A closer look

Eric Silva

"I draw my inspiration from the often overlooked simplicity of beauty found in the ordinary."

Waste not, want not.

This year Laurel Oswald Clark joined us in Wellfleet, where people can't help but remark on her work.

Here she found herself feeling a deep affinity for the landscapes of New England.

A man of few words, but boy can he swing a paint brush.

"The act of painting has led me to see and to appreciate the world around me so much more than I ever realized."

"Tom and I are partners," Rosalie said of the Pottery Flounder process. "We share the tasks required in making each piece one at a time."

Jackie deRuyter can't bring herself to throw away scraps of fabric.

"This work is my tribute to an old friend and an ancient species."

Each assemblage is left in a raw, unpolished state, with sharp points and edges exposed.

(Don't run with them.)

The surface of their work looks like the ice crystals that form on your window at night.

If you look at Phyllis Adams' paintings and envision her heading off in a boat to paint by the seaside, you're mostly right.