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Norma Auer Adams Art

American, b. 1939

Norma Auer Adams is a painter and writer who completed her bachelor's degree in art from Stanford University in 1961. She is a recipient of the Gehner Watercolor Award, National Association Women Artists (1978) and Greenville Artists Guild Award (1978). After a 30-plus-year career creating paintings and works of art, Norma Jean Anderson (known professionally as Norma Auer Adams) has turned to writing. The subjects covered by this versatile artist have included stories about her paintings, memories of a beloved pet and postcards from her father, saved from childhood that revealed how San Francisco in 1945 saw itself through its penny postcards. Exhibitions include the Triton Museum, California, 1978; the Gallery, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1978; Birmingham Museum of Art, 1978 and 1980; Asheville Museum, North Carolina, 1978; and more. The artist is represented in numerous public and private collections.

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Artist: Norma Auer Adams
Goldfish Abstraction - Original Watercolor Painting
Goldfish Abstraction - Original Watercolor Painting

Goldfish Abstraction - Original Watercolor Painting

By Norma Auer Adams

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Substantial early work in watercolor, abstract expressionist painting of "Goldfish" By Norma Auer Adams (Norma Jean Anderson) painter and writer. Signed lower right N. Adams and exhibit card on verso. Exhibited; 1978. Image, 15.5"H x 22"W. White may and metal frame, shipped without glass. Bachelor in Art, Stanford University, 1961, recipient Gehner Watercolor award National Association Women Artists, 1978, Greenville Artists Guild award, 1978. After a thirty-plus year career creating paintings and works of art, Norma Jean Anderson (known professionally as Norma Auer Adams) has turned to writing. The subjects covered by this versatile artist have included stories about her paintings, memories of a beloved pet, and postcards from her father, saved from childhood that reveal how San Francisco in 1945 saw itself through its penny postcards. Exhibitions include Triton Museum, California, 1978, The Gallery, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1978, Birmingham Museum Art, 1978, 80, Asheville Museum, North Carolina, 1978, Los Robles Gallery, Palo Alto, California, 1979, Louisiana Watercolor Society, 1980, Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, 1980, 81, Rahr-West Museum, Wisconsin, 1980, The Art Works Gallery, Sacramento, 1980, 82, Artists' Cooperative Gallery, San Francisco, 1980, Bay Arts Exhibitions, California, 1980, Salmagundi Club, New York...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Norma Auer Adams Art

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