Connie J. Adams Watercolors

Connie J. Adams, NWS, MFA

C. J. Adams was not just satisfied with dreaming and painting about the tropics - she lives there. A few years after graduating with honors from the California College of Arts and Crafts, Ms. Adams and her husband moved to an island in Micronesia. From her studio in Saipan Ms. Adams created extraordinary watercolors depicting the deep Pacific experience.

Not satisfied with just having a lucrative career as a watercolorist Adams sought to broaden and deepen her experience as an artist. She returned to the Mainland U.S. and studied under Grace Hartigan at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She received her MFA in Painting in 2001. She couldn't escape the lure of the Pacific, however, and now makes her home in Maui in the Hawaiian Islands.

"Last Canna"
35" x 60"
(sold)

With an exciting blend of technical expertise and a passion for abstract patterns, Ms. Adams creates sensual and dramatic botanical images, landscapes and still lifes. The images are multi-layered; from decorative to symbolic and contemplative reflecting not only the tenuous life on an island, but the universal truths recumbent in all plant life.

She is a native of Long Beach, California. In 1996 she was chosen for signature membership in the National Watercolor Society.

"Autumn's Breath"
30" x 22"
$2000

Ms. Adams has garnered numerous awards and has been shown in juried exhibits throughout the United States. Her work is in many corporate collections including:

The Kellogg Corporation
The Guam Hilton
The Saipan Hyatt Regency
The Marianas Visitors Bureau

Her work is also included in private collections in Japan, Singapore, Australia and throughout the United States.

Connie may be contacted at:
Email: amethyst-arts@hawaiiantel.net
Phone (808)-575-5059

Ms. Adams is currently teaching workshops at the Maui Community College and the Hui No'eau Visual Art Center. Ms. Adams is represented by the Village Gallery, Hana Coast Gallery and 'Ano 'Ano Gallery in Maui as well as the Fine Arts Loft in Oahu.

Artist Statement:

"I love the dialogue that I have with watercolor. I manipulate the water and pigment as it allows and then I give it its way. I push too hard and it escapes me. I hold on too tight and it dies in my arms. I ask for a certain wash and it gives me a miracle. I ask for too much and it stops. It is rare that I can take back what I say. There are times when I don't talk at all and I just see what happens. I have faith that something wonderful will come of my silence. I depend upon watercolor for the commutation of my humanity to whatever is out there beyond myself. And finally, it is through this watery medium that I see myself with the most clarity. "

To see more of Connie's work please go to: Pacific Gallery
Gallery Exotica

"Connie J. Adams"

"Kitchen Goddess"
30" x 22"
(sold)

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