2021 Exhibits
Higgins Art Gallery
At Cape Cod Community College
2021 Exhibits
At Cape Cod Community College
Ecology, Gentle Architecture and Off the Grid Living
March 29–April 23, 2021
A group exhibit featuring:
Image: Map (Swimmer), by artist Mark Adams
Double Wings, acrylic, graphite, inks on Mylar, $2,400. Artist: Mark Adams
Blue Hulls, 36 inches by 68 inches, acrylic, graphite, inks on Mylar, $3,600. Artist: Mark Adams
Home, 35 inches by 36 inches, acrylic, graphite, inks on Mylar, $2,200. Artist: Mark Adams
Flock of Crows in Blue and Green, 35 inches by 36 inches, acrylic, graphite, inks on Mylar, $2,200. Artist: Mark Adams
Crows and Figure, 47.5 inches by 36 inches, acrylic, graphite, inks on Mylar, $3,200. Artist: Mark Adams
Nomadic Still Life I, 11 inches by 14 inches, acrylic on wood, $650. Artist: Mark Adams
Nomadic Still Life II, 11 inches by 14 inches, acrylic on wood, $650. Artist: Mark Adams
Nomadic Still Life III, 11 inches by 14 inches, acrylic on wood, $650. Artist: Mark Adams
Draft of Fishes, 10 inches by 10 inches, acrylic on wood, $550. Artist: Mark Adams
A Study, 10 inches by 10 inches, acrylic on wood, $550. Artist: Mark Adams
The Gulf Stream, 10 inches by 10 inches, acrylic on wood, $550. Artist: Mark Adams
Map (Swimmer), 67" x 36", acrylic, graphite, inks on mylar, $3,600. Artist: Mark Adams
Cabin, 8 inches by 9.5 inches, 2015. Artist: Doug Ritter
Greenhouse, 9 inches by 11.5 inches, 2008. Artist: Doug Ritter
Outhouse, 11 inches by 14 inches, 2008. Artist: Doug Ritter
Summer Yurt, 11 inches by 14 inches, 2015. Artist: Doug Ritter
Sunken Yurt, 9 inches by 12 inches, 2015. Artist: Doug Ritter
Tipi, 9 inches by 12 inches, 2008. Artist: Doug Ritter
Marconi, 11 inches by 13.5 inches, 2015. Artist: Doug Ritter
Marconi Summer, 9 inches by 13.5 inches. Artist: Doug Ritter
Sunspirit, 11 inches by 14 inches, 2008. Artist: Doug Ritter
Still Life, 11 inches by 13 inches, 2008. Artist: Doug Ritter
Skull on Plank, 11 inches by 14 inches, 2008. Artist: Doug Ritter
Cape Cod Bridge Project, painting, by Malcolm Wells
Cape Cod Bridge Project 2050, by Malcolm Wells
Airport project drawing, by Malcolm Wells
Underground Airport Terminal Project, by Malcolm Wells
Disney Revisited, drawing, by Malcolm Wells
Earth Covered House (view from above), drawing, by Malcolm Wells
Earth Covered House, drawing, by Malcolm Wells
Earth Covered House (cross section), by Malcolm Wells
Underground Office, drawing, by Malcolm Wells
New Jersey Office, photo, by Malcolm Wells
Tyvek Cape Cod Map, cartoon, by Malcolm Wells
A Tale of Two Shitties, cartoon, by Malcolm Wells
Chopping, cartoon, by Malcolm Wells
Treehouse, cartoons, by Malcolm Wells
Treehouse (at the end), cartoon, by Malcolm Wells
Sandcastle Master, photo of Malcolm Wells
Mark Adams is a painter, printmaker, and a cartographer with the National Park Service and has been based on Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard since 1987. He has focused on works of art that use layered images of maps, personal notebook pages, text, data and images of animals and friends. Adam’s work is about things that imperfectly represent nature to our society, harvesting curiosity, wonderment and a little biology as source material. Adams has taught at the Provincetown Art Association, Castle Hill Center for the Arts (Truro MA), and the Provincetown School Academy program and as a guest in the MFA program of the Fine Arts Work Center/Massachusetts College of Art. He has studied ecology, landscape architecture, printmaking and photography at University of California, Berkeley, California College of Arts and Crafts and studied with artists at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. He also worked as a wildlife field biologist, scientific illustrator, forest firefighter. Adams is represented by The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA.
Douglas Ritter has been a year-round resident of the Outer Cape since 1997. He first came to Cape Cod in 1987 with a fellowship in painting from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. He has taught painting, design, drawing and color theory within the BFA Programs of the Corcoran School of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, and the Savannah College of Art and Design, and at the Museum School of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, as well as workshops within arts organizations such as Castle Hill Center for the Arts in Truro, Massachusetts, and Rockville Arts Place in Maryland. He is currently teaching accredited courses in drawing and design at the Cape Cod Community College.
Malcolm Wells (March 11, 1926–November 27, 2009) was an American architect who is known for his earth-sheltered buildings. Wells who lived in Brewster was also a writer, illustrator, draftsman, lecturer, cartoonist and solar consultant. He believed that nature should always come first. After ten years " spent spreading corporate asphalt on America in the name of architecture", he went into underground structures because "the Earth's surface was made for living plants, not industrial plants." Devoted to preserving the landscape and the earth, Wells designed underground houses. Underground structures are energy-efficient, environmentally friendly and comfortable for people to live in. Wells built an underground house and a gallery in Brewster, MA.