It was pure happenstance that West Tisbury cartoonist Paul Karasik stumbled upon a mural that became the basis of his first essay in The New Yorker.

Making a piece of pottery is an arduous process. But that doesn’t slow Candy Shweder down.

Abe Pieciak’s latest work in progress sits on a table in the middle of his Aquinnah studio.

When Margot Datz began painting the walls of the children’s room at the Edgartown Public Library last fall, she expected the work to take three or four months at most.

In his basement office in Chilmark, Edward Grazda has stacks of boxes labeled by the places he’s photographed over an acclaimed career behind the lens of a Leica. Afghanistan. Peru. The American Southwest. New York city.

Chances are you’ve seen Alexander Campbell on one of his daily walks in Vineyard Haven.

For Richard Hamilton, the process of creating jewelry starts with listening to his customers' stories. At age 67, he mostly works on commissions now, but his work is also featured on the Island at Claudia Jewelry and Driftwood.

Behind a garden fence in Vineyard Haven lies a realm of castles, dragons, minstrels and mermaids, all crafted in clay by Bill O’Callaghan.

The Vineyard Haven studio of printmaker Fae Kontje-Gibbs is covered in climbing vines. She calls them volunteers.

Island artist June Schoppe presents her first solo Island exhibition at the Chilmark Library/