Inquiries:
To
inquire about purchase or commission, please send e-mail to Kathleen.
Biography
Kathleen E. Adam has been painting in oils for 33 years and painting professionally
for 13 years. She has exhibited nationally from California to Massachusetts
to Louisiana in juried art shows frequently receiving awards. She has shown
in the Cleveland Museum of Art's
May Show, the Butler Institute of American
Art's Midyear, the Palm
Springs Desert Museum's National Annual, the Grand National in NewYork
City and many others. Her work is in the permanent collection of the United
States Coast Guard in Washington, D.C., Cigna Employee Benefits Companies,
KeyBank, Teledyne Efficient Industries and many private collections. Kathleen
is a fellow member of the American Artists Professional League, a member
of the American Society of Portrait Artists, and a founding board member
of the Western Reserve Artist Association.
Kathleen was in charge of the Strong
Museum carousel renovation while working at Carousel
Magic!. She painted the scenery on the rounding boards and the
upper surrounds, designed and carved the chariot and the figureheads on
the shields and designed the decorative painting. The carousel, an Allan
Herschell built in 1918, opened to the public in November, 1997.
Currently Kathleen is working as Special Projects Manager at the Merry-Go-Round
Museum in Sandusky, Ohio.