Art & Nature

#CapeCod #HenryDavidThoreau

"A man may stand there and put all America behind him." Henry David Thoreau.

Thoreau's famous walk through the great Outer Beach is recorded in his book 'Cape Cod'. The beautiful untouched beaches and marshes are now protected by the National Seashore.

#CapeCod #Watercolor #JohnMarin

JOHN MARIN

His loose abstract approach to watercolor painting was a novel addition to the American art world upon his return from France.
Some consider him to be America's greatest artist.

I love the color and Cubist influence in 'New York Abstraction '

#CapeCod #TextileArt #AlexandraKehayoglou

ALEXANDRA KEHAYOGLOU

textiles portray places significant to her in her native Argentina.
Viewers can interact with these rugs in the gallery

“Being touched, walked on, and dirtied brings the works to life. My rugs become a register of lives lived."

#CapeCod #Puppets #JimHenson

JIM HENSON

was an American puppeteer, animator, actor, and filmmaker who achieved worldwide fame as the creator of the Muppets and Sesame Street.

Jim Henson created decades of happiness for children and his Foundation now supports emerging puppet theaters.

#CapeCod #FestivalNausetBeach

The Outermost Roots and Blues Festival takes place on Nauset Beach in Orleans this weekend Oct 11 and 12!

It's a Cape Cod celebration of Roots, Blues and Americana music!

Beautiful image!

#CapeCod #HenryDavidThoreau

"A man may stand there and put all America behind him." Henry David Thoreau.

Thoreau's famous walk through the great Outer Beach is recorded in his book 'Cape Cod'. The beautiful untouched beaches and marshes are now protected by the National Seashore.

#CapeCod #Watercolor #JohnSingerSargent

JOHN SINGER SARGENT

"To live with Sargent’s water-colours is to live with sunshine captured and held,” according to the painter’s first biographer.

Light and color has certainly been captured 'In a Levantine Port'!

#CapeCod #TextileArt #HannahStiles

HANNAH STILES
a Maine based artist says of her needle felted sculptures

"I get so much enjoyment from felting animals because it brings back the feeling I had as a child, when the world was simple and animals could talk.”

#CapeCod #TextileArt #SarafinaFiber

Have you ever wanted to learn how to needlefelt with wool roving?

SARAFINA FiBER

is a great place to learn and had supplies as well as free tutorials!

www.sarafinafiberart.com/pages/free-t...

#CapeCod #puppets #ChineseTheaterWorks

CHINESE THEATER WORKS

Kuang-Yu Fong founded Chinese Theatre Workshop in Queens NYC to support her work of bringing together Chinese and Western performance styles and techniques.

I have seen a production of their wonderful shadow puppets in NYC!

#CapeCod #LeatherbackTurtles #endangered

Leatherback turtles suffer a high amount of vessel strikes, entanglement and subsequent strandings in Barnstable County on Cape Cod.

Leatherbacks face endangerment globally

#CapeCod #FallWhaleWatching

Fall is the best time for whale watching on Cape Cod!

#CapeCod #TextileArt #AlisonHolt

ALISON HOLT

'Painting with stitches has always been my primary intention and the addition of silk painting gives the work another dimension by using the
painted silk backgrounds as a base for stitched detail'

I love the vibrant Autumn colors.

#CapeCod #Watercolor #WilliamTurner

WILLIAM TURNER

became known as 'the painter of light' in England years before painting light became famous in French Impressionism.

The luminous light in this 'The Fighting Temaraire' makes me gasp!

#CapeCod #TextileArt #AlisonHolt

ALISON HOLT

'Painting with stitches has always been my primary intention and the addition of silk painting gives the work another dimension by using the
painted silk backgrounds as a base for stitched detail'

I love the vibrant Autumn colors.

#CapeCod #Puppets #FredRogers

MR ROGERS NEIGHBORHOOD

The "Neighborhood of Make-Believe" was a fictional land visited by Mr. Rogers on his television show.
The puppets there explored real-life feelings and helped children understand difficult topics.

Television was kinder in those days.

I donated artwork for a sale at this library a few years ago!

#CapeCod #Puppets #KuklaFranandOllie

KUKLA, FRAN AND OLLIE

was an American television puppet show airing between 1947 and 1957. It was created for children, but was soon more popular with adults. It did not have a script and was entirely ad-libbed.

Television was kinder in those days it seems.

#CapeCod #TextileArt #KatieWalwyn

KATIE WALWYN

'These two creatures are so clumsy and awkward on land, yet graceful and elegant in the water. Their existence is loved, admired, and worthy of celebration.'

Katie's technique is appliqué, hand embroidered, hand beaded, machine quilted.

#CapeCod #TextileArt #FaithRinggold

FAITH RINGGOLD

Her Story Quilts Were a Personal and Political Medium.

'Tar Beach'
encapsulates the essence of emancipation and self-expression she has pursued across her works.

#CapeCod #Watercolor #ZLFeng

ZL FENG

'Chinese philosophy teaches that the soul comes from the eyes. If you can't capture a soul you may be a technical success, but your painting has no depth."

His phenomenal watercolors seems evoke soul throughout all his subjects.

#CapeCod #Watercolor #WinslowHomer

You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors.”

WINSLOW HOMER

I love how his luminous paintings evoke the grandeur and peril of the sea.

#CapeCod #TextileArt #KatieWalwyn

KATIE WALWYN

'These two creatures are so clumsy and awkward on land, yet graceful and elegant in the water. Their existence is loved, admired, and worthy of celebration.'

Katie's technique is appliqué, hand embroidered, hand beaded, machine quilted.

#CapeCod #TextileArt #FaithRinggold

FAITH RINGGOLD

Her Story Quilts Were a Personal and Political Medium.

'Tar Beach'
encapsulates the essence of emancipation and self-expression she has pursued across her works.

#CapeCod #Watercolor #JohnKeepax

JOHN KEEPAX

is a watercolor artist living in Miami.
He looks for dramatic lighting and strong composition in his pieces.

I love the beauty and simplicity.

#CapeCod #Puppets #FrankBallard

FRANK BALLARD

began The University of Connecticut's Puppet Arts Program which is part of UConn's School of Fine Arts.

The graduates have raised the standards of puppetry in the US for adults and children alike.

#CapeCod #TextileArt #SallyMavor

SALLY MAVOR says of her storytelling textiles

"My aim is to breathe life and emotion into embroidery, an art form that is often perceived as purely decorative.”

Sally is a Cape Cod textile artist who has written and illustrated dozens of children's books.

#CapeCod #FolkloreThursday

MARIA HALLETT

Her ghost is said to still haunt the the Eastham beach and hills overlooking the ocean waiting for her promised husband Black Sam Bellamy to return to her.

#CapeCod #Watercolor #AndrewWyeth

ANDREW WYETH

Moody and quietly powerful — Andrew Wyeth paintings show rural life with a clarity that feels unexpectedly real.

Staring quietly out to sea...