NANTUCKET — “Art by a Native” reads the sign at the door of Michetti Art, the gallery that Paul and Mary Michetti opened this spring in one of the former shucking shacks on Old South Wharf.

Nantucket, located 30 miles off the south coast of Cape Cod, is known today for its beautiful beaches, quaint shops, and seaside restaurants. But it’s art that drew the Monaghan sisters ...

I LIKE BEING IN THE THICK OF IT. NANTUCKET IS VYER SUPPORTIVE OF ARTIST. >> WHERE TO FIND HIS CREATIONS AND THAT OFTHER O LOCAL ARTISTS? NOT YOUR TYPICAL ART GALLERY. >> YOU WANT TO STARE AT IT.

Kittredge II is selling a pair of five-foot-long cast bronze plaques — pieces that once adorned an ornate 19th century ship’s gangway, and that more recently adorned his Nantucket estate.