Today I'm excited for you to meet an extraordinary artist from Sonoma County, California. His name is Adam Wolpert. For quite a few years, Adam has been involved in painting the local landscape, but lately, which caught my attention, his art shifted. Not only did it become bigger, but it became simpler. Now it is mostly just about trees. 

Every time his work takes a quantum leap forward, I am always excited to catch up with him to learn why. What just happened? How is it possible these paintings have become so so powerful? 

At first blush, if you are just listening, the subject seems fairly straight up but not once you see these paintings. They have been realized from countless hours standing beneath trees, paying attention, listening, thinking, and quietly observing. So it turns out; trees have a lot to teach us about art, resiliency, and life.

Join me as Adam shares all he is learning and discovering in the pursuit of his remarkable tree paintings.

Listen if you are interested in...

• My good friend, Adam Wolpert, and his recent focus on trees [0:05]
• Adam’s path, from college to his present interests and work [2:16]
• How inquiry has played a part of Adam’s practice of art [8:47]
• The way in which Adam’s work uses the power of perspective and space [11:41]
• Using deep observation to create a new series of tree paintings [23:32]
• How Adam’s paintings honor the subjects he’s representing [35:29]
• Contemplation of the universal dimensions of the work Adam creates [40:12]

Resources & People Mentioned

• Adam’s mentor/teacher, Ciel Bergman: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/santafenewmexican/name/ciel-bergman-obituary?pid=183725239 
• Erickson Fine Art in Healdsburg, CA - https://www.ericksonfineartgallery.com/ - Adam’s will exhibit there the Spring of 2022
• The SFMOMA Gallery - https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/ - in San Francisco

Connect with Adam Wolpert

• Adam’s website: www.adamwolpert.com
• Adam on Instagram: @Adam_Wolpert - https://www.instagram.com/adam_wolpert/

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