Deidre Adams

Horizon I, 12 x 12 inches, ©2005 Deidre Adams
This piece is like an old friend to me. I recently had a chance to see it again after it came back to me from the Fine Focus 2006 traveling exhibition, before I shipped it on to the buyer. When I first made it back in [...]

Lisa Call with her work Markings 22 and Markings 11
To me, one of the most enlightening experiences for an artist is to understand how other artists think and work. Not only is it interesting to hear how they got where they are today, but it’s often amazing to see how the simplest of ideas can [...]

T-Rex construction © 2003 Deidre Adams
I’ve been inspired to post this photo today by Lori Witzel, whose blog I discovered after she posted a comment on mine. Her photographic aesthetic is very similar to mine, so naturally I think it is outstanding. She posts many great images of rusting things – a subject very near [...]

Thanks to everyone who commented about the Eggleston photo. Deb and Wanda, your reactions are similar to mine. Lori, you have a depth of experience and a rich vocabulary for analysis that I aspire to one day! Magsramsay, I’m not sure how big the original is – a quick Google search did not reveal the [...]

One of the reasons I decided to go back to school was to gain a greater understanding of art. I often had a feeling that a lot of it was beyond my grasp and that if I could get a handle on some of the things that other people were trying to do with their [...]

Edifice Complex, 37 x 59 inches, © 2005
My good friend Carol Krueger mentioned the above question in an e-mail conversation the other day, repeating something she had overheard at SOFA Chicago this past November. The speaker went on to say that it seems that this is what Americans always want to know – not what [...]

Hayroll in central Nebraska ©2007
I think lots of people find these rolled hay bales rather intriguing; I know I do. As I’m usually speeding by on the highway when I see them, I’ve always wondered how they were created. Last year, we were driving by on a small side road in Nebraska when we [...]

To everyone who commented about my margins being messed up: I think the problem is fixed now (please let me know if not). It was something that only showed up on Internet Explorer for Windows, as far as I could tell. Since I use a Mac, I was blissfully unaware of the problem until you [...]

Horizon VIII, 25 x 25 inches, ©2007

Horizon IX, 25 x 25 inches, ©2007

Horizon X, 25 x 25 inches, ©2007
The influence of the vast horizon line is something that’s buried deep within my psyche. A couple of times a year, I drive the 450-mile journey between Denver and Albuquerque, where my family lives. A lot of [...]

One of the assignments that seems to be a big fave of art school classes is the self-portrait. I get to do this at least once and sometimes twice per semester. Here is the first one I did, in an introductory digital imaging class. Since this was the first project we did, mine is rather [...]