Local Artist on Display at Bankwell in New Canaan

For immediate release

For more information, contact Diane Knetzger at (203) 652-6319

As part of an ongoing effort to provide value to the community, Bankwell in New Canaan is hosting an exhibit of paintings by local artist Vera Rahn at the Bank’s Elm Street branch through November.  The public is invited to view the exhibit from 9-5 weekdays or 9-noon on Saturdays.

Ms. Rahn grew up in an artistic family in The Hague, Holland.  Her grandfather was a well-known painter of The Hague School and her mother was a recognized portrait painter.  Ms Rahn studied sumi painting in Tokyo and portrait painting at the London Academy of Art.  In 1993, she studied landscape painting in Nova Scotia and subsequently painted at the Silvermine School of Art in New Canaan and the Rowayton Art Center.  As a member of the Rowayton Art Center, she has won 23 prizes, including “Best in Show” as well as numerous honorable mentions.

Ms. Rahn has also received prizes at the Darien Art Show, the Art Society of Old Greenwich, the Greenwich Art Society and the Spectrum Art Exhibition.  She has exhibited at many other art associations and has been on display at a number of local galleries.  Her work is currently on exhibit at The Handwright Gallery in New Canaan and The Pooter Olooms Gallery in Harbor Springs, Michigan.

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