Ben Q. Adams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ben Q. Adams, artist, publisher and master printer, is founder and director of Western Graphics Workshop, Inc. He studied painting and printmaking at the University of New Mexico and was awarded a Ford Foundation fellowship to study lithography at Tamarind Institite in 1972. Awarded a Tamarind Master Printer’s Certificate in 1973, he accepted a position as a master printer with Tamarind publications, resigning his position in 1975 to found Western Graphics Workshop and pursue his own work.

A native New Mexican, Adams’ paintings, drawings and lithographs reflect his love of the southwestern landscape, with its radiant light, vivid colors and rich textures, as well as a way of life that is clearly tied to the earth, past and present. His works are in the permanent collections of the Oakland Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Grunewald Collection in Los Angeles, Goddard Center for the Fine Arts, Albuquerque Museum, San Jose Museum, Denver Art Museum and Roswell Museum and Art Center as well as other institutions and private collections.

Paintings

 

 

The Spanish Pitcher

Oil on Linen

16" x 12"

$3,500.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zinnia

Oil on Linen

12 3/4" x 9 3/4"

$1,800.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water Lily

Oil on Panel

13" x 10"

$2,200.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ram's Skull

Oil on Linen

18" x 42"

$3,500.00

 

 

 

 

 

Contemplation

Oil on Panel

37" x 28 3/4"

$6,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raven - Winter

Oil on Linen

30" x 48"

$6,500.00

 

 

 

 

Carrizozo Hills - Summer

Oil on Linen

15" x 44"

$4,500.00

 

 

Carrizozo Hills - Winter

Oil on Linen

14" x 40"

$4,500.00

 

 

 

Soft Hills of Carrizozo

Oil on Linen (Framed)

26" x 36"

$7,500.00

 

 

 

 

 

American Pride

Mixed Media Acrylic/Oil Pastel on Panel

27" x 37" Framed

$3,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deer Skull With Shadows #1

Oil on Linen

28" x 36"

$10,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soaring

Oil on Linen

48" x 60"

$12,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mountain Cottonwoods

Oil on Linen

17" x 12 1/4"

$3,200.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Afterglow

Oil on Linen

12" x 23"

$2,800.00

 

 

 

 

 

Road to Capitan -Winter

Oil on Linen

9" x 23"

$2,800.00

 

 

 

 

Morning Fog

Oil on Linen

8" x 14"

$2,500.00

 

 

 

 

 

Cedars and Snow

Oil on Linen

10" x 12"

$2,500.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Road to North Well

Oil on Linen

8" x 9"

$750.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wire Gate

Oil on Linen

11 1/2" x 13 1/4"

$1,800.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Breaking Ice

Oil on Linen

14" x 15 1/4"

$1,800.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Red Drinking Tub

Oil on Linen

12" x 14"

$1,800.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moonlight and Snow

Oil on Linen

7 1/2" x 9 1/4"

$750.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Llano Estacado

Oil on Linen

18" x 48"

$4,500.00

 

 

 

 

 

Pajarito Plateau

Oil on Linen

11" x 16"

$3,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Window

Oil on Linen

17 3/4" x 33"

$3,500.00

 

 

 

 

 

Dry Lake - Sunrise (Corona Series)

Oil on Linen

15" x 30"

$4,000.00

 

 

 

 

Stock Tank - Twilight (Corona Series)

Oil on Linen

12" x 16"

$3,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hollyhock - Twilight

Oil on Linen

11" x 14"

 

$2,200.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thunderstorm - New Mexico

Oil on :Linen

14" x 20"

 

$3,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock Tank - Twilight (Corona Series)

Oil on Linen

12" x 16"

 

$3,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shards

Oil Pastel on Panel

5.25" x 9,25"

 

$1,800.00

 

 

 

 

 

Horse Skull

Oil Pastel on Panel

8.5" x 20"

 

$1,800.00

 

 

 

 

Pink Clouds and Deep Snow

Oil Linen

12" x 22"

$3,800.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light Snow in the Sandias

Oil on Linen

18" x 34"

 

$5,500.00

 

 

 

 

 

Thunderhead over White Sands

Oil on Linen

20" x 30"

 

$4,500.00

 

 

 

 

 

Pink Mesa

Oil on Linen

11" x 26"

 

$2,800.00

 

 

 

Ben Q. Adams - Lithographs

More Work Available by Ben Q. Adams Upon Request