Why I Love Provincetown

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNrl1GyOsc2m2JWF6BPvQXgszDaydi7MY5JlpAgSuJCJHPJWGyl9FtfZP3wP392_RHlENQQ50RMVc75ZeVBEvFiO88nE8alG7HI9Rux7MMhYpr9SodU_7hwDVb7xCKmnv_L9LFiWljcQ/s1600/IMG_0693.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNrl1GyOsc2m2JWF6BPvQXgszDaydi7MY5JlpAgSuJCJHPJWGyl9FtfZP3wP392_RHlENQQ50RMVc75ZeVBEvFiO88nE8alG7HI9Rux7MMhYpr9SodU_7hwDVb7xCKmnv_L9LFiWljcQ/s320/IMG_0693.jpeg" width="262" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Violets, Ferol Sibley Warthen</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In conjunction with <a href="http://blog.nehomemag.com/2012/04/steve-fuller-provincetown-art-tour/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewEnglandHomeMagazineDesignBlog+%28New+England+Home+Magazine+Design+Blog%29">my second post</a> on the New England Home Design Blog which is a visitors' guide to some of Provincetown's best art galleries, I wanted to do a post on why I love Provincetown, the art and the artists that have spent time in this historic artists' colony. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">A few years ago, I did a post on <a href="http://anurbancottage.blogspot.com/2010/03/ferol-sibley-warthen-and-provincetown.html">Ferol Sibley Warthen</a>, an artist who made white-line prints, a process invented in Provincetown.  I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to spend some time in what had been Warthen's studio.  Next door neighbor <a href="http://www.provincetownbanner.com/article/obituaries_article/_/64840/Obituaries/3/26/2009">Robenia Myrer Smith</a> was an animated storyteller and she brought Warthen to life for me.  Robenia grew up on Louisberg Square in Beacon Hill and the family summered in Provincetown her entire life.  </span><span style="text-align: left;">Her mother was an artist and had an amazing collection of artwork that had been passed down.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gwuuX6KdS8Buez0dz8CmwxY4T0CD3HFj9FoZXkfqkGKsIaZjo50bZeWdR7iX6k87ySb9IE2rWNLcCLPQ7mSxhsL1vsn8M2XF9wFHdLrq0mpRAXNCI1MplIyuJfvbZhjKCnfGtbwskno/s1600/3873321206_913476a334.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gwuuX6KdS8Buez0dz8CmwxY4T0CD3HFj9FoZXkfqkGKsIaZjo50bZeWdR7iX6k87ySb9IE2rWNLcCLPQ7mSxhsL1vsn8M2XF9wFHdLrq0mpRAXNCI1MplIyuJfvbZhjKCnfGtbwskno/s400/3873321206_913476a334.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo:  Flickr</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On special afternoons, Robenia would invite everyone for cocktails on the lawn by the wharf house (with the flag).  As we gathered by the harbor to watch the evening tide go in or out, she served up her delicious stories along with the best chipped beef and martinis I've ever had.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fast forward several years when, at a local frame shop, I saw a postcard with this painting:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBk8NoawJymofoP90yPWA2MIA7LI8VLM_UIvlNCToDyL4hCbVGiCbCNOMFIX9cGGQva9Ctpnt5wzAgodPAnRWm9IdwPRzujhn0xRlzmgHK_llCM0SGJhdsbHoI9SdvxPkoe2E97qNPX9U/s1600/182704.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBk8NoawJymofoP90yPWA2MIA7LI8VLM_UIvlNCToDyL4hCbVGiCbCNOMFIX9cGGQva9Ctpnt5wzAgodPAnRWm9IdwPRzujhn0xRlzmgHK_llCM0SGJhdsbHoI9SdvxPkoe2E97qNPX9U/s640/182704.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fritz Bultman, Heat of the Sky</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I couldn't wait to get home to do <span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">research on</span> this artist and see more of his work.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As a high school junior, Bultman studied with Hans Hofmann in Munich.  Hofmann moved in the same circles as Picasso, Braque and Matisse and he brought his knowledge of Modernism to America.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lpOpw-Z5ksul_qdOHcTHrtoV1OfxX5ZEoapi9w-3fAJLpxPc5vNVh0s0lWUEiefOczJFcRZtXnQhNfNf8Q5kZIwkXs_ZETnVTBJ6pBBgqU7xBBvcXUIBPUNLcCf9SxR-XsZk6PEaW3I/s1600/215511.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lpOpw-Z5ksul_qdOHcTHrtoV1OfxX5ZEoapi9w-3fAJLpxPc5vNVh0s0lWUEiefOczJFcRZtXnQhNfNf8Q5kZIwkXs_ZETnVTBJ6pBBgqU7xBBvcXUIBPUNLcCf9SxR-XsZk6PEaW3I/s400/215511.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fritz Bultman, Still Life Study from Hans Hofmann class<br />Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hofmann is said to be the father of Abstract Expressionism and if Abstract Expressionism was born in New York, it summered in Provincetown.  Hofmann went to Provincetown each summer and flocks of now legendary artists followed.  I could do an entire blog on the artists of Provincetown.  It's hard to even narrow one person to a single post.  I could easily do four posts on Bultman alone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7eQjeaQAqAuoG3OF201iaSflXMwQipmDMz1wlutzKVRo9779XNklYhIXq1R8fGOCNGgvdnaCXbyoch9bNvCTFArZUOiVs9LBa-Ba09gxQLfFwMtU_vxXd-rEc0nbbcYDSgdUb3aLi28/s1600/AAA_hofmhans_24667.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7eQjeaQAqAuoG3OF201iaSflXMwQipmDMz1wlutzKVRo9779XNklYhIXq1R8fGOCNGgvdnaCXbyoch9bNvCTFArZUOiVs9LBa-Ba09gxQLfFwMtU_vxXd-rEc0nbbcYDSgdUb3aLi28/s400/AAA_hofmhans_24667.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hans Hofmann art class, Provincetown, MA circa 1945<br /><a href="http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/images/detail/class-hans-hofmann-school-fine-arts-provincetown-9471">Archives of American Art</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was able to find quite a bit of information about Bultman but it was hard to stay on track.  Each article would mention one artist after another that branched out like a family tree of Who's Who in American Art.  Bultman was part of a group of artists referred to as "<a href="http://www.npg.si.edu/cexh/artnews/irasc.htm">The Irascibles</a>" in a 1950 Life magazine article.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh080k-GDXj0zOByJq-C2c3r3KSY3oxTmtovw7cbzMxDEwR49aaAGRG8D_peuGiWTxqJdRXcBjSUa9lK26ColrB8MlshZ-rYP22cejNK986mCq4_ax4PVuV8aq41ufZrujA0jxzOkh7RM4/s1600/nina-leen-and-the-irascibles.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh080k-GDXj0zOByJq-C2c3r3KSY3oxTmtovw7cbzMxDEwR49aaAGRG8D_peuGiWTxqJdRXcBjSUa9lK26ColrB8MlshZ-rYP22cejNK986mCq4_ax4PVuV8aq41ufZrujA0jxzOkh7RM4/s320/nina-leen-and-the-irascibles.jpeg" width="265" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "Irascibles" photograph by Nina Leen</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This group of American abstract painters, including Willem deKooning, Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell and Mark Rothko, wrote a letter of the Metropolitan Museum of Art basically accusing them of ignoring American artists.  Although Bultman signed the letter, he was studying sculpture in Italy so was missing from the now famous photograph.  Bultman always felt his absence from the photograph prevented larger success.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would never get my chance to meet Bultman who died in 1985.  When I had exhausted all the internet information, I wrote a letter to Bultman's widow Jeanne explaining I was a big fan of her husband's work and asked if I could visit her sometime to ask some questions.  She called me a few days later.  "Any fan of Fritz's work is welcome anytime you want to visit, you just let me know," she said.  I was planning to take a week-long printing workshop at the Provincetown museum in a few weeks so we made a plan to meet while I was in town.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUq5fTsJm0IQ3SoZ21PcfuXG-2tFHSej7ffqoFiaEYXqpet7092vl61dnA-6NgqUDhTKqkcINSMeTCfdHB8z6PQZb9vSfiI44r-mU9qchqQDEutBL2zfhXMHyHIgEA16lNvjAxAfVr_U/s1600/bultman2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUq5fTsJm0IQ3SoZ21PcfuXG-2tFHSej7ffqoFiaEYXqpet7092vl61dnA-6NgqUDhTKqkcINSMeTCfdHB8z6PQZb9vSfiI44r-mU9qchqQDEutBL2zfhXMHyHIgEA16lNvjAxAfVr_U/s640/bultman2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fritz Bultman in his studio circa 1945                                                The Bultmans in Provincetown</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even in her '80s, Jeanne Bultman was stunning.  We met as she was getting her mail.   We walked up the hill to her cottage and took a seat on her porch to talk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She came to Provincetown in 1942 where she met Frtiz and she stayed for the summer to work as a model for Hans Hofmann.  They married in 1943.  I recalled Robenia Myrer Smith's talking about German submarines being in the water off Provincetown during WWII and this put Jeanne in town at the same time.  She admitted it was a scary time.  "We never saw German submarines but we were told they were out there.  There were blackouts at night and all of the artists would go to the A-House and dance all night."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZbMBzdz7itlOlFx1I9TJsqEVu5pz_AtElSKJMZ7gdI-EPREin5pk3tCk5wSCb45eRnZTzFUC4jVvex2TOWXBb2C8_wbNj7Na0xIEioTInE6tP-LxLnT4T16A3sqP8zTGVJHWiBFwfdt4/s1600/IMG_1063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZbMBzdz7itlOlFx1I9TJsqEVu5pz_AtElSKJMZ7gdI-EPREin5pk3tCk5wSCb45eRnZTzFUC4jVvex2TOWXBb2C8_wbNj7Na0xIEioTInE6tP-LxLnT4T16A3sqP8zTGVJHWiBFwfdt4/s640/IMG_1063.jpg" width="476" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drawing from Hofmann class by (I believe) Lillian Orlowski with inset sketches by Hans Hofmann</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I asked about some of the other artists that spent time in town like Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko.  She seemed to love Franz.  "He always had a smile on his face and recruited all the artists to play baseball games.  "Of course they were horrible," she said, "but they all played and everyone laughed."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fritz was also friends with Tennessee Williams.  I've seen several accounts of Tennessee's shenanigans but I think once Fritz and Jeanne were married and had kids, she wasn't having it anymore.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After I'd exhausted all of my questions, Jeanne asked if there was anything else she could help me with.  Imagining any artist from this period would have an amazing art collection, I asked if I could see her house.  She politely gave me a tour....and I was right.  Not only did she have an amazing collection of paintings, it was rounded out by interesting furniture and objects that I'm sure had their own stories.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHJoiB8E_NEAK4Mn7P1vWmQB8f4kJpEE4UgOGixtfgv8xDzGLNEF-rA31GvwzvN7HffCe3yiMM_NOOKsOfh4iGn1iTG-cnLzqR1hRYBzxJL5hZZ6eCzxpwZu8PmzzNyBVvTTD-aA7Wnk/s1600/bultman4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHJoiB8E_NEAK4Mn7P1vWmQB8f4kJpEE4UgOGixtfgv8xDzGLNEF-rA31GvwzvN7HffCe3yiMM_NOOKsOfh4iGn1iTG-cnLzqR1hRYBzxJL5hZZ6eCzxpwZu8PmzzNyBVvTTD-aA7Wnk/s640/bultman4.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo:  <a href="http://paam.org/">PAAM</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After Jeanne's death in 2008, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum held an exhibition of the Fritz and Jeanne Bultman's collection including some of their furniture and objects.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although my afternoon with Jeanne Bultman is another chapter closed, there are more yet to be discovered.  Other artists and their sons and daughters who experienced this exciting time in America's history are still there.  And new generations of artists carry on making art and creating new chapters in the story of Provincetown.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The estate of Fritz Bultman is represented by <a href="http://universalfineobjects.com/">Albert Merola Gallery</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another great source of vintage Provincetown artwork is <a href="http://acmefineart.com/">Acme Fine Art</a> in Boston.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Helen Frankenthaler

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4VbAQwazBCXSIXNUyyPuAOvckmptUWQYufmTJJSmq0B9swB8zNprJ1QhTehZKEW-T3t7bgmT9rQnGRL7oAjQRuKSK60EAO34wTtpuKGkpNLfXvOLDQwdUKTu8FrdxNQSD7PvhpQUqUo/s1600/0ad0e67a38229634_large.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4VbAQwazBCXSIXNUyyPuAOvckmptUWQYufmTJJSmq0B9swB8zNprJ1QhTehZKEW-T3t7bgmT9rQnGRL7oAjQRuKSK60EAO34wTtpuKGkpNLfXvOLDQwdUKTu8FrdxNQSD7PvhpQUqUo/s640/0ad0e67a38229634_large.jpeg" width="434" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Helen Frankenthaler in Life Magazine, 1956</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I went to MOMA a few years ago, there were a few artists' work that stopped me in my tracks.  Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, Willem De Kooning and Helen Frankenthaler.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In case you've never heard of her, or seen any of her work, I wanted you to see a little bit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAnV4Ig27gkt414T1pUmZT4RS5PxBHH0PLMFIMdjdwbsudFbvKitYNq_KwwOc0qEMTvJzbZ3FTc9AQ0dA6XcLxLIhixcY48vJVxIL8STiWBOshhKkouVE8BK4xS6mJN7J57wlraUt3v0/s1600/mountains+and+sea+1952.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAnV4Ig27gkt414T1pUmZT4RS5PxBHH0PLMFIMdjdwbsudFbvKitYNq_KwwOc0qEMTvJzbZ3FTc9AQ0dA6XcLxLIhixcY48vJVxIL8STiWBOshhKkouVE8BK4xS6mJN7J57wlraUt3v0/s640/mountains+and+sea+1952.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mountains and Sea, 1952</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2oWxeHCqwqGwMhheXDiVQnvoo0rKz_RTn8LsWH0vYrEgLfTdddBr9E_6jEOJKcYyxiycCpSFn_5A1e1Z5iEESv6wApwzWS9HcvTiqlbX2mFMkZ6ZRXcrWBK6WZuIy-bYTCsWm7rDXBTg/s1600/Picture+4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2oWxeHCqwqGwMhheXDiVQnvoo0rKz_RTn8LsWH0vYrEgLfTdddBr9E_6jEOJKcYyxiycCpSFn_5A1e1Z5iEESv6wApwzWS9HcvTiqlbX2mFMkZ6ZRXcrWBK6WZuIy-bYTCsWm7rDXBTg/s640/Picture+4.png" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Frankenthaler worked much like Jackson Pollack in the way she poured paint onto the surface of the canvas.  She was, however, unique in her use of thinned paint that soaked in and became part of the canvas rather than sit on top of it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6IoGMxhYb34dwpW5rJjGqo4EdjelUqq_3DoB5HqlaEknYqLZuaKLEAozNlS2LbJ1zxvFZXHKVLJa8YSf0AN0oG9qZ0akX59TV_rkojDfvBnAjHKvW9COCS5TxcwSKN4CImVuDn3nMok/s1600/jacobs+ladder+1957.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6IoGMxhYb34dwpW5rJjGqo4EdjelUqq_3DoB5HqlaEknYqLZuaKLEAozNlS2LbJ1zxvFZXHKVLJa8YSf0AN0oG9qZ0akX59TV_rkojDfvBnAjHKvW9COCS5TxcwSKN4CImVuDn3nMok/s640/jacobs+ladder+1957.jpeg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jacob's Ladder, 1957</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbU7SmqB31ZcoA79xXA8O0-spPSUrTLedSx3I2DxBcswRGtf_82wa_H_FF6CTkfIMjYBBffSx3pxXfRqPSBgXAt2OB5V-mG6xm2MbsjGbmFa12yDzCudfDGTKJvFYaSbJSGYZvbBba73g/s1600/frankenthaler10.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbU7SmqB31ZcoA79xXA8O0-spPSUrTLedSx3I2DxBcswRGtf_82wa_H_FF6CTkfIMjYBBffSx3pxXfRqPSBgXAt2OB5V-mG6xm2MbsjGbmFa12yDzCudfDGTKJvFYaSbJSGYZvbBba73g/s400/frankenthaler10.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2sqVwM0Pe8-y4BsJppDmku41UTCWtBnXBzBm-3nOXh2AkpKMv4D9q_My4IHHuTbek4IWQxE-6U4MDhaD0gsqwYdLZq3_QGZUBowsX61y2iF-ZSNtVKnj2vaCuQOQmkbyKWpKIkt5lx0/s1600/mauve+district+1966.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2sqVwM0Pe8-y4BsJppDmku41UTCWtBnXBzBm-3nOXh2AkpKMv4D9q_My4IHHuTbek4IWQxE-6U4MDhaD0gsqwYdLZq3_QGZUBowsX61y2iF-ZSNtVKnj2vaCuQOQmkbyKWpKIkt5lx0/s400/mauve+district+1966.png" width="367" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mauve District, 1966</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmU7n-qMvgOnOUYNUMQyvHPEFiEUISuwlM74pgjbBpvI7xuLDye-TACS7DyuHvXa786VqmVw2BIecvADKkTnTJnhHAUprS0MQXErvfQmOwQAt9zurRC-zD7jb85rZ_eGPhFuSNnzdsVc/s1600/Picture+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmU7n-qMvgOnOUYNUMQyvHPEFiEUISuwlM74pgjbBpvI7xuLDye-TACS7DyuHvXa786VqmVw2BIecvADKkTnTJnhHAUprS0MQXErvfQmOwQAt9zurRC-zD7jb85rZ_eGPhFuSNnzdsVc/s400/Picture+2.png" width="311" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Robert Motherwell and Helen Frankenthaler in Provincetown.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaay30TzNw5qFtpXo0PYPsNNjiCQolxcZucSG-tEEWhln0xkjxDQDv-DIs10IBqWxvMAo8g5P86vnDGpXkxgI5e1WN5C-leWazHXzTjXK1wGmi779_R0pq0Vbn4sso1IQEQfU1FcYIXQ/s1600/savage+breeze+1974.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaay30TzNw5qFtpXo0PYPsNNjiCQolxcZucSG-tEEWhln0xkjxDQDv-DIs10IBqWxvMAo8g5P86vnDGpXkxgI5e1WN5C-leWazHXzTjXK1wGmi779_R0pq0Vbn4sso1IQEQfU1FcYIXQ/s640/savage+breeze+1974.png" width="548" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Savage Breeze, woodcut, 1974</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tCALHiyARaoNWr-k4fB-MXqek137-WL1lVWBBivr3PieQ2FH_wBOloBJb4eSD5j1smSpJeltu6fPcxYbKLofF7X_mSWMHcUKoyHHErAPPwLzjQreEnDeHyzCMH-XcvZRSOe2dklzRk0/s1600/Picture+15.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tCALHiyARaoNWr-k4fB-MXqek137-WL1lVWBBivr3PieQ2FH_wBOloBJb4eSD5j1smSpJeltu6fPcxYbKLofF7X_mSWMHcUKoyHHErAPPwLzjQreEnDeHyzCMH-XcvZRSOe2dklzRk0/s400/Picture+15.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdXhPxC_KXGeMAwaWA8PMlMw682D9_Rzdmb0XvCG79YgvPH1SIOefMc7Ce1kW25_C56W-aQvmxUwF0hPp5T3bVTTOgIOhbcz6rEhjahfHFqmXZPs4uFrTY-vr3FGMROfeU1UMPHejC7A/s1600/Green+Thought+in+a+Green+Shade+1981.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdXhPxC_KXGeMAwaWA8PMlMw682D9_Rzdmb0XvCG79YgvPH1SIOefMc7Ce1kW25_C56W-aQvmxUwF0hPp5T3bVTTOgIOhbcz6rEhjahfHFqmXZPs4uFrTY-vr3FGMROfeU1UMPHejC7A/s640/Green+Thought+in+a+Green+Shade+1981.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Green Thought in a Green Shade, 1981</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQeVQZ-Rysx1oKaU75fZIjF9lUyackMEG1wD0lngA2TxBcD6aXABcxjE8XrSRcir8qgrGw7ya9LHdwzl69HTXSus98rIy6DVNR1JShPGAyPopiBSLgiX0Y1YiPfYhJvWoHJNvTCK_MBM/s1600/snow+pines+34-color+Ukiyo-e+woodcit%252C+printed+with+16+woodblocks+2004.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQeVQZ-Rysx1oKaU75fZIjF9lUyackMEG1wD0lngA2TxBcD6aXABcxjE8XrSRcir8qgrGw7ya9LHdwzl69HTXSus98rIy6DVNR1JShPGAyPopiBSLgiX0Y1YiPfYhJvWoHJNvTCK_MBM/s640/snow+pines+34-color+Ukiyo-e+woodcit%252C+printed+with+16+woodblocks+2004.png" width="476" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Snow Pines, 2004</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">34-color Ukiyo-e woodcut, printed with 16 woodblocks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amazing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTZOjR5odL_SRhM1O8otUm8CgPdpG_qzANNa56hJdGo4DWXLiabDGYts_Byysa_7sISNmdFwluJt9gSswyMSg90T3PpVf9A4DDfS1z0e_wUK4nMTI3C9Viz270ApWD8lOxD1wke4Jjlc/s1600/27frankenthaler_cnd-articleLarge.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTZOjR5odL_SRhM1O8otUm8CgPdpG_qzANNa56hJdGo4DWXLiabDGYts_Byysa_7sISNmdFwluJt9gSswyMSg90T3PpVf9A4DDfS1z0e_wUK4nMTI3C9Viz270ApWD8lOxD1wke4Jjlc/s640/27frankenthaler_cnd-articleLarge.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Helen Frankenthaler passed away today at the age of 83.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was a true American gem.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- - - - - - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">12/28/2011</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found more images of her and her work in real home settings so I thought I would add them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS2qn8oT87jVDz2-RMn7_H-xFW9roCayvN_uAmfzp0wM49yhrbo7mqB1imwJM35Em-Nw2-CLllrOfZDVAsfkxfEvQCAnTV944Ce2lxnt8NGHkllZnu8asqfuWOyHeVLe8nI5kHyFwbDBA/s400/129393.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This triptych is called Madame Butterfly from 2000.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjivaBZb0qTASdvD8YqwdibxLRlPbxIOAUzcDGt9woEfkx-7f3ykxWFIymfBi4Y_wWvpd2uwxpJbIKDRNfAMiAHXtREOalpYuLdmcM0lL2oxUY1dUT0SICwPs_9iSHscORO2YU1Bl_0E/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-06-18+at+10.21.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjivaBZb0qTASdvD8YqwdibxLRlPbxIOAUzcDGt9woEfkx-7f3ykxWFIymfBi4Y_wWvpd2uwxpJbIKDRNfAMiAHXtREOalpYuLdmcM0lL2oxUY1dUT0SICwPs_9iSHscORO2YU1Bl_0E/s400/Screen+shot+2011-06-18+at+10.21.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler in Life Magazine, 1956 When I went to MOMA a few years ago, there were a few artists' work that stopped me in my tra...

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A Day in Provincetown

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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVZ0Xq9m8u89itEIRizD6bDRzYH32HePAIBomWITEq8Aj6VuVky1TxXCNOOANQFietEZIaISo14ljCcovpwubCJMBIKRCB7RkgtUqI52Wro_tPPC0f9tOJEjdb2ugB2Sx9QRFgBdlKX4/s1600/IMG_6430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVZ0Xq9m8u89itEIRizD6bDRzYH32HePAIBomWITEq8Aj6VuVky1TxXCNOOANQFietEZIaISo14ljCcovpwubCJMBIKRCB7RkgtUqI52Wro_tPPC0f9tOJEjdb2ugB2Sx9QRFgBdlKX4/s640/IMG_6430.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...her original woodblock for the print.   I still think the blocks are as lovely as the prints.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are a few other random photos from our day in P'town.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWbdC-oxneneB199m2AZiGqX38XDY4D9lqyamdYmEexTIlCN6kqU-RGm-_BDVENE5kp8cB-AuIW_UZSU0Y2Rzq7VVbukGUB8jOgpHv9LF2_aD9r3dC-ZDPpz3112fiRVuAn5Y_4Ye9ss/s1600/IMG_6421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWbdC-oxneneB199m2AZiGqX38XDY4D9lqyamdYmEexTIlCN6kqU-RGm-_BDVENE5kp8cB-AuIW_UZSU0Y2Rzq7VVbukGUB8jOgpHv9LF2_aD9r3dC-ZDPpz3112fiRVuAn5Y_4Ye9ss/s400/IMG_6421.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Painting by Byron Browne at PAAM.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0B3k_8wVNJ4N7kr2eA891nfIgjgvCSBPQOaYiIwlv9Oa9FXTKXrd49JJoDQLrF8OxiuqffNBqQ3lUS5OAuThL-28-0Ky4abXkfJpoXW_2fcskB78VrFc_nyS56Zto7404gb4FwbYGZPU/s1600/IMG_6433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0B3k_8wVNJ4N7kr2eA891nfIgjgvCSBPQOaYiIwlv9Oa9FXTKXrd49JJoDQLrF8OxiuqffNBqQ3lUS5OAuThL-28-0Ky4abXkfJpoXW_2fcskB78VrFc_nyS56Zto7404gb4FwbYGZPU/s400/IMG_6433.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Penelope Jencks "Stuck" sculpture at PAAM.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnDF_V8nkIZ3Xc7ltqsFHBUhvaL5Ra-DFwEJxzbccqQ3NibwmpeHR181y9l28BOM-zttkFvRfHohfmHj-gZ79b1DXPajzT6aILPG7W48NDYG_qAexigXXS-JA586Elugt3pxFgO-zgiE/s1600/IMG_6438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnDF_V8nkIZ3Xc7ltqsFHBUhvaL5Ra-DFwEJxzbccqQ3NibwmpeHR181y9l28BOM-zttkFvRfHohfmHj-gZ79b1DXPajzT6aILPG7W48NDYG_qAexigXXS-JA586Elugt3pxFgO-zgiE/s400/IMG_6438.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The gardens were beautiful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next several paintings were ones that mom loved.  She made me take the photos so I thought I'd share them.  Our tastes are very different but the things she chose are still very lovely.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenjAWzhcB-WmX5pfDuiqBWU6Ab_hHF1TH9huL9_gvqkJfB1ijKTJ1RO9qnsJJSQQlNURO37efK87yw-SOYK_KXN-gLL3AsgtCy5kit73iyiBwdCmk7VNTL3HJkVi9tzm6ctiDxgb6R0U/s1600/IMG_6442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenjAWzhcB-WmX5pfDuiqBWU6Ab_hHF1TH9huL9_gvqkJfB1ijKTJ1RO9qnsJJSQQlNURO37efK87yw-SOYK_KXN-gLL3AsgtCy5kit73iyiBwdCmk7VNTL3HJkVi9tzm6ctiDxgb6R0U/s400/IMG_6442.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy83T6e3M2_0ZGL4q2zx0HSXh5TZ5w1165_NqgqCjgdgEGMQO6ZuRp2ZJ4-sF2Pwt9-lN9tdjH9h49o7wFZ_Zyxey5zl6cHv_C5tTFHxkfisxhHY4WWpsOlBRkj7sOFlVtD4KhvZDzREQ/s1600/IMG_6460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy83T6e3M2_0ZGL4q2zx0HSXh5TZ5w1165_NqgqCjgdgEGMQO6ZuRp2ZJ4-sF2Pwt9-lN9tdjH9h49o7wFZ_Zyxey5zl6cHv_C5tTFHxkfisxhHY4WWpsOlBRkj7sOFlVtD4KhvZDzREQ/s400/IMG_6460.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We enjoyed all the beautiful homes and gardens.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXFl-NBF2ijiT_QJxqjzOBEDeM3lL_EzR6jJtSyanndz_OKy25ZtoAQukdBes8pZGbfnoOlVmQqRdx_8F_GvhrMi7iKJ5evMwmP6amDJJTTogc9YOVxi7-QsjNCo31Q2C7-yhbt-wBS0/s1600/IMG_6467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXFl-NBF2ijiT_QJxqjzOBEDeM3lL_EzR6jJtSyanndz_OKy25ZtoAQukdBes8pZGbfnoOlVmQqRdx_8F_GvhrMi7iKJ5evMwmP6amDJJTTogc9YOVxi7-QsjNCo31Q2C7-yhbt-wBS0/s400/IMG_6467.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The quaint shops.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4kVskRFNZFfGNZmd9BGJ2I3Mp8A0LPlFS_3UhD0PKKANjhUvmx5PYBeUi26XU75Kthl4J8Sm4ELuKxBjbWSby61k-jHQVq6_haro3OSPUFgtGOReJjqYrkhdx24s9mL6CBTsbEbdNuM/s1600/IMG_6488.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4kVskRFNZFfGNZmd9BGJ2I3Mp8A0LPlFS_3UhD0PKKANjhUvmx5PYBeUi26XU75Kthl4J8Sm4ELuKxBjbWSby61k-jHQVq6_haro3OSPUFgtGOReJjqYrkhdx24s9mL6CBTsbEbdNuM/s400/IMG_6488.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little local color.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfHBJzoiWQKWX_9garwgr4X_7vtiG_ji6b-iL19jcZnx8mgC9p7YUlCENlFbjD3MlSQ_3ZNBhnw45LXEpzRIHjNOkAwsbj1uMK1t8tEGaj9AXuEsApRuPHnevQd4IKgPiXLJXaxUXMPA/s1600/IMG_6493.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfHBJzoiWQKWX_9garwgr4X_7vtiG_ji6b-iL19jcZnx8mgC9p7YUlCENlFbjD3MlSQ_3ZNBhnw45LXEpzRIHjNOkAwsbj1uMK1t8tEGaj9AXuEsApRuPHnevQd4IKgPiXLJXaxUXMPA/s400/IMG_6493.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A place to sit and enjoy the artwork at Julie Heller East Gallery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the only day during mom's visit that it didn't rain, so this was a great day.</div><br /></div>

A Day in Provincetown

Last year I did a post on Ferol Warthen and the Provincetown print .  Her work is very scarce so I feel lucky to have one of her little prin...

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