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| Steven Lee Adams |
| Steven Lee Adams spent three years at Bringham
Young University, being accepted into the Bachelor of Fine Arts program in
his first semester, an honor usually reserved for third year students. He
has garnered many awards, including "Best of Show" at The 66th
Annual April Salon, Utah’s most prestigious art show.
In 1989 Steve began doing work for Indian and
wildlife artist, Michael Coleman and Neo-regionalist, Gary Ernest Smith.
He considers the experience of being in and out of their studios on a
regular basis instrumental in his development from art student to
professional artist.
Steven initially built, carved and gilded many of
his frames, but now oversees much of this work. He considers the
presentation of art as an integral part of the whole, selecting frame
styles and finishes that he feels enhance the overall impact of each
piece.
His work is tied most closely with the Tonalist
artists who worked at the turn of the last century. Their primary focus
was the spiritual undertone of landscapes, the most notable artist of this
movement being George Inness. In his own paintings Steve is searching for
the intangible feeling of timelessness that lies beneath the surface of
what may seem commonplace. This effort lies directly opposite the
Impressionists, who tried essentially to capture a specific moment in
time.
These are introspective paintings…urging us to
look deeper not only for the subtleties of nature around us, but also at
the complex world of emotion within each of us.
"In painting I see two distinct elements
that excite me equally. The first and most obvious is the optical illusion
of three dimensions. For me this represents a personal vision of my world.
It can also be a trap and if not tempered can seduce the artist to focus
an inordinate amount of energy on it, being the most quickly gratifying of
the two and quickly applauded by people from all walks of life.
The second is the two dimensional nature of a
painting. Many artists see this element as only a means to an end (the end
being the trick of the third dimension). Personally I find the
juxtaposition of brush stroke, canvas or ground, under painting, glazing
and color, as gratifying as the illusion of space-if not more so. These
elements have more in common with abstraction, and their interplay when
taken at close range can have stunning emotional impact to those who take
the time to experience them.
Given this, the combination of these two forces,
if properly executed within any work of representational art, has enormous
power to uplift and at times overwhelm the receptive viewer. Therein lies
the fundamental reasoning behind what I am striving to achieve."
EDUCATION
1986-1989 Brigham Young University, BFA
Program
1983-1985 Utah Valley Community College
1978-1980 Timpview H.S., Young Masters
Program
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2002 "11th Annual Plein Air
Exhibition" Kneeland Gallery, Sun Valley, ID.
2001 Three Person Exhibition, Kneeland Gallery,
Sun Valley, ID.
2001 "10th Annual Plein Air
Exhibition", Kneeland Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2000 "9th Annual Plein Air
Exhibition", Kneeland Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1999 "75th Annual Spring
Salon", Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
"8th Annual Plein Air
Exhibition", Kneeland Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1998 "7th Annual Plein Air
Exhibition", Kneeland Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Two-person Exhibition, Kneeland Gallery, Ketchum,
ID
"73rd Annual Spring
Salon", Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
"6th Annual Plein Air
Show", Kneeland Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
Tonalist Exhibit, The Craftsman’s Guild
The California Heritage Gallery, San
Francisco, CA
One Man Show, Park City Gallery, Park
City, UT
"Utah Centennial Invitational",
Washington, DC, Atlanta, GA and S. Carolina
"5th Annual Plein Air
Show", Kneeland Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
"72nd Annual Spring
Salon", Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
"Miniatures", Kneeland Gallery,
Sun Valley, ID
"Winter Solace", Kneeland
Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
"This Place Utah" Invitational,
LDS Church Museum, Salt Lake City, UT
"Images of Faith" Invitational,
Salt Lake City, UT
"4th Annual Plein Air
Show", Kneeland Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
Two person show "Plein Air: Points
of View"
Frameworks Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
"71st Annual Spring
Salon", Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
"Gallery Invitational" Repartee
Gallery, Park City, UT
"Landscapes", Kneeland Gallery,
Sun Valley, ID
"3rd Annual Plein Air
Show", Kneeland Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
"Gallery Invitational",
Repartee Gallery, Park City, UT
"Landscapes", Kneeland Gallery,
Sun Valley, ID
1993
2nd Annual Plein Air Show",
Kneeland Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
"Going Places" Three Man Show,
Repartee Gallery, Park City, UT
"69th Annual Spring
Salon", Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
1992
Solo Exhibition, Warner Gallery, Springdale,
UT
"Master’s Miniatures",
Huntsman Gallery, Aspen, CO
"Rising Stars", Repartee Gallery,
Park City, UT
"68th Annual Spring
Salon", Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
"Fall Art Preview",
Allman-Ricks Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
"67th Annual Spring
Salon", Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
1990
"66th Annual Spring Salon,
Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
HONORS AND AWARDS
1999 Merit Award, "75th
Annual Spring Salon", Springville Museum of Art, Springville,
UT
Jurors Award, 71st Annual Spring
Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
Best of Show Award, 66th Annual
Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
Commissioned Mural, Pleasant Grove City, UT
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Geneva Steel Corporation, Joe Canon, Orem, UT
NuSkin International, Steve Lund, Provo, UT
WordPerfect Corporation, Alan Ashton, Orem, UT
Dennis Foy’s Town Square, Chatham, NJ
Tom Berenger, Actor
John Fort, Dallas, TX
Dan Britton, Boston, MA
Beth Olin, Yuma, AZ
Matthew Chisolm III, Amber, PA
Seth Lewis, Ogden, UT
Andrea Meghrouni Brown, San Francisco, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Esformes, Miami, FL
Mr. and Mrs. David Ormsby, Greenwich, CT
Mr. and Mrs. Tom O’Gara, Bellevue, ID
Dr. and Mrs. John Shepard, Las Vegas, NV
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