Alonzo Adams. It's even a catchy name for an artist who seems ultimately destined to be marked as one of humanity's artist greats. For most, discovering one's love of art usually develops from the combined elements of time, exposure to art classes and general experience in life. Many great painters of our time have developed this way, as art is indeed a craft that requires study in the foundation skills and various mediums that are made available to artists today. For some, the practice of art is to slowly explore the deepest aspects of one's soul. For those artists, the skill to naturally draw comes as an 'innate knowing' that accompanies one at birth. The inner flame to do art is so huge, it literally drives the human first and foremost in life. Regardless of classes, social status or environmental stimuli - a natural born artist has a compulsion that reaches beyond the ordinary human life. The natural born artist must live to do art no matter what. The natural born artist must seek in whatever way he or she must, to steer the creative impulse that they have been born with.
Featured at Swain Galleries, which is located in Plainfield, NJ and is the state's most established retail art gallery; is a solo exhibit by one such gifted local artist, Alonzo Adams. Running from March 10 - March 31, the exhibit features works inspired by such greats as Charles White, Henry O. Tanner, L'hermitte, John Singer Sargent and Rembrandt. In fact, Alonzo has even traveled throughout Europe to study the work in museums there. Though originally born in Harlem, Alonzo was raised by his mother right here in Plainfield, NJ. He spent time refining art skills at duCret School of Art, which has a long history with Swain Galleries.
There is a unique history between these three icons of art.
Alonzo has been blessed to have many prominent collectors adorn their homes with his work. Among them, Dr. William H. Cosby, Dr. Maya Angelou, Alonzo & Tracy Mourning,Zeke Mowatt, Jasmine Guy, Dikembe Mutombo, Patrick Ewing, Clinton Portis, Eddie Jones, Brian Grant, Stephon Marbury, Gary Payton, Lela Rochon, Andre Harrell, Kenny Lattimore, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Chris Carter, Eddie Jordan, Bishop Donald Hilliard, Jayson Williams, Steve Harris, Wesley Snipes, Patti Webster, Earl Graves, Curtis Martin, Charles Oakley, Walter & Donna Pearson and many more. He has been commissioned to create a number of portraits and other images of personal significance to some of his special collectors. He has been featured in such publications as Art Business News, Black Enterprise, Images, Homes of Color, Upscale, Uptown and ESPN Magazines. While the paintings first appear as visions of everyday human life, upon closer inspection and without much prompting from the paintings themselves, the presence of eternal spirit and connectedness embraces the viewer in a most subtle and emotionally gentle way. Tap into more of Alonzo's work at his website. Now on View at: Swain Galleries, 703 Watchung Avenue, Plainfield, NJ. Call 908-756-1707 for more information.
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