Wendy Adams Artist

Artist Statement:

"What draws me to painting is color. I am fascinated by how light and color affect each other. Objects have auras. when these auras overlap, they produce subtle changes in each other's color, light, and shadow. Observing this and documenting it on canvas is an adventure. I enjoy painting what I love in life: landscapes, children, dancers, the fruits of the earth; the bounty of life in all forms. My favorite mediums are oil and watercolor. I enjoy painting Plein Air for landscapes and Alla Prima for still lifes because those forms put me in the moment with my subject. I enjoy studio painting because my imagination can be more free to interpretation. Painting magnifies the things I love in life and brings me closer to them as I study them to transfer to the canvas in front of me."

Education:
 

Yale University - New Haven, Connecticut
New York School of Interior Design - New York City, New York
The New School - New York City, New York
Villanova University - Villanova, Pennsylvania
Emory University - Atlanta, Georgia
University of the South - Sewanee, Tennessee
 
Europe:
 
Universite Sorbonne - Paris, France
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art - London, England
Florence Academy of Art - Florence, Italy

Art Education:
Oil:
Perry Austin
Phillip Carpenter
Gavin Brooks
Molly Brown
Roger Dale Brown
Peggy Everett
Lois Griffel
Charles Gruppe
Quang Ho
Robert A. Johnson
Larry Moore
Camille Przewodek
Ray Roberts
Susan Sarbach
Watercolor:
Tony Couch
Lee Boynton
John Gaddis
Dolores Kennedy
Tom Lynch
Gail McDaniels
Mary Whyte

Collections:

Boxwood Cottage Arts, Monteagle, TN
Citizens Bank, Monteagle, TN
Edgeworth Inn, Monteagle, TN
Frolic, Atlanta, GA
Monteagle Chamber of Commerce, Monteagle, TN
The Q, Sewanee, TN

Dr. and Mrs. Garrett Adams, Louisville, KY
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Cate, Jr., Murfressboro, TN
Mr. Joshua Cochran, Tony, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Collins, Atlanta, GA
Dr. and Mrs. Dudley Fort, Sewanee, TN
Mrs. Lisa Hammet, Blacksbury, VA
Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Hassinger, Atlanta, GA
Mr. and Mrs. G. Jackson Jacobs, McMinnville, TN
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kennedy, Brentwood, TN
Mr. Jack Kern, St. Simons, GA
Mrs. Caroline Klopstock - Atlanta, GA
Ms. Cynthia Luna, Nashville, TN
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mullican, McMinnville, TN
Ms. Aileen O'Brien, Monteagle, TN
Mr. Terry Orr, Hixson, TN
Mrs. Adolphus Orthwein - Atlanta, GA
Ms. Christina Pinkham, Memphis, TN
Mr. Sommers Randolph, Santa Fe, NM
Mr. and Mrs. James Socas, San Francisco, CA
Mrs. Judy Stroup
Ms. A. Bradford Tharp, Monteagle, TN
Mr. Challis Wright, Chapel, NC
Ms. Lollie Wright, Pulaski, TN
Mr. and Mrs. F. Van Winkle - Atlanta, GA


Publications:

Arts in America 

Private Art Shows of Wendy Adams

"Eclectic"
Mountain Valley Bank, Monteagle TN - Winter 2005

"Mountain Magic"
Edgeworth Inn, Monteagle TN - Summer 2005

"Palete to Palette"
Chattanooga, TN

"Fairyland Club"
Lookout Mountain GA

"Chastain Art Shows"
Atlanta, GA - 2006, 2007, 2008

"Trinity Gallery and Art Show"
Atlanta, GA - 2006, 2007, 2008

"Urban Nashville"
Belle Meade - 2007

Present Shows

Tennessee Art League "Urban Nashville"
Sept 2007
Nashvile, TN 

Frolic "New Works" One person Show
Nov 2007
Atlanta GA

Recent Shows

Starbucks - One person Show
October, 2006
Atlanta, GA
 
The Swan Coach House - "Miniatures"
November 2006
Atlanta GA

Atlanta Artists Traveling Show 2006 - Juried
February - July 2006
Atlanta, GA
 

Atlanta Artists Center
"Spring Fling" juried by Comer Jennings
May 2006
Atlanta, GA
 
Chastain Arts Spring Show
May 5 - 27, 2006
Atlanta, GA

Artists' Atelier Gallery

Featured Artist
"East Meets West"
January 3 - February 28, 2006
Atlanta, GA 

Trinity Gallery and Art Show
"Spotlight on Art"
February 23-26, 2006
Atlanta, GA

"Sidewalk Cafe Night"
Basil's, Atlanta GA
September 2, 2005

"Sweet Serenity"
Belle Meade Cafe, Nashville TN
September 17 - October 28, 2005

"Hill Country"
Frolic, Atlanta GA
October - December 2005

"Full Cast - 2005"
Sewanee TN
December 3 - 4, 2005

"Eye Candy"  AVA 2005
Chattanooga, TN
Juror:  Arlyn Ende (47 accepted out of 234 entries)
 
"Frolic" (One Person Show)
Atlanta, GA
November 15 - December 31, 2005

Press Releases:

Nov/Dec 2005 (PDF Format) 

Articles By Wendy Adams:

The Joy of Plein Air Painting (PDF Format)

 

Artist Wendy Adams

Studio at Artists'Atelier - Atlanta, GA

Painting Plein Air in the Tennessee Valley

At the Fair...

The Frolic Boutique and Gallery opening of  "Paintings of Monteagle Mountain". Left to Right Kendle Hassinger, jewelry designer, Wendy Adams, artist, Ashley Collins, owner of Frolic. 

Wendy Adams with her painting "Bowl and Citrus" at the
Artist's Atelier Gallery Christmas Show opening reception.

Wendy Adams at the December Artist's Atelier Gallery opening  in Atlanta

Wendy Adams at the AVA "Eye Candy" juried exhibit in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Wendy Adams and Scott Christensen at Workshop and Gallery opening, The Cloisters, Sea Island, GA, 2006


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