Artist and architect Bruce MacNelly has a somewhat different way of looking at process. He works in both collage and painting, with the former often informing the latter. For his collage work, MacNelly takes an intuitive approach. “It’s sort of stream of consciousness,” he says. “I use collages as an opportunity to study compositional ideas […]
I listen to podcasts and the radio on weekend mornings while doing inside-the-house chores. Sometimes I hear things that I want to puzzle over with someone. My brain doesn’t retain exact quotes. I remember the topic was thinking about the experience of living, and what we want most deeply is to experience life in a […]
Real Estate Confidential is a biweekly chit-chat about new listings, sales, or other insider information on the Martha’s Vineyard Real Estate market, presented by Fred Roven, owner/broker of Martha’s Vineyard Buyer Agents. It appears every other Friday in The Minute. One of the most surprising areas to clients is The Lagoon, which stretches from East […]
If you’re expecting that a visit to the current exhibit at Featherstone, titled “The Fall,” will reveal walls of images of landscapes in autumn colors, you’d be only partially right. Curator Tanya Augoustinos selected the theme as one that would be open to multiple interpretations. “The word fall is such an open-ended word,” says A […]
While not exactly “a song of praise or triumph,” as my Oxford English Dictionary defines it, I begin this column with a paean to rain. Specifically, a paean to the long, soaking, much-needed rain we had last Friday night. It was accompanied by thunder and lightning, giving local dogs a scare, and hitting a house […]