponio
30" x 22", Pastel, Charcoal, Russian Clay on Paper, 2018
Kathy G
24" x 24", Oil on Canvas, 2015
Tequila Pat
18" x 22", Oil on Paper, 1978
Private Collection
Heather Alexander
30" x 22", Crayon on Paper, 2016
Jay Chritchly
22.75" x 29.75", Pastel, Charcoal, Russian Clay on Paper, 2018
Peter Thomson and C-Moon
22" x 30", Crayon, Pastel, and Graphite on Paper, 1978
Scarbi 2018
30" x 22", Pastel, Charcoal, Russian Clay on Paper, 2018
Peter Cozzi
30" x 30", Oil on Canvas, 2015
Betty and Brutus
29.75" x 22.25", Pastel, Charcoal, Russian Clay on Paper, 2018
Helen Daphnis Avelon
22" x 25", Crayon on Paper, 1979
Matt Donnelly
40" x 30", Oil on Canvas, 2015
Alfie
30" x 22", Crayon on Paper, 2016