Welcome to Adele Delivers, where I deliver two of my favorite contemporary artists right to your inbox every Friday. Here’s to fostering a deeper connection with art, one artist at a time.

Dianna Settles

Dianna Settles’s paintings highlight the busyness and connectedness within the bustling scenes of a shared existence and in this collective experience, time inevitably passes quickly by. In Dianna’s art, we see our own lives weave in and out of these colorful scenes, drawing our minds back to our youth and an awareness of our place in time. It's fitting that the favicon for Dianna's website is a tiny skull, a memento mori reminding us this too shall pass. Learn more about Dianna here.

Per Adolfsen

Per Adolfsen epitomizes the concept of "hygge". Hygge signifies warmth, coziness, and contentment, with an informal and comforting ambiance, often associated with relaxation, indulgence, and gratitude. Per, renowned for his landscape art, uses pencils and crayons in his work experimenting with unconventional color schemes, swirling patterns, and textures, resulting in art that exudes a hypnotic and soothing quality. Like a pair of wool socks and the sound of autumn leaves rustling, may the art of Per Adolfsen cocoon you in hygge this fall. Learn more about Per here.

Thank you for being here! Remember, “If you’re happy and ya’ know it...” call your fam! For this life is tedious, brief, and better with the ones you love. Wishing you the best weekend ever. I’ll see you next Friday with more art.

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