Sophy Tuttle: A Helping Hand

My most recent mural, “A Helping Hand” was painted for Provincetown Public Art in Provincetown, MA. It was inspired by recent sightings of a lonely flamingo on several Cape Cod beaches. His presence this far north made me think he must be very lost and in need of a little assistance. In the same way he showed up alone in this area, many people from the LGBTQ+ community come to Provincetown because of its reputation as a welcoming community for those who have been rejected or mistreated in their own homes. I wanted to celebrate this aspect of the city, while also recognizing it as the home of Mary Oliver, a queer poet and environmentalist and one of my favorite writers. I used her poem “Wild Geese” as my doodle grid, so her soulful words are forever embedded in the piece as well.