The Island network

In my work as a local publisher, I try to use as much local talent as I can find. Sometimes that’s not always easy. Back in the winter I went looking for illustrators for two of my spring books. The books are very different – one is a children’s book that uses the Flying Horses as a backdrop for the story; the other is a collection of essays about life on the Vineyard. Yet both also had one thing in common: they needed creative art, the kind... Read More

A lighthouse revelation

I was thunderstruck one day last summer when I walked into Alison Shaw’s gallery in Oak Bluffs while she was preparing a new show. Glowing white against a dark blue wall was a  huge picture of a lighthouse. It was instantly recognizable, even though I’d never seen anything like it. I knew a lust so great it hurt. It was 30 inches by 60 inches, so big and so bold that it dominated the space; Sue Dawson, Alison’s partner in both the gallery... Read More