Biography: Biography:
Deidre Adams is a painter, photographer, and mixed media fiber artist. She divides her time between her passion for making art and her career as a graphic designer. Deidre has been making her mixed media fiber art for over ten years. Deidre incorporates painting, photography, stitching, and collage in her work, and she likes to experiment with new ways of combining process and techniques, from the traditional to the avant-garde. She shows her work in exhibitions nationwide. Her work is also included in a number of public, corporate and private collections.
Artist Statement:
In my fiber and mixed media work, I create abstract compositions with a concern for interesting divisions of space. Although abstract in design, my work often includes elements evocative of structures, with vertical and horizontal divisions reminiscent of
windows and doorways, or with strong horizon lines that reflect the idea of landscape. One of the most important aspects of my work is texture. Inspiration comes from things undergoing change: the side of an old building which has been painted over many times, with the top layers wearing away to reveal what lies beneath; a painted iron pipe exposed to salt air and revealing intricate patterns of cracking and rust; sites of construction or demolition with mysterious spray-painted markings accenting the richly varied materials either tossed haphazardly about or stacked in tidy rows. Graffiti or other markings reveal the urgent human need to leave a record of our existence. All of these provide a wealth of visual imagery that I draw on as influences in my work.
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