Featured Artists

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Recognized as the premier female marine artist in the United States, O’Malley-Keyes is collected by numerous luminaries and enthusiastic devotees of her highly detailed oil paintings. Her paintings of the Americas Cup are in the permanent collection at the Royal Perth Yacht Club. O’Malley-Keyes also paints many of the classic yacht regattas, harbors and vistas close to her home and studio on Cape Cod.

A New England native, Arlene attended art classes at N.H.Institute, studied under many nationally known artist, and devotes most of her creativity to painting wonderful Cape Cod. She is an award-winning artist, and teacher whose work's can be seen at " The Gallery on Main, What a Grind gallery in North Falmouth, Cape Cod and Falmouth art associations, and online.

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Nantucket Basket Works

Lisa Bessette is proprietor and weaver at Nantucket Basketworks of Cape Cod. She is a native Cape Codder and has been hand weaving her baskets for over 20 years. Her purses, totes and specialty baskets are all woven by Lisa and signed and dated on the bottom. Lisa's baskets have been photographed for many national magazines and appeared on the cover of Cape Cod Magazine.

Betsy Carlson Cross is a Cape Cod native, mother of 9, and self-taught artist. She creates landscapes and abstract art with alcohol inks and other media on a multitude of surfaces including paper, canvas, wooden and plastic carvings, ceramic tiles and reflects her love of the Cape. Her artwork is available in original or print, as is or commissioned.

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James Musto studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Cape Cod Conservatory of Music & Arts. As an artist, lecturer and sculptor, he has held creative art workshops and lectures on creativity. He works in all media creating new techniques, using unusual material is his passion. Amongst published work includes Deborah Norman's 2015 book on contemporary Cape Cod artists on abstraction.

Miss Rinaldo started her business in 1972. Karen’s art reflects the charm of Cape Cod and New England. Historical subjects represent a large body of her work. In 1990 she was commissioned to paint the first historically accurate painting of The First Thanksgiving/1621. In 2015 Karen was the recipient of The Heritage Award presented by the Falmouth Historical Society and by invitation sits on their Board of Directors. Miss Rinaldo remains active with non-profit groups in town and maintains a studio on Falmouth Harbor. In 2017 she partnered with Don Cross to open The Gallery on Main.

Kevin is a Juried Photographer at Falmouth Art Center. His passion for photography spans over 60 years to his first camera given to him by his mother and father. Kevin's pictures often celebrate one of nature’s special moments or a physical achievement driven by the creativity of the human spirit. He hopes his pictures will spark a memory or stimulate an idea for the viewer. The photographs come from his home in Falmouth, frequent drives through New England and several cross country travels since retirement.

Barry is a graduate of the School of Medical Illustration at the Mass General Hospital in Boston He served as a Corpsman U.S. Navy /U.S. Marine Corps -Korean War. Barry is an official U.S. Coast Guard Artist. The Gallery on Main is very pleased and proud to showcase original pencil and charcoal drawings of Barry’s signature whaling scenes as well as prints of vintage planes and motorcycles.

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Michael Helfen is a self-taught artist. Michael spent years working in theatre as an actor and then twenty-five years as a director. "People have categorized me as an impressionist and colorist, with my love of brush strokes, immediacy of feeling 'and my use of vivid colors. “In many ways I am a chronicler, a story teller of the tale of this special place Cape Cod, then and now"

“I am inspired when light becomes magical and we are transformed by the power of simple beauty". The fine art portfolio of artist Michael Heintz reveals striking photographic images saturated in color and intriguing composition. A commercial photographer for over 20 years, Michael Heinz specializes in food photography, with a client list that includes Hellman's, Kraft, Dannon Yogurt, Pepperidge Farm and others. He recently published Little Squares of Color which offers us the opportunity to enjoy many of Heintz' images from his fine art portfolio.

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Cecilia is a self-taught artist from Vina del Mar, Chili. Cecilia's award winning paintings have been exhibited in numerous juried art shows in the US and in countries abroad. Oils remain one of her favorite mediums to paint with because of the power and brilliance of the colors able to be conveyed in portraits, and landscapes. Cecilia also enjoys watercolor, acrylics and pastels and appreciates the unique qualities each medium gives to her work.

Ryan grew up and lives in Falmouth. He started painting in grade school and by high school was selling work to local galleries. Ryan received a degree in fine art from Southeastern Massachusetts University. Working primarily in watercolors he started placing his work in limited edition prints in 1988 through local printers. Since 2004 he has been printing his own work and does all his own framing.

From glass to canvas, Bonnie began her professional life designing and building stained glass windows. Over the years, she has been commissioned to create stained glass, both liturgical and residential, throughout the Northeast. Bonnie felt the need to expand horizons and experience the freedom of coloring outside the lines of a stained glass window. She began painting. The paintings are all about light. Having relied on the sun to light stained glass windows, now she infuses atmospheric light into her paintings. Bonnie's subjects are the landscape of the Cape. Acrylic and pastel are her mediums of choice.

Jan Selman's choice of medium is pastel. Proficient in oils as well, Jan's vigorous handling of color and brush strokes reveal a mood and character of her subject. The subjects Jan are passionate about is the natural beauty of Cape Cod and the Islands. Jan with her palette, records the subtle changes of the seasons and sensitive landscape. One needs to look at her work with their nose to the glass to truly appreciate lines, circles, passages of color and technical expertise. The Gallery on Main proudly represents her pastels and Giclee prints.

Grace is a representational fine artist specializing in the pastel and acrylic medium. She can be spotted throughout the year painting the Cape Cod landscape. Grace DiMauro is a member of the Pastel Painters Society, Cape Cod Art Association, Cotuit Art Center, Pine Island Art Association, and Falmouth Art Center. Grace's award winning work has been exhibited in many shows national and local.

Thomas Bollinger creates mixed media artworks, photography, & short films. The small open edition work (chiclets) are representational of the limited edition large-format works available. His unique quality of work and the Cape Cod attraction in his lovely photos are exceptional.