Carrying the baby, Ocean beach, 1993 (from Bartley’s video), 2008. 36×48 inches.
Currently exhibiting at the Hoorn-Ashby Gallery on Federal Street is “Back To Nantucket”, a series of new paintings by Maud Bryt. See Maud Bryt Art here >>
Happy Independence Day!! As usual it’s going to be a busy one on Nantucket, and for the Art minded there are one or two notable openings over the weekend. (more…)
This week’s Featured Nantucket Artist is Dan Moran. Dan’s Art draws inspiration from the old, haunting, black-and-white version of Nantucket Island, See Dan Moran Art here >>
After his successful opening at LoLa 41 last week we thought you might like this Kerry Hallam interview we found on YouTube, with the great man waxing lyrical and talking of ”Painting.. the telling of beautiful untruths”. (more…)
Next Tuesday (July 2nd) has been officially designated Unofficial International WordPress Day by the folk over at WPCandy and they have some pretty good stuff to give away to celebrate. For anyone who dosn’t know, WordPress is a open source publishing platform allowing users to build blogs and CMS websites with the minimum of coding knowledge (we use it here at Nantucket Art). (more…)
Being a web designer and a practising artist sometimes can be hard; the disciplines of graphic design can be a world away from the raw creativity required in painting. But it’s often refreshing to remember that there are some absolutes that all creatives can learn from – such as the Basic Elements of Design posted over on Just Creative Design by Jacob Cass. Even if these rules do exist JUST to be broken, it’s worth brushing up on some of them every now and again.