Deidre Adams

Jonathan Saiz with Queen Doña Mariana of Austria, 80 x 71 x 8 inches, ©2009

Jonathan Saiz, “widely recognized as one of Denver’s top emerging artists,”*  has a great show on view at the plus+gallery through October 17. A week ago last Friday, I went to hear his talk at the gallery.
Saiz is a friendly, unassuming [...]

Monday was museum day. If art museums are your thing, there’s no better place than Paris. By this time, all of the group from school (Metro) had arrived, and we went together to several of the museums. We didn’t go to the Louvre as a group, since it’s just too overwhelming to do in a [...]

Notre Dame Gargoyles. ©2009 Deidre Adams.
My flight into Paris was an overnight one, so I arrived there at 6 am on a Saturday. Due to various assaults on the senses that take place on flights now, I hadn’t slept at all, so the day was spent in a strange state of mind. Another woman from [...]

This summer, I had the great good fortune to go on a 12-day trip to France, visiting Paris for 4 days and then spending the remaining time in Giverny and the surrounding area. I went with a group of fellow painting students and our instructor, Amy Metier. Giverny is the home of Monet’s Garden. The [...]

Untitled, 12 x 12 inches, ©Deidre Adams
When I finished up my spring semester of school back in mid-May, it seemed I had the whole summer before me and many grandiose plans swirled through my brain about all the great work I was going to make and the many things I would accomplish. Well, here it [...]

Die Spur Der Steine, 74 x 90 cm (29 x 35 inches), ©2008 Isabelle Wiessler
By far the most interesting aspect of keeping a blog is meeting new people, both nearby and from the other side of the globe. It has opened up a whole new world for me, mostly online, but sometimes in person.
This week [...]

Have I mentioned how much I love Kansas City? I thoroughly enjoyed my time here, for many reasons. I loved buying something in a store and being told “thank you very much, and have a nice day!” This is something you don’t hear too much in Denver, where people often act like they are doing [...]

As a vacation destination, Amarillo, Texas can certainly hold its own. There are several attractions in the area which demanded our attention, the Big Texas Steak Ranch providing only the smallest glimpse of what was to come. The parking lot was very full when I was there taking pictures near sundown on Wednesday night, so [...]

Big Texas Steak Ranch, Amarillo, Texas
This is Spring break, and I am off from school for an entire lovely week. We were long overdue for a road trip, so it seemed like a good excuse to just get in the car and go. I had not set foot inside the great state of Texas for [...]

Deno’s 6&85  ©2009 Deidre Adams.
It seems that the beginning of a new year is a time for most people to want to take stock of their lives and to resolve to change themselves in some way. I decided a long time ago that making resolutions was a sure setup for failure. So, although there is [...]