Past Art-at-Mather

Robin Hoffman presented a lecture: American Vistas - from the Hudson River School to the National Parks

The Mather Homestead was proud to host the first Darien Alumni Art Show showcasing the works of local young artists.

We celebrated local artists by hosting the second annual Darien Alumni Art Show!

Year two of Plein air art classes with Lisa Thoren: Learn the art of landscape painting! A special lesson on how to sketch plein air with Lisa Thoren. Creating outdoors, we will discover techniques to learn perspective, composition and values. Includes wine to help your creative inspiration :-).

Back by popular demand .. our second June 2021 painting class!

Our first Plein air art class with Lisa Thoren: Learn the art of landscape painting! A special lesson on how to sketch plein air with Lisa Thoren. Creating outdoors, we will discover techniques to learn perspective, composition and values. Includes wine to help your creative inspiration :-).

Budding artists chose scenes from the Mather Homestead to see and draw, then painted in the barn.

Our resident art teacher, Lisa Thoren, guided us through the process of creating a painting from scratch -- see, sketch, paint.

Winter paint & sip led by our expert Lisa Thoren!

Artists drew, painted and photographed on the Mather Homestead grounds during our first "Plein air" week.

Artists drew, painted and photographed on the Mather Homestead grounds during our first "Plein air" week.

Artists drew, painted and photographed during Plein Air Weeks 2022 -- images to follow!

Back by popular demand ... more plein air painting with Lisa Thoren!