Artists and Animals!
Saturday, July 26th 10am – 2pm
Join local artists as they paint the many farm animals available on the lawn of the LAA!
The Lyme Art Association has invited artists from around the state of Connecticut to join in on the fun of painting, sketching, and sculpting domestic farm animals.
Old Lyme became an art colony in the early nineteen hundreds when artist Henry Ward Ranger discovered the area of Old Lyme as a wonderful place to paint. Soon after the word was out that Old Lyme was a painting destination, artists moved into Old Lyme calling it a "Painter’s Paradise".
One of the most common subjects for painters at the time was the domestic farm animals that were so plentiful in this area. Sheep, cows, horses, oxen, goats, chickens were all the included in these paintings that were so finely done. Not only did the early Lyme artists leave behind a wonderful collection of animal artworks, but they bequeathed to us a tradition of summertime fun; Artists and Animals!
Please visit our website at www.LymeArtAssociation.org for more information.