View and Discover a different side of Nantucket's Century House! 

Some of our favorite guests are artists.  You may see them around the inn, enjoying breakfast, quietly absorbing the island's beauty, finding inspiration in the unexpected.  The artists bring with them passion, love and talent and they take back beautiful works of art.  An evolution from the June 2005 Professional Artist’s Week, the artistic Charrettes will offer a series of intimate stays orchestrated by a long term Century House Artist-in-Residence “Point/Master Artist.” Read here the press release.  Nantucket revivifies the imagination, the spirit, the creativity, and we welcome beauty through the artist's eye!  Jean Ellen and Gerry Have been involved in the arts for over twenty some years.  A vast collection of paintings is available for viewing only. The art-in-residence program is open to any creative mind.  For more information please call 508-228-0530. 

Below are the artists in residence for the 2008 Season.

Kevin Shea - June 6 - June 13

Kevin Shea's paintings are crafted from traditional artist's materials. His oils are painted from rich handground pigments on Belgian linen with goldleaf style frames. He brings a wealth of knowledge to his work and instruction with over twenty years experience painting outdoors as a full-time professional artist. Shea's work has been displayed nationally with the American Artists Professional League and the Salmagundi Club. He has been featured in numerous publications and on CNN, and displays his work with six galleries. Collectors of Shea's limited edition fine art prints enjoy his light, lyrical beach scenes, nautical lighthouses, and his popular landmark prints featuring Fenway Park and Boston Public Garden.


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"Gary Korlin began his art career at an early age. His formal art education began at a state college but was soon replaced with specialized training... Gary continues with life-sized figure work, landscapes, still-lifes and an ever-growing demand for portraiture. Still frequenting the European scene, his paintings hang in collections in England, France, Italy and Austria. His work has been shown in San Francisco, New York, London, South Africa and France." quidleyandco.com                                                                                                 

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Sergio Roffo

Sergio Roffo - "2007 Pops By The Sea" sponsored by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.  has been inspired by the work of American traditional painters such as Inness &Bierstadt, among others. Roffo's representations of coastal landscapes reveal a luminous, masterful feeling. As you view his art, you will discover a precise sense of value and atmospheric perspective that conveys a relaxed sense of calmness; a characteristic that defines and informs all of his works. serious artist, Roffo continually strives to capture the elusive essence that is Nature. "My mission is trying to convey to the viewer the spirituality and sacredness of my work, indicating the harmony of nature through color and light. As artists, our creative goals will never be accomplished. We will always be students of nature, because nature does it so beautifully. We live each day passionately, others only dream of!"
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John Bannon home and studio are in a wooded, historic Virginia suburb of Washington , where he specializes in landscapes, still life, and portraits. States Bannon "My paintings are to celebrate the BEAUTY of our visual world and the joys of seeing. I paint directly from nature because one must be in its presence to fell the whole gamut of emotions and sensual impressions aroused by the subject." Bannon had the distinct honor of being a student, assistant and ?? of M. Jacques Maroger, former Technical Director of the Louvre Laboratories, Paris, himself a renown painter and expert in the drawing and painting techniques of the old masters.

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Leonard Mizerek - May 24 - May 30

Leonard Mizerek nurtured his artistic love of nature while growing up in the Brandywine Valley. As a young boy, he often went painting along the Brandywine River, deriving inspiration from the countryside of nearby Pennsylvania. His early influence was with the Brandywine School.  He was recently awarded Artist in Residence for June 06 at the Museum Yvonne Jean-Haffen in Dinan, France. He was one of 15 artists selected to paint at the Forbes Colorado Ranch; and exhibited at the Forbes Museum in New York and made part of the permanent collection. He was featured on the August 2001 cover of American Artist Magazine . He was invited as one of 23 nationally recognized contemporary marine artists to exhibit in a special three museum exhibition, which toured New England to the Newport Art Museum, the Maine Maritime Museum and Connecticut River Museum. quidleyandco.com
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"My goal as an artist is to capture the feeling of the subject and bring the viewer into the image, evoking the feeling of being there,"states Christopher, "I have been fortunate to do the one thing that I have always dreamed about doing for my work, to be an artist. There is a freedom that is hard to explain that comes with doing what you were meant to do in life. The joy I bring to the easel with me each day is hard to contain as I work on a painting. I have found that this is really what makes my paintings come to life. I truly enjoy creating beautiful paintings."

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Robert Farber

Robert Farber's style has helped to influence a generation of photographers through vast public exposure of his work. He spearheaded the original Artist Workshop, a Brilliant International Photographer.  His eight coffee table books have sold over a million copies. Sixty of his images have been published as posters and distributed worldwide. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis brought Farber into Doubleday to publish his book "By The Sea," which won the Art Director's award for color photography."   Jean Ellen and Gerry quote in his book "By the Sea," Nantucket is " just like a lover, -- so familiar and comforting -- so wild and unpredictable."

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Catherine M. Elliott is a contemporary artist whose work is evocative of the American Impressionism style of painting. "My paintings are primarily of atmospheric and light conditions portraying the subjects quality. I try to capture the true grace and elegance of the remaining countryside of New England. My goal through my paintings is to capture a moment of time and place by use of color and form to invoke the viewer to "see" the sublime. It is a fascinating challenge to hold on to an hour or a season and to magnify its wonder and peace." Painting en plein air, out of doors, she seeks to convey the fleeting effects of sunlight and atmosphere. Inspired by Van Gogh, Claude Monet, and the French Impressionism Painters, her work explores atmospheric and lighting conditions successfully rendering the overall sense of light. Enjoy the still lifes, nature, landscapes, seascapes, boats, ships, flowers, and fruits. Her works are painterly visions of her innermost admiration of God's creation offering the viewer a sense of awe and peace.
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Barbara Lussier - September 29 - October 3

A philosophically direct descendant of the American Hudson River and Old Lyme painters, Barbara approaches her subject in a way that embraces these traditions working from direct observation and honoring nature. Her landscapes explore the romance of color and light and have been described as “poetry.” 


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"Most of us are 'lonely painters, living in a box of paints."

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Marla Korr

"Her natural ability and classical training enable her to express the subtle changes in light and atmosphere producing paintings that are sensitive and powerful. Influenced by both Classical Realism and Impressionism, her paintings combine a range of feelings with technical excellence and craftsmanship. Marla also directs an atelier of a few serious students."
- About the Century House: "This year marks the 10th year since I have been coming to the Century House.  I look forward to sitting on the verandah where I watch the fog lift off as I indulge in Gerry's-Berry-Buffet-Breakfast and rice pudding.  I think about the breakfast all year and I look forward to my stay.  It is a place where I find my inspiration as an artist .”

Joan Chakonas

She says "I learned how to really paint with Marla Korr, my teacher. She is a fine artist who exhibits in Connecticut, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. I still take weekly lessons with her.  I began painting in 1988 in watercolors and moved on to oils within the year."
- About the Century House: "My Nantucket experience for the past three years has been the Century House bed and breakfast.  Each year I begin packing sooner and sooner because I cannot wait to arrive.  It is an honor and privilege to have been invited to participate in the Artists Program.   It is so nice to have such appreciative and generous hosts.  The accommodations are elegant, the breakfast spread literally carries me through dinner so there is no interruption to our on site painting. Artists who are granted this privilege are very fortunate.”
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Akers is one of America's foremost contemporary realist, painting in watercolor, dry brush and egg tempera. Akers is considered to be a master of light and shadow in his exciting composition. His works are praised both for their beauty and for their richness of detail, and that level of detail is all the more remarkable considering the medium he works in.

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Diane Aeschliman

As a child, Diane was introduced to the world’s finest art during a two-year trip to Europe.  In Paris for a year, she studied drawing with an elderly professor from the Ecole  des Beaux Arts.  His own rigorous training had required ten years of drawing before he was allowed to use color.  Diane’s work reflects her dedication to this disciplined quest for drawing skill.  Her belief is that freedom of expression and the best painting spring from the knowledge and mastery of drawing, or, that drawing is to painting what the root is to the flower
Diane believes in working from life as much as possible, whether portrait, still life or landscape.  She accepts commissions in all three disciplines, and has traveled as far as Switzerland to paint a portrait.

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