2nd Prize Winner
RAYMAR Painting Award
Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2025
Adrienne Stein
Title:
“Swan Fantasy I”
Medium & Dimensions:
Oil on linen, 45 x 24 in.
About the Artist
Adrienne Stein is an award winning American artist living and working in Pennsylvania and Colorado. She holds an MFA from Boston University and a BFA Magna Cum Laude, from Laguna College of Art & Design. Adrienne studied under many gifted and influential instructors throughout the United States, France, and Italy. Her paintings celebrate the natural world through bold, vibrant color. The lush magical environments and figures she depicts blend reality and fantasy, expressed through a world of symbolic imagery. Direct observation of nature coalesces with memory, imagination, art history, folklore, archetypes, and natural elements that are fueled by a sense of personal as well as universal myth. Adrienne is inspired by her travel experiences as well as the beauty of her garden surrounding the Pennsylvania home she shares with her husband, the artist Quang Ho and their son, Liam. She has received numerous awards from organizations such as The Windows to the Divine Foundation, The Portrait Society of America, The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, The California Art Club, and The Art Renewal Center. Her work is collected in the U.S. and abroad.
“Swan Fantasy I”: This painting was inspired by one of my favorite works of art: Frank Brangwyn’s “The Swans”. The dappled light on those swans contrasted with the bed of red nasturtiums influenced the color palette I chose for my painting. I had the opportunity to observe this pair of mated swans in Colorado and I wanted to capture their grace and romance.
