Deidre Adams

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 [...]

Metamorphosis 1, ©2006 Deidre Adams
SmallArtShowcase.com, organized by artist Jeanne Williamson, features the work of several artists who are making their work accessible and affordable to art lovers and collectors through a special collection each has created for the showcase. All works featured in the showcase are priced between $25 and $500. Sales are made through [...]

Good intentions out the window. Distractions abound. So many things needing to get done, paralysis sets in. My goal of doing at least one post per week is woefully unfulfilled, but does anyone besides me care? I promised myself I would not use the blog to whine or to navel-gaze, though, so no excuses.
One of [...]

Work glove ©2008 Deidre C. Adams
Closely related to the one-shoe phenomenon is the one-glove phenomenon. This particular specimen was located at a new-home construction site near my dad’s house in Albuquerque, where I had been visiting him a couple of weeks ago. In all the time I was growing up in that neighborhood and for [...]

Shoe near Pueblo, Colorado. © 2006 Deidre Adams
Why are there so many single shoes out there in the universe? This is a question that has always plagued me. I’m not the only one who thinks about this, as evidenced by the great discussion of the question at The Straight Dope.
I wish I had [...]

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 [...]

Composition in Blue and Sienna
© 2003
My obsession with working abstractly has probably been fed by two things over the years: one – working with the quilt medium, which, if done with traditional patterns, involves working largely with geometric shapes, and two – if I can be honest here – the fact that I’m not too [...]