Outermost Art + Objects is art, artisan, and vintage gallery in Provincetown, MA—a mix of art and objects,

both modern and natural, that reflects the colors and textures, feel and spirit of the Outer Cape.

I worked on many elements of the website including copy edits, navigation audit, web page copy, and writing product descriptions.

 

Editing Projects

Copy edit & Navigation Audit – full website

 

Writing Samples

VINTAGE CANDLESTICKS (web page copy)

Each pair of these mid-century modern candlesticks is hand-picked for its simplicity and distinct patina.

They vary in size, shape, and materials—from Danish teak to silver plated and polished alloy—for a warm addition to any room in the house.

 

PETER HUNT (artist bio)

Peter Hunt (1896 – 1967) was an American artist whose work is most widely associated with folk-art and primitive-art painted furniture. He gained recognition in Provincetown in the ‘40s and ‘50s when his decorated, refinished furniture was featured in magazines such as Life, House Beautiful and Mademoiselle.

Hunt moved to Provincetown, MA in the late 1920s with his parents and an artistic pedigree—his father, Edward C. Hunt, was a painter whose naïve oil painting Peter Hunt’s Antique Shop, 1930-34 was acquired by the MOMA in 1941.

By the ‘30s, Peter Hunt’s business included several storefronts and a workshop space called “Peter Hunt’s Peasant Village” where he painted old furniture, household items, and fabrics, decorating them with colorful peasant designs reminiscent of Pennsylvania German and French Provincial folk art. Flowers, fruits, birds, and pretty maidens and their suitors adorned hutches, tables, wooden trays, and other items. Hunt further embellished some of those pieces with pseudo-French phrases scrawled across their surfaces.

With his artistic talent, good looks, wit, and knack for outrageous storytelling, Hunt delighted wealthy matrons and high-society tastemakers vacationing on Cape Cod. They found him irresistible, and his cheerful designs the perfect look for their summer cottages.

Hunt designed the “Cape Cod Room” restaurant of Chicago’s Drake Hotel in 1935, and his fame and popularity grew when he encouraged women to re-make furniture during the economically challenging times of the Great Depression and World War II.

When interest in the peasant style waned in the ‘50s, Hunt sold his Peasant Village shops and moved to Cape Cod where he opened a shop called Peacock Alley. He died almost penniless in 1967. Today Hunt’s works are collectible and sell at auction for up to thousands of dollars.