Profile of Artist Ray Ellis – Cape Cod Life
Ellis’s work covers a variety of mediums, spanning a seven-decade career. “Both of my parents were artists,” he says, ” so I had a tremendous amount of encouragement from a young age.”…
Ellis’s work covers a variety of mediums, spanning a seven-decade career. “Both of my parents were artists,” he says, ” so I had a tremendous amount of encouragement from a young age.”…
Tucked between Vineyard Haven’s Black Dog Bakery Café and Tashmoo Insurance is Four Generations Art Gallery. Inside is more than a century’s worth of Ortlip family art, most of it by a member of the family’s third generation, Paul Ortlip.
Not all guitarists from the Cape an Islands sing ballads about the sea. I fact, Amy England’s two Albums “Heart Like Mine” and “Nantucket to Nashville” are best classified as Americana/Country- with a little bit of Irish folk music thrown in for good measure.
When a boy from conservative Surrey, England, lands in 1950’s beatnik Los Angeles, there’s a pretty good chance he’ll be drawn to art.. And when he relocates to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, there’s even a better chance that he’ll truly discover art- and transform those discoveries into his own artistic expression.
At anytime of day, kayaking is a peaceful way to enjoy the natural beauty of the cape.