Elisa Adams, D.C. and sculptor

eadamsdc@aol.com

781-718-1444

 

Art has been a part of my life since I was very young. Over the years, I have delved into different forms, including fabric art -- weaving and quilting -- as well as drawing and painting. For the past several years, I have focused on stone sculpting. I attended classes at the DeCordova Museum School for one year and have been studying with Ann Deluty since.

 

My work is largely concept art; I work to discover the world in the object. When I am sculpting, I typically spend a significant amount of time studying the stone – the "Zen" of sculpting. I place the stone in locations where I can stare at it for extended periods of time and in others locations where I will simply catch a glimpse of it. Inspiration builds and hits.

 

Using abstract, simple lines, I sculpt curves and openings into the stone. Many times, I will leave the raw stone with the sculpted surfaces and interplay the two. Each viewer has their own concept of what the piece is about – one piece can evoke many different feelings.

 

The immensity and power of the ocean has always struck me and seems suited to the strength of stone. I have carved representational and realistic sculptures of waves, shells, and other ocean finds. Like my abstract work, these sculptures have smooth, rolling curves and openings.

 

The stones have a life of their own. Their colorations, transparencies, opacities and lines always play a part in what will develop. Some stones are more insistent than others.

 

I love all stages of the process. In the beginning, the stone is full of potential. As I work, the piece emerges and takes shape (literally and figuratively). In the final exciting stages, I see the sculpture to completion……and the cycle continues.

     

Member of:

November 2004 Cambridge Art Association

January 2005 Concord Art Association

May 2006 New England Sculpture Association

 

Studies:

  

2003-2004 DeCordova Museum School

-Studied sculpture in wood and stone

 

2004-present Randolph Associates

-Studying stone sculpture

  

Shows:

 

September 2004

“Group show”

Randolph Associates

  

November 2004

“BLUE”:

The Cambridge Art Association

Juried by: Rachael Rosenfield Lafo

Director of Curatorial Affairs DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park

  

April 2004

“Open Photography and Sculpture Show”

The Cambridge Art Association

Juried by: Leslie Brown, Curator Photograph Resource Center

Judy Habert Professor of Sculpture, Mass. Art

  

May 2005

“Memory and Desire”

Gallery 1581, Brookline, Mass

Juried Show

  

July 2005

“New Members Show”

Cambridge Art Association

Kathryn Schultz Gallery

  

September 2005

“Herring Run Arts Festival”

Juried show in Middleboro Mass

  

September 2005

“Mindscapes”

The Art Institute of New York City and

The New England Institute of Art, Brookline, Mass.

Juried by Betty Bothereau, L’Attitude Gallery, Newbury St.

Barbara Krakow, Krakow Gallery, Newbury St.

Barbara Mathes, Barbara Mathes Gallery, NYC

Bennett Simpson, Associate Curator The Institute of Contemporary Art

  

September 2005

“Member Show”

Cambridge Art Association

Katherine Schultz Gallery

  

September 2005

“The Frances N. Roddy Competition” a New England Competition Concord Art Association

Juried by: Katherine French, director of the Danforth Museum

  

October 2005

“Decisive Moments”

Juried by: Judi Rotenberg

Cambridge Art Association

  

March 2006

“ The Way We Live”

Juried by: Jon Imber

Cambridge Art Association

  

September 2006

"Fall Salon"

Cambridge Art Association

  

September 2006

"Herring Run Arts Festival"

Juried show

Middleboro, Mass

  

September 2006

New England Sculpture Association

U Mass Campus Center

Juried sculpture show

  

October 2006

"Member’s Prize Show"

Juried by: Hiram Butler, Director of the Butler Gallery, Houston, Tx

Kathryn Schultz Gallery

Cambridge Art Association

  

January 2007

"Visions"

Juried by: Pamela Clark Cocharane, Director of the Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Ma.

Kathryn Schultz Gallery

Cambridge Art Association

  

February, 2007

"Cool"

Juried by: Sara Miller, Curator of the Gund Collection

Kathryn Schultz Gallery

Cambridge Art Association

  

April, 2007

"United in Stone"

Group Show

University Place

Cambridge Art Association

  

January, 2008

"Shape"

Juried by, Joseph Wheelwright, Sculptor

Cambridge Art Association

  

February, 2008

"Members Juried Painting and Sculpture Exhibition"

Juried by: Peter Alpers, Alpers Fine Art, Andover , Mass.

Concord Art Association

  

March, 2008

"Kinetic Abstracts"

Small group show

Exhibiting artists: Elisa Adams, sculptor

Vladimir Barsukov, kinetic mobiles

Barbara Filo, photographer

  

November, 2008

"Gallery 1591"

Juried show