Dreamland
Original oil painting, 24x30”
For this piece, Adam utilized a photograph as a starting point for the anatomy, but changed the posture of the figure in order to create a more interesting composition.
This piece is unique in that there were many iterations painted, then scraped away, then re-painted in order to achieve the final image you see. Adam's tendency is to leave paint and work into it, and over it - but here he experimented with removing paint much more than usual and working wet over dry.
The idea is to never let the process become a formula - each piece is its own unique puzzle with its own unique solution. Embracing the process until the painting tells Adam that it is complete.
The piece is painted with high-quality, artist grade oil paints on a triple gessoed canvas.