Dena Adams

Joined Artfinder: Nov. 2021

Artworks for sale: 42

United States

Updates from Dena Adams's studio

  • Large and Small

    Large and Small

    Do you collect a specific size? Lately I've had a lot of clients interested in tiny and precious sizes - 7x5's you can hold to your heart. I'm not sure why that is - normally when I've done landscape work at this scale it has not really connected with its people, but suddenly it seems to speak in a more intimate way. Any thoughts? Is there a kind of mini that you really love? Do you give them as gifts? Would love to know.

    05 June 2024
    Getting it done

    Getting it done

    I'm blessed with not one but three separate places serving up GOOD I mean GOOD coffee in the vicinity of my studio. My dreams have always been pretty modest - space to swing a brush, lots of light, and good coffee not too far away. Living the dream! My painting here is shaping up. Things are taking a decidedly happier turn in my color and subject matter. I look around me and it's clear - we *still* could all use a lift. It's just that simple. Just that modest a wish.

    13 July 2022
    Everyday Beautiful

    Everyday Beautiful

    I've been thinking a lot about the power of cliche. Is there a painter alive who hasn't painted something fresh, appealing, and ingestible? If you're lucky you can get something you love at the grocery or market or deli downstairs. If you're very lucky you get a shaft of clean afternoon light, and the paint to paint it with. When you paint this, it's been done, and that's the beauty. You're stepping into a continuum, you're joining a stream in history. I loved the return to the plain and unmitigated painting from experience here. Should I add more of this to this shop? I'm curious to know what you'd like. Whether it's yes or, nah, not so much, I'll keep doing more of this kind of painting. It's such a good stretching out - visual yoga. It's such a good container for gratitude. Small parts of the world are always filled with light and amazement, no matter what.

    17 June 2022

    A small Tree Painting

    I still love this little painting, and frankly have trouble with the idea of parting with it. Should I offer it up?

    07 January 2022
    A Shape with Potential

    A Shape with Potential

    I'm so excited about these odd format triangular panels - and you can see where this one wound up in the shop - my latest additions use these lovely panels as their start point. This shape is so filled with potential - as well as potential problems for a painter! I hope you love where they wound up going!

    07 December 2021

    Timelapse Creation of "Passers By"

    Spend a couple of cozy gray days in the studio with me, all in the course of a few minutes, and watch as my painting "Passers By" comes into being.

    12 November 2021
    Decisions, Decisions

    Decisions, Decisions

    A lot of my process is editing and paring down. It's the wild, generative, flow state in art that I love and love to spend time in, and I find that it's best to cast a wide net before becoming meditative and selective. I love this facet of working with watermedia - it really encourages us to do wise things and tap into our wiser minds, being in and of the moment.

    12 November 2021