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Plein Air Art Exhibit at Atria Darien This Month

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Atria Darien is hosting an art exhibit this month of work from the Fairfield County Plein Air Painters. This group of area painters and other artists and gather each week, primarily during the spring and fall. They paint onsite in the open air (“plein air”) throughout Fairfield County. Group members share inspiration and insights, “and we quite simply have a lot of fun,” an announcement about the exhibit states. “Many of the works you will see on display have been painted nearby, on-location, during recent paint-outs We carry on a long tradition of plein air painting in this region.”

Art Show Opening with Wine Reception for Local Artist Jack Conti at Atria Darien

Please join Atria Darien for the opening art show and wine reception for local painter Jack Conti on Thursday Aug. 5 from 5 to 7 p.m.

The exhibit will be open to the public for the month of August. Each month, a local artist displays their work in the Gratia Gillespie Art Gallery at Atria Darien. About the Artist
Jack Conti began oil painting after he retired as an engineer in 2005. Although mostly self-taught, he has taken studio and art history classes at Fairfield University.