About
My Background
Growing up on the Coromandel Coast all I have ever wanted to do was to draw. I graduated with a Diploma in Graphic Design from Auckland Technical Institute. In 2002, after a successful Graphic Design career, I began painting full time. As a realist oil painter, the effect of the brushwork and attention to detail make for surreal and
Growing up on the Coromandel Coast all I have ever wanted to do was to draw. I graduated with a Diploma in Graphic Design from Auckland Technical Institute. In 2002, after a successful Graphic Design career, I began painting full time. As a realist oil painter, the effect of the brushwork and attention to detail make for surreal and colourful depictions of familiar scenes, capturing the essence of the New Zealand landscape and still life.
My Medium
Working only in oils, on large canvases, capturing a moment of light, adding detail to create atmosphere, making the viewer feel they are actually there.
The moment is gone in an instant, but the image left on the canvas leaves us with a feeling of place and timelessness.
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
My oil paintings are a journey, about the places I have visited and the impressions that they have left upon me. Always with the view of returning to these places but excited about what is waiting around the next corner.
Represented by galleries throughout New Zealand, Adele’s work can be found in Private and Commercial collections here and overseas.
