These paintings come out of a renewed exploration of time, physical presence and
the play between the infinite and imminent.  In this piece, the color and texture of the paint rhythmically interacts to create a push-pull tension between perceived receding and projecting spaces.  This is reiterated by the
composition leading the viewer's eye to and from the center of the painting and back to its textured surface.  The title of this piece, "Lord Kelvin" comes from the name of the inventor of the Kelvin scale of temperature measurement, reinforcing an association with an electric burner.  The name also works as as light play on the name of theologian John Calvin and the continued interest and controversy surrounding aspects of his teaching.

Wayne Adams is a Brooklyn based painter and photographer who received his B.F.A. from Calvin College and M.F.A. from Washington University in St. Louis in 2000. Adams has exhibited throughout the Midwest, New York and Vienna, Austria. Recent shows include, "The Strange Place," Alogon Gallery, Chicago, IL (2008); "Really?" New York Center for Art and Media Studies, NYC (2007); Pole Position, Brooklyn, NY (2006)