New studies Preview

"Study 50" acrylic and crayon on canvas. 6 x 4.5"




"Study 43" acrylic and crayon on canvas. 6 x 4.5"

"Study 48" acrylic and crayon on canvas. 6 x 4.5"

"Study 51" acrylic and crayon on canvas. 6 x 4.5"

This is just a sampling of new work! To view more new studies, be sure to view my new blog at my website. Remember, this is the last month for posting at this address - please follow me over. Happy Friday everyone!

Arts Walk

If you are signed up with my mailing list, you will be receiving an invitation to the Arts Walk in my hometown of Fairmont, WV to commemorate the opening of the Alan B. Mollohan Gateway Connector! I am thrilled to have been invited to be one of the artists representing Marion County. You can find me there from 4:00-6:00 pm at the Gateway on Saturday, October 15, 2011. There will also be numerous other artists, musicians, actors, and vendors celebrating, too! The Gateway will be commemorated also with a special ceremony, the opening of the new Marion County Visitors Center, a 5-K Night Glow Run, and a huge fireworks show. So if you are in the area, come out and join us!

New Painting!

August 27th - Upshur County. oil and acrylic on canvas.

I want to give everyone a heads up. Soon, I will be switching completely over to my new blog that is housed on my brand new website. I hope you will join me over at the new url. If you are a follower, please update your reader or bookmark with my new address: http://www.laurenadamsart.com/blog.html.

I hope to see you there!

New Painting!

Oak- July 22nd. oil and acrylic on canvas. 24 x 20" $650

Lately I have been embracing a process that I've admired in some of my favorite historical artists, as a means to furthur abstract my work. I have been painting on the ground more and more for my acrylic underpaintings. With this piece, I am still working on the ground, but instead of applying with a brush, I'm pouring thinned paint onto the canvas, letting it soak in. The sort of rectangular blocks of color are where the oil paint is coming into play, describing the "trunk" of the tree. The piece is based off of a plein air foliage study of our neighbor's old oak. This direction is something I plan on pursuing more and more, I'm very excited about the possibilites...

New Painting!

Prickett's Creek. 20 x 17" oil and acrylic on canvas.

Exhibition Announcement!

February 11th - Marion County. 12 x 9" oil and acrylic on canvas.

on display now at Annex Gallery

I am pleased to announce that my solo exhibition will be displayed at Annex Gallery in Charleston, WV during September and October 2012. It's always great to show my work in our state's capital and I'm very happy to be exhibiting at Annex Gallery in particular!

New Painting!

July 7th. oil and acrylic on canvas. 20 x 17" $450

July 8th. oil and acrylic on canvas. 20 x 17" $450

New Paintings - Foliage Studies

Study 28. acrylic and graphite on canvas paper. 6 x 4" $25




Study 29. acrylic and graphite on canvas paper. 6 x 4" $25






Study 30. acrylic and graphite on canvas paper. 6 x 4" $25

Study 31. acrylic and graphite on canvas paper. 6 x 4" $25

New Painting - Black and White Series

Painting 5 - The Valley. 8 1/2 x 10" acrylic and gesso on canvas. $75

I haven't been in the studio much at all lately. Derek and I have been taking care of our little Louis, who has been extremely sick this past week. Please send some positive thoughts his way.

For now, I will leave you with the fifth work in the Black and White series.

New Painting(s)!

June 4th. oil and acrylic on canvas. 20 x 17" $450

June 4th- Valley Falls. oil and acrylic on canvas. 10 x 8 1/2" $100

New Paintings!

May 20th. oil and acrylic on canvas. 10 x 8 1/2" $100

May 19th. oil and acrylic on canvas. 10 x 8 1/2" $100

May 18th. oil and acrylic on canvas. 10 x 8 1/2" $100

Reception at Redbrick Gallery!

Reception tomorrow!

Tomorrow, from 4-7 pm is the opening reception for my solo show, Abstract in Nature at Redbrick Gallery in Martinsburg. I'm excited and all ready to go! Except I still don't know what to wear- this is always a major challenge for me every time. Heels or flats? (I really really prefer flats for comfort.) Dress or skirt? Maybe pants? What about a nice pair of jeans? I never know. I'm just getting myself too worked up about it. Eh. Anyway, wish me luck (on the show and the picking out of outfit, I'm going to need it)!

New Paintings - studies

Study 20. acrylic and graphite on paper.

Study 19. acrylic and graphite on paper.

Study 18. acrylic and graphite on paper.

Study 17. acrylic on paper.

Study 16. acrylic and graphite on paper.

Study 15. acrylic on paper.

These studies are really starting to add up - and my Etsy shop has grown very small due to most of my work being on display at The Slingluff Gallery. So I am offering these works for a discounted price in my shop; they ship for free in the US!

Soon, I will be back with an annoucement and new works on canvas...hope everyone had a great weekend!

Philadelphia Part II

More pictures from our weekend in Philly...

Also, you can see all the work that is part of the exhibition Recent Works by Lauren Adams on the gallery's website right here!
From The Slingluff Gallery's Facebook page: "Tim Pervious said it perfectly: 'Her work was beautiful, like nature seen through a dream; off focus but brilliant with color and emotional impact'".