Peter Adams

Peter Adams

Perseverance; California Street Break, Ventura

  • Pastel
  • 12.25" x 16.25", artwork
  • 21" x 24.75" x 2", framed
  • Contemporary

$4,200

In stock

Provenance
Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts directly from the artist

Description
The process Peter Adams applies in creating his plein air pastel paintings is immediate and impassioned. Using Canson Mi-Teintes Archival paper, he first applies broad sweeps of his highest key notes and adds layers of varying shades to interpret the vivid colors of nature he is experiencing at that moment. Initially, the work appears in abstract form. Then, he quickly “paints” the scene directly with the tips of his fingers, modeling and designing shapes while carefully assigning each finger to a specific color shade in order to maintain the purity of the colors. To create his signature inner-glow, Adams rubs the medium down to the first layer of his higher-key notes—and the final result is a one-of-a-kind poetic work of art filled with intensity and emotional impact.

Artist Statement
“I am particularly interested in unique lighting effects and how these effects reflect, refract, diffuse and obscure detail.  It is the ethereal quality of light that intrigues me.  In painting natural or inanimate objects, I am constantly trying to discover and interpret interesting design, shapes, and color harmonies to stimulate the eye.  Elevating the human spirit and arousing a sense of discovery is what excites me as an artist.”
— Peter Adams

Exhibitions
Drive to Africa - Lighthouse Medical Fundraiser, May 9, 2019, Beverly Hills California

Theodore N. Lukits (1897-1992): An Aesthetic Realist and Peter Adams and Tim Solliday: Continuing the Lukits Legacy at Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, Ca, January 14 - March 6, 2016
The External and The Contemplative at American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena, CA, October 24-November 21, 2015
Peter Adams: Luminous Paintings at ALFA at the Arroyo Chop House in Pasadena, June 2 - September 2, 2015


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