Celebrate the Spring Season with a Visit to the Lyme Art Association

The Lyme Art Association invites you to its historic galleries this spring to see An Exhibition in Four Acts, an exhibit showcasing the diversity of styles created by its talented member artists. Each juried show in Four Acts looks at the world through a different lens: Structural, Spring Ahead, Weather or Not, and Abstracted. Running concurrently is the Jane Penfield Solo Show,

Luminous Pastels.

Structural examines architecture's influence upon the natural landscape, and explores the relationship between the built environment and the natural world, highlighting the tension, harmony, and dialogue between human-made structures and organic surroundings. Spring Ahead is a vibrant exploration of renewal, growth, and transformation, and is inspired by Spring’s blossoming flowers and budding trees, and by themes of rebirth and awakening. Weather is a force that is both beyond our control and affects everything from the way we live, work, and travel, to the ways we connect with nature and each other. Weather or Not, playing on the unpredictability of weather, challenged artists to interpret weather, not only as a natural occurrence, but also as a metaphor for life's uncertainties and the passage of time. According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, abstraction is the art of pulling away. Abstracted showcases the abstractions of life and images based on reality and pulled away into an internal space. Artists were encouraged to use nonobjective artmaking that contemplates materiality, surface, and process.

Elected Artist Jane Penfield, the first-place award winner of the 2024 First Impressions Show, is having a solo show of her captivating pastel work at the Lyme Art Association. Gallery visitors will enjoy a beautiful showing of her art, which includes enchanting images of landscapes, people, and animals.

Four Acts and the Jane Penfield Solo Show are both on view February 28 – April 10, 2025. Opening Reception: Sunday, March 2 from 2 – 4 pm.

About the Lyme Art Association:
Founded in 1914 by the American Impressionists, the Lyme Art Association continues the tradition of exhibiting and selling representational artwork, as well as offering art instruction and lectures to the community. Lyme Art Association is located at 90 Lyme Street in Old Lyme, CT within the national historic district. Admission is free with donations appreciated. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 10 - 5pm. For more information, visit www.lymeartassociation.org or call (860) 434-7802.