Adria L. Hanson Fine Art

Welcome to the Fine Art

Adria L. Hanson

Art for Families

Pencil and charcoal drawings, 9x12"

$30

Baby portraits

Meet the artist

Represented by the Avalon Gallery in Battle Ground, Washington

Find me on Facebook - The Studio Gallery

Selected Works

Works of Faith.....................................Paintings about Christianity and Faith in Christ.

Contemplative Portraiture..........Reveals a person's identity through symbols and pictures

Landscapes and Cityscapes.........Coastal Washington, the Mid-West and Europe

Murals...........................Whimsical paintings for Children's rooms

Still-Life ....................................................................................Paintings from life.

Painted Portraits
Chief of the Choctaw Nation, Gregory Pyle

Copy of the Birth of Venus, Venus.

Self Portrait, Winter.

Youth Young Clam Diggers.

Portrait of my Cherokee Grandmother. Edna's Lily.

Inspired by Bouguearu. Youth

Founder of Pacific Biometrics of Seattle

* Price does not include sketching on site, and photography made of subject by artist.
The preliminary sketch can be purchased for $135

Please note that I generally charge by the hour which is $30.

Pet portraiture

Three Greats.

Footlong

Our 5 year old Border Collie. Our Boy Blue.

More paintings can be seen at www.ArtWanted.com/Adria

Represented by Harbor Gallery in Gig Harbor.

Artist Statement

and

Brief Biography

Born: Fort Walton Beach, Florida. August 15, 1975

College Education: Fort Hays State University (Kansas) 1998, & the University of Oklahoma (Norman) 2002 BFA

Archaeological Studies: Israel, Egypt, Jordan. 1998

Artistic Studies: England, France, Italy, Virgin Islands. 2001-2002 and Hungary (2007)

Current Residence: Gig Harbor, Washington.

Business Ventures: Co-owned an art gallery for 2 years in Kansas. 2002-2004.

On the board of Sheep Ministries of Gig Harbor, a non-profit Christian organization for the arts.

Art Education Experience: 2001-2008 Teaching adults and children to draw and paint.

Employed by: Harbor Montessori as Art Teacher. 2004- 2008

Also now a private consultant for Usborne Books and More! www.myubam.com/J3254

Being part Native American and a member of the Choctaw Tribe, I attended the University of Oklahoma and received funding per college semester with tribal grants. I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting at the University of Oklahoma in 2002 with a minor in anthropology (in Native American studies) and archaeology. These college years were very important. They allowed me to understand who I was as a young Christian woman, contemporary artist and value my Native American heritage.

With a visit to Europe in 2000, I learned old master techniques in painting with an emphasis in Fresco and tromp'loeil. I studied in Florence for two months studying art in churches, art museums and had several classes at the Lorenzo de'Medici school of Art. My work today has an Italian old master emphasis in landscapes to portraiture.

I lived most of my life in Kansas, so after college, between 2002 and 2004, I co-owned a contemporary and traditional art gallery with my father called The Studio Gallery (where the name of my website originated). We had opening receptions, live music and international art exhibits. My current studio is set up like the gallery I had in Kansas with track lighting and exhibition walls.

Portraits are my specialty. They are painted in oil on canvas from photograph or private sitting. The Landscapes I depict are oil and acrylic on canvas. The murals are in acrylic. Currently, I am represented by Harbor Gallery in Gig Harbor and have many pieces in private collections in Europe and the United States.

The public is welcome to visit my studio. Please call in advance.

-Adria L. Hanson

Studio Events
Spring and Summer 2011

Exhibition History