http://www.lightstalkers.org/mykeadams <p class="MsoBodyText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: gray; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Artist Myke Adams was born and raised in the city of </span></b><city> <place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: gray; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New Orleans</span></b></place> </city><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: gray; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> where he began to paint at a very young age. In 1991, </span></b> <place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: gray; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Adams</span></b></place> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: gray; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> packed his bags and headed for </span></b><city> <place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: gray; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Chicago</span></b></place> </city><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: gray; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span></span></b> <place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: gray; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Adams</span></b></place> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: gray; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&rsquo; full pursuit of art came in the summer of 1997 when he was commissioned to make a painting for a friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Since then, </span></b> <place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: gray; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Adams</span></b></place> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: gray; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> has created hundreds of paintings and has had over 30 exhibitions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Adams&rsquo; distorted, bright acrylic colors, combine the complexities of pain, poverty, history, isolation and love to tell a story that is truly his own. <p>&nbsp;</p> </span></b></p> en-us Image feeds are temporarily unavailable due to heavy load on the Lightstalkers servers. Please consider making a donation today so that we can afford to upgrade this service. Sat, 18 May 2013 18:31:37 -0700 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/1888