About

Hi, I am Karen Adams.

I am an artist; I paint, draw and sculpt the figure. The fact that human beings have been reproducing images of other human beings for thousands of years blows my dress up…the process of making the figure in art blows my mind creatively. It’s obvious to me that there is a need for humans to depict themselves in art that seems…well, eternal.

Early Inspirations

• Receiving a large chalkboard with colored chalks from Santa at age 4
• Taking art classes at The Children’s Museum, in Nashville, TN (Inspired and repulsed by the exhibit of shrunken heads on display in the museum)
• Having been introduced to Picasso’s works and collage-making by a forward-thinking, art instructor when I was 11
• Discovering that my ability to accurately draw what I saw was not the pinnacle of achievement, but rather a ‘jumping off place’ to something much more stimulating
• Falling in love with drawing and painting the figure during my sophomore year in art school – a passion that has never waned

Education