John T. Adams

What I see where I am and what objects I have to work with at that point in time might very well be my greatest source of inspiration. I believe that, for the most part, people respond positively to creative surprise and I am a proponent of displaying art in public. I think the greatest contribution contemporary artists can make to society is to encourage people to slow down in order to take a further look around; to create and position work in unexpected places at unanticipated moments in time. It need not endure or even be free of acid. In fact, when it's gone it makes space for something else.

When I buy an art magazine it's probably because of the images and I rarely read more than the bio in the accompanying article. Art speaks for it's author and I find that its critical justification is generally superfluous.

I try to work with as many media as possible because I enjoy seeing the variance displayed by using different applications. I especially enjoy manipulating images and objects with encaustic medium suitably tinted with rich, oily pigments. Working with wax is rewarding for me because it can be controlled and maneuvered with either brushes or blades.

My studio looks like a pocket-hurricane raged through an hour ago and every horizontal surface is covered with the debris of current and former 2D and 3D projects. I find it difficult to jettison anything that I might use later and, regretfully, I think I'll use everything.

- John T. Adams

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