The Vineyard’s fine arts scene is warming with the weather, as seasonal galleries open their doors and year-round establishments introduce new artists.
Tom Maley founded the Field Gallery in 1971 in the West Tisbury field behind his family’s home with fellow artists Robert Schwartz, Eleanor Coen and Max Kahn. Chris and Sheila Morse own the gallery today.
On Sunday, after nine months overseas, The Dance sculpture by Jay Lagemann returned home to the Field Gallery with a new jade green finish.
One evening nearly 50 years ago, Tom and Helen Maley were having dinner with their good friends Bob and Maggie Schwartz and the Chicago artists Max Kahn and Eleanor Coen.
At an artist’s reception at the Field Gallery on Sunday, Tommy May described his process, one that includes working on 30 paintings at once. He uses the hectic pace to crowd out thoughts from his mind.
A stainless steel sculpture by Jay Lagemann has found a new home at the Field Gallery Sculpture Garden in West Tisbury.