Michael Lynn Adams grew up in Southern California where he was surrounded by the arts. His father was a professor of theatre arts and a fine watercolorist, his mother a musician, and his grandfather, Lewis Greenleaf Adams, an architect and painter. Adams is an accomplished figurative and still life artist. His still life paintings are strongly influenced by California's brilliant color and light giving them luminous quality. Adams is a leading advocate for restoring traditional skill-based art training in higher education. He is the co-founder and director...more
