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AboutLauren Batiste Adams is an abstract painter whose work explores the quiet, clarifying presence found in nature. Working primarily in oil and oil pastel, she creates contemplative pieces shaped by her practice of close observation - trees, water, and light distilled into a language of color and gesture.
Her work is held in private and public collections across the United States, including Kaiser Permanente, Emory Musculoskeletal Institute, Nordstrom (Houston) and the Galleria Park Hotel in San Francisco. She has collaborated with designers and brands such as Crate & Barrel and Erin Gates Design. Adams holds a BFA in Visual Art and studied with acclaimed landscape painter Lynn Boggess. Her studio practice is rooted in attention, solitude, and a reverence for the natural world. She lives and works in a small town nestled among old hills with her artist husband and their cat. |
StatementMy paintings grow out of sustained, contemplative looking. I spend long periods noticing small shifts in the natural world - subtle movement in branches, light that drifts across water, the quiet rhythm of air - and I work steadily in oils and oil pastel to translate these moments of presence into paint.
What interests me is the inner experience of presence: the moment when the mind softens and the senses gain strength. Rather than documenting a place, I paint the felt rhythm of being there - how the air moves, how light rests on branches, how stillness can deepen perception. I'm equally drawn to the material nature of paint itself - the thickness and drag of oil, the way layers gather or disperse. I follow the material. Its shifts, its density, its unexpected harmonies, and let its physical presence become part of the piece. Working in quick layers, the painting becomes a record not just of looking, but of touch and time. I hope the paintings offer viewers a space of their own: a breath, a quieting, a sense of spaciousness and connection. Collectors receive early viewing of new work, private previews of seasonal releases, and occasional studio notes. You're welcome to join anytime. Subscribe below with your email.
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Copyright for all artwork is owned by Lauren Adams.
Photos of the artist are courtesy of Jared Tadlock.
Photos of the artist are courtesy of Jared Tadlock.