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american artist
ilene adams
mixed media & photography
I believe that art and beauty bring joy and
wellbeing to individuals and are essential for a
well-balanced life.
Ever since I was a child, I have created one form
of art or another, from drawing and painting,
to printmaking, graphic design, decorative arts
and photography. The artists who influenced me
the most are Robert Rauschenberg and Maxfield
Parish. Rauschenberg’s influence is apparent in
my paintings that incorporate paint, collage,
photographic images and artifacts. They evoke
a feeling of nostalgia or of imaginary places.
My photographs deal mostly with nature, but
nature through an intense filter. Images are put
under a microscope and colors are heightened.
There is beauty all around us but how often
do we take the time to really see it? Ordinary
images are enhanced to create painterly new
images that leave the viewer wondering if
they are paintings or photographs? Abstract or
realistic?
Bruce Helander wrote,
“Ilene Adams, is also
a professional painter
who has continued to
sharpen her palette and
compositional skills while
searching out new subject
matter inspired by nature.
Her recent series of
large-scale photographic
prints could be mistaken
initially for a sharp focus
oil painting on canvas.
This wondrous selection
of water reflections from
surrounding natural growth
topped off with floating
green circles of blooming
water lilies is a unique
extension of the artist’s
trained eye. In some of
the photographs we are
confronted by a series