Ron Adams Artwork
Oil Pastels (click on pictures for full view)

"Self Portrait With Gauguin's Wallpaper"
oil pastel on illustration board
25"w x 20"h
The flowered wallpaper background was borrowed from Paul Gauguin's self portrait titled "Les Miserables" that he painted for Vincent Van Gogh.
25"w x 20"h
The flowered wallpaper background was borrowed from Paul Gauguin's self portrait titled "Les Miserables" that he painted for Vincent Van Gogh.

"The Day Vincent Met Walt"
oil pastel on illustration board
12"w x 14"h
This oil pastel portrait of my friend Walt uses patterns and designs from one of Van Gogh's paintings of "The Postman: Joseph Roulin."
12"w x 14"h
This oil pastel portrait of my friend Walt uses patterns and designs from one of Van Gogh's paintings of "The Postman: Joseph Roulin."

"Wide Smiles"
oil pastel on illustration board
14"w x 10"h
14"w x 10"h

"Into the Western Light"
oil pastel on illustration board
30"w x 19"h
During the final weeks of her life my wife wrote one of her last poems from her nursing home bed.
when dan was building our porch
I hoped it would be a place where I could go out at noon
and feel like
I was sitting on the face of the sun
I hope I will get to go home again
and sit
on the face of the sun again.
30"w x 19"h
During the final weeks of her life my wife wrote one of her last poems from her nursing home bed.
when dan was building our porch
I hoped it would be a place where I could go out at noon
and feel like
I was sitting on the face of the sun
I hope I will get to go home again
and sit
on the face of the sun again.

"Market Vegetables"
oil pastel on illustration board
15.5"w x 22.5"h
A study for my oil painting "Farmer's Market"
15.5"w x 22.5"h
A study for my oil painting "Farmer's Market"

"Gladiolas"
oil pastel on illustration board
19.5"w x 30"h
A study for my oil painting "Farmer's Market.
19.5"w x 30"h
A study for my oil painting "Farmer's Market.

"Clyde and Tide"
oil pastel on illustration board
20"w x 24"h
The shape of the well rounded cat body echoes the shape of the detergent bottle at his side.
20"w x 24"h
The shape of the well rounded cat body echoes the shape of the detergent bottle at his side.

"DeGraff Daily News"
oil pastel on 4 sheets of illustration board
56.5"w x 40"h
SOLD
Four men meet in the town filling station to discuss the news of the day. The station is filled with oil cans, a gumball machine, tire repair apparatus and a suitcase.
From an historic photograph of the 1940s.
56.5"w x 40"h
SOLD
Four men meet in the town filling station to discuss the news of the day. The station is filled with oil cans, a gumball machine, tire repair apparatus and a suitcase.
From an historic photograph of the 1940s.

"Princess and Pea"
oil pastel on smooth Bristol
17.5"w x 21.5"h
The softness of the child's beloved pink blanket is contrasted with the pile of bright multicolored blankets and an afghan that she is sleeping on top of.
17.5"w x 21.5"h
The softness of the child's beloved pink blanket is contrasted with the pile of bright multicolored blankets and an afghan that she is sleeping on top of.

"Aztec Liberty"
oil pastel on illustration board
7.5"w x 9.5"h
I saw a similarity between the crown on the Statue of Liberty and this Aztec dancer's feathered head dress.
7.5"w x 9.5"h
I saw a similarity between the crown on the Statue of Liberty and this Aztec dancer's feathered head dress.