Art, music, dancing and hors d’oeuvres — what can you add to that? More art, of course. Robert Hall Parker will open a show of his recent works at the Dole barn off Rogers Path in West Tisbury on Sunday, Oct. 24, from 6 to 9 p.m. A southern-born artist who hails originally from North Carolina, Mr. Parker’s aesthetics developed from graffiti and outsider art. The work that will be shown by the artist includes character sketches and other visual devices aimed at creating a certain atmosphere in the rustic space of a barn.
Nina Gomez Gordon will be the featured artist at a a wine and cheese reception on Thursday, August 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Made Here on the Vineyard in Nevin Square in Edgartown,
Ms. Gomez-Gordon earned a bachelor of arts in fine art from Bowdoin College and studied painting and sculpture at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago and Maine College of Art. She has been a professional artist on Martha’s Vineyard for more than 16 years, specializing in plein air landscapes, abstract art, figure drawings from life and portraits by commission.
Thaw Malin 3rd produces five paintings a week. He does this in part because he has found a new way to sell his artwork by harnessing the powers of the Internet.
Ah, to be free from over identifying with a particular technique or modality. Seems impossible really, since we are such a programmable species falling into ruts and routines as naturally as breathing.
But if looking for a way out, how about looking at art designed to free the viewer from any such constraints. The idea is eclecticism and the maker is visiting artist Domingo Pagan, born in Puerto Rico and educated in New York city and Boston.
As a television writer-producer, Arnold Rabin worked first with the networks, then with the United Nations, before executive producing for PBS.
As an author, Mr. Rabin’s novel, The Rat and the Rose, received an award from the Small Press Association; he also has written short stories and a children’s book.
Now he debuts as an artist. Following several years attending pastel workshops with Ellen McCluskey, Mr. Rabin opens his first official showing of his pastel drawings at the West Tisbury Library.
Paintings by Claudio Gasparini are currently being shown at the Treehouse Gallery in West Tisbury. Part of a private collection, the paintings exhibit the rich color and vibrancy typical of many post-impressionist European artists. Originally from Venice, Italy, Mr. Gasparini has painted on Martha’s Vineyard for many years.
Included in this exhibition are scenes from Italy as well as colorful rooster paintings and still-life compositions. A highlight of the show incudes a large oil painting of the Edgartown lighthouse in winter.
As a landscape painter, Allen Whiting can feel the seasons. He has an eye for light and movement that can make you hear the wind howl in the dead of January at South Beach, or feel the spring sunshine bounce off the oak trees in Chilmark in April. Mr. Whiting has been painting for almost 40 years, and he knows his strengths and weaknesses.
Tisbury School students received an additional lesson in geography and art this week with the weeklong installation of the traveling exhibition Art Beyond Borders on the second floor of their building.
Tisbury School students received an additional lesson in geography and art this week with the weeklong installation of the traveling exhibition Art Beyond Borders on the second floor of their building.
The exhibit is the brainchild of the International Museum of Twenty-First Century Art, and features 24 works of art from 24 different countries. The museum’s goal is to collect one piece of art from every country in the world to serve as an exhibition in itself; so far 63 countries have taken part.
The Granary Gallery hosts an opening reception on Sunday, August 8, from 5 to 7 p.m. All are welcome to an exhibition of oil paintings by Mary Sipp-Green, Kenneth Vincent and Scott Terry as well as fine jewelry by Ross Coppelman.
