Oil Paintings By Bruce Wood At The Lyman Allyn Art Museum and Lyme Art Association in Connecticut

FRANKLIN, MA, June 27, 2012 (Press-News.org) New England contemporary impressionist painter Bruce Wood is a winner in the landscape painting competition sponsored by the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, The Lyme Art Association, and the Lyme Land Conservation Trust. Two of his oil paintings were selected for inclusion in the exhibition Celebrating Lyme's Beauty, which will show at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, Connecticut June 1-30 and continue at the Lyme Art Association in Old Lyme, Connecticut, from July 7 - September 3, 2012.

Celebrating Lyme's Beauty is an exhibition of paintings of lovely Clucas Field in Lyme Connecticut. Artists were invited to paint scenes on location in the Clucas field and surrounding woodlands which are maintained by the Lyme Land Conservation Trust.

Bruce Wood's two oil paintings depict scenes which are evocative of the woodlands. The first, titled Edge of Civilization, is a view of hte field from within the woods, looking out through a border of trees and a rock wall. The second painting, Intrusion, shows a hillside rock wall interrupted by the growth of a single tree trunk.

Bruce Wood is no stranger to museum exhibitions. His work has been shown at major venues including the Institute of Contemporary Art in London and the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. However, his work has only recently been featured locally. Inclusion in this exhibition is another step toward establishing him as a major New England landscape painter.

Lyman Allyn Art Museum is a community-based museum located in New London, Connecticut. Founded in 1932 by Harriet Upson Allyn in memory of her father, Lyman Allyn, the Museum serves the people of Southeastern Connecticut and is free to the residents of New London. The Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums and is a Founding Member of the Connecticut Art Trail.

Housed in a handsome Neo-Classical building designed by Charles A. Platt, the permanent collection includes over 10,000 paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, furniture and decorative arts, with an emphasis on American art from the 18th through 20th centuries.

More information about the art of Bruce Wood, including images of the oil paintings Intrusion and Edge of Civilization can be found at http://www.BruceWoodArtist.com.