We are lucky to have an oral history video produced in 2013 by the Martha’s Vineyard Museum (MVM) of the late Nan Tull,85, who passed on July 4, 2023, discussing her shell studies produced over two years of beach combing all sides of the island. In the video, Tull talks about admiring what is on those beaches. The artist’s version of what she saw is a translation of nature’s creations which she captured in both graphite and watercolor and labeled with common and Latin names, for example “common jingle” written in script next to “anomia simplex.” To my eyes, these studies provided the forms that become her visual language for large abstract drawings in charcoal and for encaustic works. Like Piet Mondrian’s tree drawings that evolved from illusion to allusion and finally expression, her late period works in charcoal, pastel and encaustic have a primordial beginning in her earlier works … [Read more...] about PRESERVING A LEGACY

For an artist, creating the work requires one set of skills, promoting the work and getting it seen and appreciated is a whole different skill set. TAG | The Art Gallery, which shares a space with the New England Art Center(NEAC), is located at 460 Harrison Avenue in what’s widely known as either SoWa Boston or the SoWa Art and Design District, and was founded in the summer of 2024. Claudia Fiks is the brains behind it all. She is engaging, has an incredible background in art and knows the art business on a local and international level, bringing that knowledge to Artscope Magazine readers as a global correspondent since 2022, prior to opening TAG. Being a part of TAG | The Art Gallery is helpful to so many other artists — including me. Being able to show in SOWA Boston is a big plus. On the first Friday of every month there is an opening reception and an artist talk where artists … [Read more...] about THE VALUE OF COLLABORATION