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LOREN d. AdAMS JR.

Lives and works in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii

SEARCH THE ARTIST ONLINE www.lorenadams.com/

Renaissance man, Loren d. Adams, Jr. is now celebrating 40 years as a
professional Classic Surrealist Artist/Innovator. born in Linton, Indiana on
September 28th, 1945, he began painting at the age of nine. One of these
very early originals was included in a major retrospective exhibition at the
prestigious R.W. Norton Art Gallery, a Museum of Early American, European
and Contemporary Fine Art in Shreveport, Louisiana in February of 1979. His
first public exhibit at the Municipal Museum in Roseville, California in 1967
marked his resignation as an emergency room L.P.N. to devote full time to
his Art.
The young Artist began to chase after his dream to become a Master. Today
his beautiful Art-works are in Museums and important collections world-wide.
Not content to rest on past laurels, he continues to extend the borders of his
creative expression, always searching for a finer portrayal of his ideals. He
is preoccupied with Art, music, classical literature, architecture & archeol-
ogy. Adams love of classical music often caused him to consider a career as
a concert pianist; instead his Art & Music have combined to create a deeper
resonance and added richer color to both.

While he primarily paints in oil on fine portrait linen, he also enjoys water-
color. He is known for his quality of lighting and fine detail; his innovative
technique of painting on his carvings over gold-leaf is breathtaking; The added
dimension of the carving itself and the combination of reflected, refracted &
transmitted light gives a rich color range and a luminous quality of light. He
is widely known for his realistic & exquisitely detailed seascapes & coastal
landscapes. His ability to portray light dancing on the moving water sets him
in a league all by himself.

 The Crystal Cave Stabile was started in 1983 after the completion of the maquette - the
working model shown with the Artist.
The Stabile was made out of seven mahogany doors, first carved & joined together with
brass piano hinges. This photo was taken just before the carving was complete. Next they
would be coated with several coats of rabbit-skin glue, seven coats of red gesso, mounting
adhesive and completely covered with both 10-k gold leaf & 22-k german gold-leaf prior
to being painted with oil pigments over a period of 16 years. This was the beginning of an
exciting new Art-form.
tHe CrYstaL CaVe staBILe: THE LAST PERFECT dAY OF MId-SUMMER, LEMURIA
THE dAY THE MOUNTAINS WERE RAISEd, SIdE 2 OF 3 
FREE STANDINg SCULPTURAL / OBJECT, ORIgINAL OIL PAINTINg OvER gOLD-LEAFED CARvED
wOODEN PANELS H. 7 x w. 10 x D. 6 FT., / H. 213 x w. 304 x D. 182 CM., “STABILE” ON 11 FT.
DIAMETER AND ROSEwOOD CAROUSEL - vIEw wITH THE ARTIST & YOUNg FRIEND MAdISON

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©Photographs by Patty Adams
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