Eleanor Adam has been privileged to study with Sharon Sprung, Costa Vavagiakis and Mary Beth McKenzie.

Until December 2004 Eleanor Adam, working as Winky Adam, was a full time, award-winning illustrator for such diverse clients as Scholastic Books, The American Museum of Natural History and Mead Johnson.

Personal tragedy in the illness and death of her oldest son led Eleanor Adam to forgo commercial illustration and vigorously pursue a more personal and meaningful field, the drawing and painting in oil of the human figure, particularly portraits.

Eleanor Adam seeks to paint in a way that reflects above all an intimate and emotional connection to her subjects.

Awards and Exhibits

Top 100 Pastel Artists in America Today, Pastel Journal, April 2010
Honorable Mention for Reflections of Alex and Reflections of Alex/Nick

Painting Award National Academy of Fine Arts Mid-Winter Show December 2008

The Alex Adam Gallery, Juried Show, Artists and Monitors, October, 2009

Windham Fine Arts, Juried Show, The Figure In Its Glory, Summer, 2009

Juried End of the Year Show at the National Academy Museum of Fine Arts, Summer 2008, Summer 2009

Salmagundi Club Juried Non-Member Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, May 2009

Art Students League Blue Dot winner January 2007, May 2007

Monitor, Sharon Sprung, September 2008-present