BACKGROUND & EDUCATION

EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Atlanta, GA, 1989, Juris Doctor

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, SC, 1985, Bachelor of Arts

Studies and Workshops with:  Rebecca Kahrs Willis, Steve Rogers, Ann Hightower-Patterson, John Earl

Laura W. Adams

Artist's Statement

OUR VANISHING NATURAL SPACES

As our cities become more crowded, natural areas where wildflowers and forests once thrived have quickly disappeared. As a young child, I remember playing in woods in an Atlanta suburb, where many types of wildflowers lived. Those woods are now gone, along with the flowers. Looking back, I now realize the wildflowers, and their habitats which I took for granted, might soon vanish.

 Many of the scenes depicted in my work are from studies in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, particularly the rain forest region of Cashiers, N.C.  I also have begun a series of scenes of the Georgia coast, concentrating on the beautiful habitat of Ossabaw Island. I have attempted to create works that reflect my respect for these areas and their unique characteristics. Recently my work has evolved into displaying wildflowers and forest scenes in an idealized, and often allegorical, environment.

 To create these images, I use found objects from nature, mosaic tiles, textured papers, fabric  and painted papers. I cut up and layer my source material, adhering them with acrylic medium.  I will often use ten or more layers of material to create a single work.  The result is a paper collage “painting” with a distinct, three-dimensional effect.

EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS

Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA, “Low Country Treks and Monkey John Trails, the Art of Found Wood and Recycled Trees, new works by Kurt Hupe and Laura W. Adams, April 1-30, 2005

 Gallery Espresso, 232 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, “Nantahala,” solo exhibition, November 11-December 2, 200

The Starlander Coffeehouse and Gallery, 11 E. 41st St., Savannah, GA

“Panthertown, Interpretations of a Southern Rain Forest,” solo show, January 30-February 27, 2004

The Gallery, 20 Jefferson St., City Market, Savannah, GA, (912)231-2025 partner in gallery since March, 2002

 Pluff Mudd Gallery, Calhoun Street, Bluffton, SC, since October, 2003

Telfair Museum of Art Juried Exhibition, November, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001,2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, Savannah, GA. Awarded Second Place, 2001, juror Joseph Schenk, Director of the Mobile Museum of Art, Merit Award, 2003, juror Elizabeth Fleming, Director of the Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina

Hospice Savannah, Savannah, GA, “Nature’s Mosaics,” October 5-31st, 2001

The Barn Restaurant and Gift Shop, Cashiers, NC, “Appalachian Spring, Wildflower Interpretations,” July 6-31st, 2001

Virginia Highlands Summerfest, Juried Exhibition, June 2001, 2000, 1999, Atlanta, GA. First place, Photography, 1999

 Artworks, Juried Exhibition, April 2000, 1999, 1998, Jacksonville, FL

 Artscape, Juried Exhibition, May 2000, Raleigh, NC

 Bothwell Gallery, Savannah, GA, 1995-2001, exhibiting artist, “Two Artists, Two Impressions,” works of Laura W. Adams and Diane Hull, May 2000, “Possessed by Art,” 1997 group show, “Garden Art,” 1997 group show

Marty Whaley Adams Gallery, “Natural Worlds,” group exhibition, Charleston, SC, August, 1996

 Coastal Group Sierra Club Photography Exhibition, 3d place award, October 1996