About Brian Adgate Fine Arts
Brian Adgate is a Boston-area painter whose work explores the landscape through semi-abstract relationships of color, form, light, and texture. Drawing from decades of travel and observation, his paintings interpret rather than reproduce the natural world, balancing carefully considered structure with an intuitive, improvisational approach to painting. Brian earned his BFA from the New York Institute of Technology and his MFA from the University of Wisconsin. His artistic career has included exhibitions throughout New England and internationally, beginning with a solo e...Read More
Brian Adgate Fine Arts
Established in 1976
Featured Pieces
Fire Hills and Lake, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Fire Hills and Lake grew out of my travels through Iceland and my response to the country’s dramatic contrasts of land, water, and sky. I was particularly drawn to the way intense color could emerge within an otherwise austere landscape -the deep blues of water and changing skies set against volcanic terrain, exposed rock, and warmer passages of earth. Those contrasts gave the landscape an elemental quality that became an important part of my Iceland paintings...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Delicate Dawn, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Delicate Dawn grew out of my travels through Iceland and my response to the quiet, atmospheric side of the country’s landscape. While much of Iceland can feel dramatic and elemental,...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Evanescence, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Evanescence grew out of my travels through Iceland and my response to the country’s austere, elemental landscape. I was particularly interested in the way Iceland can seem both immen...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Fire and Ice, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Fire and Ice grew out of my travels through Iceland and my response to the country’s stark and constantly changing landscape. I was particularly drawn to the contrasts I encountered ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Red Cliffs of Rio Chamma, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Red Cliffs of Rio Chamma grew out of my time in New Mexico and my response to the landscape surrounding Santa Fe. I was particularly interested in the openness of the Southwestern la...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Leaving Mesa Verde, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Leaving Mesa Verde grew out of my travels through New Mexico and the broader landscape of the American Southwest. I was interested in the experience of moving through this landscape ...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Approaching Sioux City, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Approaching Sioux City grew out of my interest in the American landscape and the experience of moving through it. The painting takes its title from the sense of nearing a place rathe...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Late Spring Near Mount Taylor, Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Late Spring Near Mount Taylor grew out of my travels through New Mexico and my response to the landscape around Mount Taylor and the greater Santa Fe region. I was drawn to the way t...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Seep Spring Canyon, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Seep Spring Canyon grew out of my time in New Mexico and my response to the landscape surrounding Santa Fe. I was particularly interested in the way isolated rock formations, mesas, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Sunrise in the Land of Rodeos, Contemporary Abstract, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Sunrise in the Land of Rodeos grew out of my time in New Mexico and my response to the expansive landscape surrounding Santa Fe. I was particularly interested in the transitional qua...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Gila Wilderness, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Gila Wilderness grew out of my travels through New Mexico and my response to the vast, layered landscape of the Southwest. I was particularly interested in the way the land seems to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Rain Across the Mesa, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Rain Across the Mesa grew out of my time in New Mexico and my response to the landscape surrounding Santa Fe. I was particularly interested in the openness of the Southwestern landsc...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
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Fire Hills and Lake, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Fire Hills and Lake grew out of my travels through Iceland and my response to the country’s dramatic contrasts of land, water, and sky. I was particularly drawn to the way intense color could emerge within an otherwise austere landscape -the deep blues of water and changing skies set against volcanic terrain, exposed rock, and warmer passages of earth. Those contrasts gave the landscape an elemental quality that became an important part of my Iceland paintings...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Delicate Dawn, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Delicate Dawn grew out of my travels through Iceland and my response to the quiet, atmospheric side of the country’s landscape. While much of Iceland can feel dramatic and elemental,...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Evanescence, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Evanescence grew out of my travels through Iceland and my response to the country’s austere, elemental landscape. I was particularly interested in the way Iceland can seem both immen...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Fire and Ice, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Fire and Ice grew out of my travels through Iceland and my response to the country’s stark and constantly changing landscape. I was particularly drawn to the contrasts I encountered ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Red Cliffs of Rio Chamma, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Red Cliffs of Rio Chamma grew out of my time in New Mexico and my response to the landscape surrounding Santa Fe. I was particularly interested in the openness of the Southwestern la...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Leaving Mesa Verde, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Leaving Mesa Verde grew out of my travels through New Mexico and the broader landscape of the American Southwest. I was interested in the experience of moving through this landscape ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Approaching Sioux City, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Approaching Sioux City grew out of my interest in the American landscape and the experience of moving through it. The painting takes its title from the sense of nearing a place rathe...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Late Spring Near Mount Taylor, Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Late Spring Near Mount Taylor grew out of my travels through New Mexico and my response to the landscape around Mount Taylor and the greater Santa Fe region. I was drawn to the way t...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Seep Spring Canyon, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Seep Spring Canyon grew out of my time in New Mexico and my response to the landscape surrounding Santa Fe. I was particularly interested in the way isolated rock formations, mesas, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Sunrise in the Land of Rodeos, Contemporary Abstract, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Sunrise in the Land of Rodeos grew out of my time in New Mexico and my response to the expansive landscape surrounding Santa Fe. I was particularly interested in the transitional qua...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Gila Wilderness, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Gila Wilderness grew out of my travels through New Mexico and my response to the vast, layered landscape of the Southwest. I was particularly interested in the way the land seems to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Rain Across the Mesa, Contemporary Abstract Landscape, Oil Painting on Paper
By Brian Adgate
Located in Rockland, MA
Rain Across the Mesa grew out of my time in New Mexico and my response to the landscape surrounding Santa Fe. I was particularly interested in the openness of the Southwestern landsc...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper