Dory, Provincetown, Massachusetts 19th-20th century

Editor: Here we have Denman Waldo Ross's "Dory, Provincetown, Massachusetts." It's a watercolor, and I find its muted tones and hazy atmosphere so calming. What do you see in this piece? Curator: It whispers of fleeting moments, doesn't it? The indistinct figures in the dory almost become one with the water, reflecting a personal journey. Editor: Journey? Curator: Yes, the journey of capturing a scene, an emotion, more than a literal depiction. Ross seems to be asking: what remains when we strip away the details? Editor: That's a perspective I hadn't considered. Thanks! Curator: The pleasure's all mine, truly. Art is nothing if not a conversation.