'It all thrills me'

“Near The Cone Of Uncertainty” (oil, diptych), by Ed Chesnovitch, in his show “Man on the Marsh,’’ at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, in Dennis, Mass.

The show features the oil paintings of local artist Chesnovitch, who first visited Cape Cod nearly 30 years ago, when he was quickly struck by the landscape. Twelve years ago, he bought a cottage along Scorton Creek, in East Sandwich. It was a big change from his previous home, in Pennsylvania. He found it full of complexity and life, yet peaceful and meditative. "The late afternoon light of a cold October day pouring across the golden marsh grass, or the quiet hush of an early morning bathed in soothing pinks," he says, "It all thrills me." The museum says he walks for hours through the marsh, stopping from time to time to sketch. And he spends hours seeking to juxtapose and elevate colors and build up layers of paint to create depth, lushness and vibrancy.

The East Sandwich Friends (Quaker) Meeting House. Cape Cod has had a strong Quaker presence since the 1660’s.

Boardwalk over marshes in Sandwich

— Photo by Andrewrabbott