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'' , acrylic , grit , shell , enamel and isobutyl into methacrylate on paper , 11-5/8 x 13-5/8 inches the garden '' , 2003 , oil stockton , california , united states 8 july 1928 pat adams - into the garden - 2003.jpg pat adams
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pat adams

pat adams na -lrb- july 8 , 1928 in stockton , california - -rrb- is an american painter and printmaker .
she received a bachelor of arts degree from the university of california , berkeley in 1949 after which she took courses at the california college of arts and crafts , university of the pacific and the art institute of chicago .
in 1950 she moved to new york city and enrolled in the art program at the brooklyn museum where she studied under max beckmann , john ferren and reuben tam .
in 1956 she won a fulbright scholarship to study in france , where she traveled with her husband , vincent longo , who is also a painter and printmaker .
from 1971 to 1995 adams taught at the yale school of art , and in 1995 she won the vermont governor 's award for excellence in the arts .
her style , a mixture of modernism and abstraction , is described by adams as `` yield more to qualities than ideas , more to matter than its naming '' .
