Connecting place to narrative

“Chicago” (oil on canvas), by Elizabeth Enders, in her show “A Different Time, A Different Place,’’ at the Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Conn., Oct. 14-Jan 14. A New London native, she divides her time between Waterford, Conn., and New York City.

—Courtesy of the artist and the Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York.

The museum says:

“Exploring landscape, nature, and the role of place in the imagination, this exhibition presents the recent work of contemporary artist Elizabeth Enders (American, born 1939). In vibrant paintings and watercolors, Enders depicts abstracted landscapes, inviting viewers on a wide-ranging journey. Inspired by experiential knowledge and by places and events of the past and present, Enders renders volcanoes, rivers, oceans, deserts, fields, plants and tropical foliage, along with unusual monuments and structures found in places such as Egypt and Iceland. Such pieces consider how place is connected to meaning and narrative. ‘‘  

The historic and spooky Seaside Sanatorium, in Waterford