John Adam paints five-foot squares with layered surfaces made from commercial paint and pigments he formulates himself. His West Bay studio holds the work in person, where the colors read as subtle creams and grays, not the pink the video shows. He's moving toward abstract surfaces that suggest skies and seas.
Okay, so now we're going to John Adam Studio in West Bay. There we are, John Adam. Really lovely space here, gallery and studio. It's really lovely large pieces he's got. So John uses a mixture of good quality paints and also paints he makes himself. Gets a really interesting surface of his paintings. And of course, a very unique palette as well. This is like a big, uh, 5-foot square piece. Well, more or less 5-foot square. You really have to, uh, see these yourself to get the true color. I can see Immediately these are coming out a lot pinker than in real life, and of course there's often dozens of layers of paint, so very rich surfaces. Again, really lovely glowing paintings that you really need to see in the flesh. One of my— one of John's more figurative pieces. Now his work He's really enjoying more abstract surfaces, but they still often evoke skies and sea and cloud. And then into his studio. Lots of the pigment that he uses to make his paintings. Again, this one's coming out a lot more pink than it actually is in the flesh. Colors are a lot more close to these kind of creams. There's really nice old boards as well.
