For more than 50 years, Anne Packard (b. 1933) has continued to paint daily in her home studio in Provincetown, Massachusetts. As a child, her family traveled from Hyde Park, New York to Provincetown, Massachusetts to enjoy the summer months. Both her grandmother, Zella, and grandfather, Max Bohm (Gold Medalist of the Paris Salon in 1898 for his painting, “En Mer”) were artists. Max is credited for his leadership in the establishment of Provincetown as a successful artist’s colony. This artistic lineage is, in part, how Anne became so deeply rooted in Provincetown. Though she longed to become an artist, her parents dissuaded her from pursuing what was then considered a “bohemian” lifestyle. They influenced her decision to attend Bard College, marry and raise five children in Princeton, New Jersey. The family spent summers at Sandy Neck in Barnstable, Massachusetts. The months spent on Cape Cod renewed Packard’s passion for art. The beauty and natural light moved her, invoking a sense of nostalgia and reverence of nature’s ever-changing atmospheres. Packard used driftwood and weathered shingles as canvas and turned the kitchen table into a studio. Her paintings hung on the fence along her family home. This dedication would eventually lead to owning her own gallery and establish her as one of Cape Cod’s most sought-after artists. Packard moved to Provincetown full-time in 1977 with her youngest son. As she’d done years earlier in Sandy Neck, she hung her paintings along her fence for passersby to purchase. At this point, however, her passions were untethered and she was free to fully embrace being an artist. She studied with and was mentored by the late Philip Malicoat. Afterwards, Packard honed her mastery blending of colors to create depth to various atmospheres, horizons, and nature’s temperaments. In 1986, Packard bought an historic building and renovated it into The Packard Gallery, a place that has become a destination for people to view her paintings. Her daughters, Cynthia and Leslie, also show their art in the gallery. Packard’s paintings span from her time living on the Outer Cape and her travels to Greece, Ireland, Italy, and Mexico.