A Search for Charles Partridge Adams’ Colorado                                

Several years ago, the Denver Art Museum featured works by Charles Partridge Adams. Adams was a premier painter of the Colorado landscape in the early 1900’s. His studio in Estes Park provided a view of Mt. Meeker and Longs Peak. I became fascinated with his work, as well as the fact that his paintings remain largely unknown today in the Colorado Art Market.

My involvement with this project entailed finding the specific locations where Adams painted and then creating my own plein air and studio pieces. I studied how Adams portrayed temporal and weather attributes, along with color combinations and brushwork techniques. I learned from these and then interpreted them in my own style. I have enjoyed the last two years seeing Colorado through the eyes of Charles Partridge Adams.

 Jenifer Cline is drawn to color and texture, emotions and the challenge of light. 

Drawing on her experience with three dimensional works, Jenifer explores how color and light create shape and depth in a painting.  Her inspiration for painting comes from a wide range of subjects including landscapes, wildlife, and portraiture.  Plein Air work is her particular favorite focus as it allows the artist to portray the immediacy of the moment.

Her work resides in public and private collections nationally, and she has exhibited in numerous juried shows, plein air events and has won many awards. 

“The depth of color and texture an artist can achieve with oils produces an excitement and a responsibility in the creative process.  The challenge is to find a way for your creative vision to speak to your audience.”