Alexei Adamov

Russian painter Alexei Adamov – who splits his time between Moscow and his seaside hometown Taganrog – creates subtle and majestic landscapes. Shifting between pastoral and seaside visions, he renders nature in an exquisitely immersive aesthetic, evoking all manner of tactile, aural and olfactory information. Looking at one of Adamov’s woodland paths or beachfront vistas conjures the smells, sounds and sensations of those spaces. This instantly resonant sensorial experience likens his work to that of preceding Russian romantic and realist painters, but Adamov’s refined sense of light and application give his art a uniquely luminescent quality.

Observed in detail, each work features a gentle pattering of small paint daubs, a trace of impressionism that lends his Russian locales a broader European atmosphere. Indeed, with a family history determined and re-shaped by both World Wars, Adamov displays a vast geographic awareness. Finally, light – seeping through leaves on trees and foggy skies, refracted in ponds or shimmering off lakes and waves – lends his humble nature scenes a spectacular theatricality.

The Portal of Tranquility
Reception: Thursday October 8, 2009 6-8 PM
Exhibition Dates: 10/2/2009 - 10/23/2009

Invitation to Alexei Adamov's exhibition

Bay in the Morning Oil on Canvas 24" x 24" $9000 Bay in the Morning Oil on Canvas 24" x 24" $9000	On the Bank of the Wild River Oil on Canvas 28" x 59" $15000 On the Bank of the Wild River Oil on Canvas 28" x 59" $15000
Green Moon Oil on Canvas 19.6" x 23" $4000 Green Moon Oil on Canvas 19.6" x 23" $4000	Morning Oil on Canvas 31" x 39" $15000 Morning Oil on Canvas 31" x 39" $15000
Bright Day Near the Sea Oil on Canvas 24" x 31.5" $8000 Bright Day Near the Sea Oil on Canvas 24" x 31.5" $8000	Winter Oil on Canvas 20" x 28" $6000 Winter Oil on Canvas 20" x 28" $6000
Im082 Oil on Canvas $0 Im082 Oil on Canvas $0	Im140 Sail Oil on Canvas $0 Im140 Sail Oil on Canvas $0
Im004 Oil on Canvas $0 Im004 Oil on Canvas $0	Autumn Bewitched Oil on Canvas 28" x 59" $15000 Autumn Bewitched Oil on Canvas 28" x 59" $15000
Im121 Oil on Canvas $0 Im121 Oil on Canvas $0	Im124 Oil on Canvas $0 Im124 Oil on Canvas $0
Im019 Oil on Canvas $0 Im019 Oil on Canvas $0	The Waves Oil on Canvas 24" x 35.5" $8000 The Waves Oil on Canvas 24" x 35.5" $8000
The Day is Shining Oil on Canvas 39.5" x 47" $15000 The Day is Shining Oil on Canvas 39.5" x 47" $15000	Boats Oil on Canvas 24" x 35.5" $8000 Boats Oil on Canvas 24" x 35.5" $8000