ELIZABETH
DaCOSTA AHERN

1938 – 2020

portrait of eliabeth ahern in her studio over a painting

“Painting for me is as essential as breathing, a necessity and a delight... My paintings come from a compelling desire to shape the abstracted memory of landscape, in terms of the spirit of the place and my relationship with nature.”

Bio

A vivid colorist and dedicated arts educator, Ahern combines memory, nature, and layered paint to evoke fleeting impressions—what she calls “lembrança.” A graduate of Boston University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, she studied with Helen Frankenthaler, earned grants like the Massachusetts Artist Foundation and Kinnicutt Travel Grant, and has been a U.S. State Department visiting artist in countries such as Portugal and Angola. Her acrylics and prints, often inspired by coastal landscapes and infused with light shifts, are held in corporate and private collections and have featured in exhibitions at venues like DeCordova Museum School and the Worcester Art Museum.

2020 Exhibition catalog: Jump In!

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
O Mar Salgado

67 1/4" x 56"
Acrylic on Canvas

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Coins of Time #4598

6" x 16"
Oil and Wax on Paper

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Velvet Moss

8 1/4" x 9 /3/4"
Oil and Wax on Paper

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Coins of Time #3919

6" x 16"
Oil and Wax on Paper

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Coins of Time #3935

6" x 16"
Oil and Wax on Paper

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Coins of Time Untitled

6" x 16"
Oil and Wax on Paper

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Lime Fizz

40" x 36"
Acrylic on Canvas

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Coins of Time #703

6" x 16"
Oil and Wax on Paper

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Coins of Time #60

6" x 16"
Oil and Wax on Paper

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Coins of Time #3962

6" x 16"
Oil and Wax on Paper

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Lightening

44 1/2" x 35"
Acrylic on Canvas

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Coins of Time #704

6" x 16"
Oil and Wax on Paper

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Coins of Time #3921

6" x 16"
Oil and Wax on Paper

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Coins of Time #3965

6" x 16"
Oil and Wax on Paper

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Coins of Time #4595

6" x 16"
Oil and Wax on Paper

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Untitled

9" x 9 1/2"
Oil and Wax on Paper

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Coins of Time #501

6" x 16"
Oil and Wax on Paper

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Coins of Time #3933

6" x 16"
Oil and Wax on Paper

Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern
Untitled

24" x 36"
Acrylic on Canvas

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