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Artist Profile: Lance Walker

“Lance was born in 1962 in Vallejo, California and moved to the Cape in early 2000 to explore a career in art. Primarily a self taught artist, he started painting in the late 1980’s after years of developing his drawing skills and working in architectural and technical drafting. “Lance’s only formal training came early in […]

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Save Animals! Clean the Coast!

September is International Coastal Cleanup, a collaborative effort by the Ocean Conservancy and hundreds of partners to clean shorelines while collecting data and raising awareness about marine debris. The National Marine Life Center is pleased to participate in CoastSweep, the annual Massachusetts state-wide cleanup, and we want YOU to help!  Please join us this Sunday, […]

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Artist Profile: Priscilla Levesque

“I paint with transparent watercolor and casein. I usually work outdoors on location in order to accurately record the qualities of my subject. I portray the atmosphere, weather, contrasts of warm versus cool; bright versus subdued; light versus shadow; sharply focused foreground versus blurred distance. “By working on location I can capture fleeting effects such […]

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Artist Profile: Kathy Edmonston

“I always knew that I could draw well, but it wasn’t until college that I actually took a formal class. It never occurred to me that I could pursue art as a career, so I chose business. “After more than 25 years in the advertising and high tech publishing business, I found my creative needs […]

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Welcome to the Northern Red-bellied Cooters Hatchlings Class of 2010-2011

We would like to welcome the 2010 – 2011 class of  Red Bellied Cooter Hatchlings to the family here at NMLC.  We are working as a partner with the headstart program through the Natural Heritage Endagered Species Program, Massachussets Division of Fisheries & Wildlife.  This morning at 6:45 am volunteer Juan Bacigalupi and I  left […]

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Welcome Adele!

Adele Raphael came to NMLC as our new Office Manager and Volunteer Coordinator after nearly 25 years in the utility industry.  Working for both NSTAR and National Grid, she’s held positions as:  a Communications Specialist, working in Public Relations writing customer, employee and company documents, maintaining four web sites and assisting with community outreach projects; […]

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Artist Profile: Candice Ronesi

“‘My love of Cape Cod began a very long time ago. My love of painting is much more recent. For me, the two are forever linked. “‘For years I have been exploring this wonderful place by car, bicycle and on foot. I am always intrigued by the small, less traveled places ~ little paths, walkways […]

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Artist Profile: Caitlin Hurd

“Intrigued by the particulars of ‘the suburbs,’ Caitlin Hurd questions the expectations of the culture in which she grew up. Using a painting vocabulary rooted in modernist, figurative tradition, she explores what it means to be conditioned towards the idealized nuclear family and traditional work-life, and what happens when one deviates. Caitlin employs images of […]

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Artist Profile: Odin Smith

“Odin Kaeselau Smith is a native Cape Cod artist who resides in Harwich MA, with her husband and five young sons whose ages range from 3 to 13 years old. She is a full time mother who uses her ‘spare’ moments to capture time, light and emotion through her artwork. “Odin’s subjects reflect her upbringing […]

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Artist Profile: Sandy O’Connor

“‘My best work is always inspired by what I have seen and experienced personally. I filter those experiences and try to capture the emotional connection that stirs my own senses when seeing something for the first time. I am constantly drawn to strong natural light and deep shadows no matter what the subject matter especially […]

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