“I love the dialogue that I have with watercolor. I initiate the movement of the water and pigment and then I give it its way. I push too hard and it escapes me. I hold on too tight and it dies in my arms. I ask for a certain wash and it gives me a miracle. I ask for too much and it closes down. It is rare that I can take back what I say. There are times when I don’t talk at all and I just see what happens. I have faith that something wonderful will come of my silence. I depend on watercolor for the commutation of my humanity to whatever is out there beyond myself. And, finally, it is through this watery medium that I see myself with the most clarity.”
| "Water's Edge", Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, Maui, HI |
2009 |
| "Recent Works" Maui Art Gallery, Wailuku, Maui, HI |
2002 |
| "Out of Eden" Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD |
2001 |
| "Beyond the Branches" Saipan, Marianas Islands |
1994 |
| "Silent Spectacle" CAHA Gallery, Guam |
1993 |
| "Form, Figure and Fantasy" ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA |
1989 |
| 90th National Watercolor Society Exhibition, San Pedro, CA |
2011 |
| "Kitchen: The Art Show" Hui No'eau Visual Art Center, Makawao, Maui, HI |
2010 |
| San Diego Invitational Watercolor Exhibit - Pat Drews, Juror, San Diego, CA |
2010 |
| "Art Maui" Schaefer International Gallery, Wailuku, Maui, HI |
2010 |
| 24th Arizona Aqueous National Exhibition, Tubac Center for the Arts, AZ |
2010 |
| Watercolor Missouri National 2010, Churchill Memorial Museum, Fulton, MO |
2010 |
| "Essence of Maui" Invitational, Schaefer Int'l Gallery, Wailuku, Maui, HI |
2009 |
| "Primarily Red" Hui No'eau Visual Art Center, Makawao, Maui, HI |
2009 |
| "Alchemy" Hui No'eau Visual Art Center, Makawao, Maui, HI |
2008 |
| "Malama Wakua" Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, Maui, HI |
2008 |
| "Art Maui" Schaefer International Gallery, Wailuku, Maui, HI |
2007 |
| "Hui No'eau Visual Art Center Member Show" Makawao, Maui, HI |
2006 |
| "Hawaiian Watercolor Society Exhibit" Honolulu, HI |
2004 |
| "Art in Agriculture" Traveling Exhibit, Oregon State University, OR |
2004 |
| "San Diego International Watercolor Exhibition", CA |
2003 |
| "MICA Faculty Exhibition" Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD |
2001 |
| "100 Years of Watercolor" Ursinus College, PA |
2001 |
| "Midwest Watercolor Society" West Bend Art Museum, WI |
1997 |
| "Watercolor West Annual" Los Angeles, CA |
1994-1997 |
| National Watercolor Society, Muckenthlaer Cultural Center, CA |
1996 |
| Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, MO |
1995 |
| W & J National Painting Show, Washington, PA |
1991 |
| "The Fine Art of Flowers" Mendocino Art Center, CA |
1990 |
| "San Francisco Arts Commission Flower Extravaganza" CA |
1988 |
| "California Works" Richmond Art Center, CA |
1982 |
| Bev Gannon Award for Artist's Book, "Salad Daze" |
2010 |
| SMS Award from HWS Annual Member Show |
2010 |
| Hawai’i State Foundation of the Arts Museum, Honolulu, HI |
2008 |
| Allan Award for Environmental Art |
2008 |
| Hawai’i State Foundation of the Arts Museum, Honolulu, HI |
2006 |
| Best of Show, Honolulu Watercolor Society |
2003, 2004 |
| Northeastern Environmental Art Honor Award |
2004 |
| Best in Show, Isla Art Center, University of Guam |
1996, 1998 |
| Most Outstanding Artist of the CNMI |
1996 |
| All Island Art Exhibit, Governor’s Purchase Award |
1991, 1992 |
| F&W Publishers Award |
1990 |
| American Artist Watercolor, "Cover Competition Winners," by Bob Bahr |
Summer 2011 |
| Northlight Books. Cincinatti, OH, “Featured Artist of the Month” |
1999 |
LEGENDS OF THE PACIFIC. Bess Press Publishers, HI
Illustrator: Connie J. Adams |
1999 |
| Marianas Variety, “Students to Get Arts Lesson from Adams” |
Feb 15, 1996 |
| Artist Magazine, Watercolor ’95, New York, NY: BPI Publication |
1995 |
| “Harnessing the Power of Nature,” Review by Dorothy Michaels |
|
Pacific Daily News, “Scenes of the Commonwealth Captured on Canvas”
Review by John Scanlon |
Aug 19, 1994 |
| Guam Cable Vision, “Interview With the Artist” |
Mar 18, 1993 |