Adrian Deckbar
Adrian Deckbar is a painter who uses photography as the basis for her work, which explores the boundaries of photorealism. Her transformation of photographic source material into acrylic and oil paintings take on a heightened sense of reality. The undulation of shapes, with light raking across the forms, pulsate with life. Vivid colors and jewel tones are contrasted with dark forms throughout the pieces, creating dynamic textures. The paintings become visually dramatic and mysterious. Read more.
“Her world works on her soul - and ours - through her eyes, always promising another small, delicious revelation that at once reifies the endurance of nature.”
Landscapes
Drawings
Figurative Works
Immersion II, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 60"
“Perhaps the best way to describe Adrian Deckbar’s new work is to recognize it as analogous to beholding something for the very first time. In Deckbar’s paintings, this is manifested through the overall presence of a dreamlike opulence, rendered with crystal clear clarity and a reverence for being itself.
Deckbar is a dedicated seeker of knowledge, beauty and truth who uses a camera to observe and a paintbrush to record her findings.”