K3n Adams

@k3nadams

artist, musician, maker 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻 www.k3n.com

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K3n Adams@k3nadams· 2d

A little #nocturne from vacation. The light was from a full and very bright moon. We ended up watching it through a spotting scope for an hour. “Bayside Nocturne” 6” x 8” acrylic on canvas board July 2026 #art #acrylic #painting #nocturne #moon #seascape #lbi #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

A bayside nocturne. Moonlight and streetlights reflect off the water. The background is a row of seaside houses with a few lights on. A boat is docked in the foreground with the moonlight centered in the boats Bimini. A blue dock light glows in the lower left.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· 4d

Wow! 200 followers. Big thank you to everyone following my painting journey so far. I’m learning so much while quickly filling up the flat file. 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻 #art #painting #acrylic #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

A collection of small paintings, mostly 6” x 8” acrylic on canvas board, in a flat file drawer. Arranged in a collage style. There are landscapes of beaches, creeks, woods, old buildings and cityscapes. Most of the paintings pictured have been posted on my BlueSky.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· 4d

Another little sketch from vacation. A bit of the amazing forest around Barnegat Light. “Maritime Forest” 6” x 8” acrylic on canvas board Aug 2026 #art #acrylic #painting #sketch #landscape #seascape #barnegatlight #lbi #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

A sandy path in the foreground heads toward the right side of the frame in to some short scrubby pine maritime forest. Barnegat Light, or “Old Barney” is standing proudly on the left side of the frame. With its white base and red top half. A small wooden sign on a post is in the foreground, but the words are not legible. The sky is cloudy and swirling like an ocean wave.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· 6d

I tried a new pochade box design for acrylics on vacation this year. It worked pretty well, with a watertight pill box for the paint and a lid slot with wing nuts. I just taped a sheet to the bottom for mixing. #art #painting #acrylic #pleinair #pochade #seascape #lbi #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

A seascape is attached to the lid of a homemade pochade box. There is a water tight pill container that holds each color, and a slot cut in the lid to accommodate tiny wing nuts. On the bottom part, I attached a piece of dry Masterson pallet paper with tape. I later found that wax paper works pretty well also. Overall about 8/10

Closeup of the wingnut slot and the adjustable hinges I got from Amazon.

The closed lids of the pill box work perfectly to keep the paint wet between sessions.

Another shot of the box in action on the beach.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Jul 14

A little bit of creekside Impressionism. I really love painting and drawing gnarly roots. Still messing with this one a little bit. “Creekside” 6” x 8” acrylic on canvas board June 2026 #art #painting #acrylic #sketch #wip #landscape #impressionism #delaware #whiteclay #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

A large tree with bare roots is perched creekside. The still, muddy brown waters reflect the many vivid greens of the canopy above. The dark places under the gnarly roots make you wonder who lives there. This is from the mill race side of White Clay Creek at the old Curtis Paper Mill site - Rt. 72, Newark, Delaware.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Jul 1

Another little sketch of these huge algae-covered jetty rocks that I absolutely love. Barnegat Light, Long Beach Island, NJ “Jetty Rocks II” Acrylic on canvas board June 2026 #art #painting #acrylic #landscape #seascape #lbi #longbeachisland #sketch #study #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

Closeup of bright green algae-covered jumble of large half-submerged jetty rocks. Deep ultramarine and cerulean water swirls around the bases. These are the breakwater jetty rocks at the Barnegat Lighthouse promenade.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Jun 28

A quiet moment at one of my very favorite places. “Sea Jay Interior” 6” x 8” acrylic on canvas board. June 2026 #art #painting #acrylic #interior #architectural #lbi #longbeachisland #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

A moody darkened interior room, lit by a sliding glass door to the outside, center frame. Looking out a large door you can see the hint of a body of water with bulkhead and dock. The edge of a couch on the right, and a chair next to an end table on the left are arranged across the foreground, with the chair blocking the slider. A pool of light under the chair reveals an orange hardwood floor. A dark curtain partially obstructs the view through the right slider.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Jun 27

I decided to try my first classic floral still life last night. I was inspired by the sunflowers at the farmers market, and picked some up. “Still Life with Sunflowers” 9”x 12” acrylic on canvas June 2026 #art #fineart #painting #acrylic #stilllife #sunflowers #floral #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

A still life of sunflowers and a chrysanthemum arranged in a glass vase. They sit on a wooden table, against a dark, almost black background.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Jun 22

Some awesome, and a little bit ominous, clouds over the Atlantic Ocean! Rapid study, looking east from Harvest Cove on Long Beach Island, NJ. 6” x 8” acrylic on canvas board #art #painting #acrylic #landscape #clouds #study #sketch #lbi #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

A large bank of thunderheads gathering above a strip of seaside houses. The foreground shows dark turquoise emerald waters that are flat calm. The dark blue sky above the clouds gives way to a strip of light sky below, at the horizon. The foreground is Harvest Cove, while the clouds are over the Atlantic Ocean. The houses are along Long Beach Boulevard.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Jun 18

Sunset on Barnegat Bay, Harvey Cedars, NJ 6” x 8” acrylic on canvas board. June 2026 #art #painting #acrylic #sketch #landscape #lbi #harveycedars #sunset #longbeachisland #wip #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

The setting sun hides in a bank of distant clouds, shrouded in bands of purples blues and oranges. The bay reflects a lavender and peach sky. We are standing in a bank of almost silhouetted phragmites and seaside reeds. A small dock is barely visible peeking through the reeds on the left side of the frame.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Jun 7

A little rapid sketch, just before sunset on Raymond Pool in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware. 12” x 6” acrylic on canvas board. June 2026 #art #painting #acrylic #sketch #landscape #wip #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

View across Raymond Pool at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. A cloudy sky is just beginning to show signs of sunset above a tidal marsh. Two dense stands of deciduous trees in the distance open just enough to reveal the golden light. There is a mud flat in the foreground with touches of bright green grasses.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Jun 6

Here is a #busy one for #BlueSkyArtShow This ‘Liberty’ truck had ice cream and Eagles gear just outside Love Park, near City Hall in Philly. #art #painting #acrylic #cityscape #philly #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams #gobirds

The “Liberty” ice cream truck sits on the corner of Love Park, near City Hall in Philadelphia, PA. Late afternoon sun casts long shadows and glows orange on the buildings. People in the foreground hustle by in winter jackets carrying packages and bags.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Apr 26

Been busy with a couple big commissioned jobs, and haven’t been able to post for a minute. Here is a brief moment of calm from my backyard in Newark, Delaware. “New Leaves” 6” x 8” acrylic on canvas board. April 2026 #art #painting #acrylic #sketch #landscape #wip #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

Looking up through the trees as the first clumps of leaves arrive on the Sweet Gum and Swamp Maple trees. The background is a mackerel sky, ripples of white clouds against a deep blue field.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Feb 21

This was a commission from a few years back. It’s fun for me to see how my painting style has evolved since then. Here are #Two trees for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow “Pinware River, Newfoundland” 8” x 10” Acrylic on canvas Dec 2022 #art #painting #acrylic #landscape #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

View shows a lush green valley full of pines, with a river winding from center horizon out the right side of the frame. A band of peach lights up the horizon indicating sun rise or set. In the foreground two trees frame the view of the river. The left tree appears to be a birch with yellow leaves and brighter trunk. A small wooden bird feeder with a roof, and a couple of feeding holes, hangs in the birch. The tree on the right is kind of a scraggly pine. The yellow leaves hint that this is late summer as the very first signs of fall are beginning to emerge.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Feb 7

A little warm #sunlight from Longwood Gardens for #BlueSkyArtShow “Longwood Green” Chalk and charcoal on toned paper #art #landscape #chalk #charcoal #pastels #longwood #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

Sunlight through the branches of large tree makes strong shadow and light patterns on the pathway in the foreground. The background is a bright sun-drenched green. This scene is from Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Feb 3

Some chalk and charcoal rocks for #RockinTuesday from White Clay Creek State Park in Delaware. “Wedgewood Road Rocks” 8” x 10” chalk / charcoal on toned paper #art #drawing #charcoal #chalk #pastel #landscape #delaware #delawareartist #eastcoastkin #k3n #k3nadams

Chalk and charcoal drawing of a boulder field in winter on tan paper. The foreground is a matrix of very large slabs of Blue Gneiss. The mid ground shows some interspersed dead fall branches. The background is a leafless east coast deciduous forest. This is at the end of Wedgewood Road, in White Clay Creek State Park, near the Pennsylvania / Delaware border.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Jan 31

A little sketch of the jetty walk at Barnegat Light. I love the old seaside coin-up binocular machines. “Jetty Walk” 5” x 7” oil on linen panel May 2025 #BlueSkyArtShow #Clouds #art #painting #seascape #lbi #delawareartist #eastcoastkin #cobraoils #k3n #k3nadams

Bright cloudy day at the inlet on Long Beach Island. This is from the jetty promenade at Barnegat Light.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Jan 20

In the studio revisiting some warmer days while we remain in this deep freeze. 🥶 “The Gang Goes to LBI” 6” x 8” acrylic on canvas Jan 2026 #art #acrylic #painting #landscape #impressionism #impressionist #bird #birdoftheday #gulls #eastcoastkin #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

Three Gulls sit atop bright green algae covered jetty rocks at Barnegat Light, LBI NJ.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Jan 17

Here is #One banana for #BlueSkyArtShow . One of my very favorites, and also just happens to be on the current 2016 trend 😁. “Banana” 5.5” x 8.5” scratchboard and watercolor July 2016 #art #painting #stilllife #scratchboard #watercolor #banana #eastcoastkin #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

Image shows a yellow bruised banana rendered in scratchboard with watercolor added.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Jan 10

Working on a larger painting right now, so here’s a little chalk study from the archives for #BlueSkyArtShow “Backyard Glow” Chalk on toned paper Dec 2020 #art #drawing #chalk #pastel #landscape #Vibrant #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

Sun streams through deciduous trees and casts shadows across lush green grass.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Jan 7

Another little charcoal drawing from a few years back. I started this painting journey trying to learn more about value. “Lucky Thirteen” Chalk and charcoal on toned paper. August 2022 #art #drawing #chalk #charcoal #charcoaldrawing #fishing #boat #lbi #nautical #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

Black and white and gray chalk and charcoal drawing. This is the starboard side of a commercial fishing vessel called “Lucky Thirteen”, docked in Viking Village on Long Beach Island, NJ. A seagull sits atop a piling against the cloudy sky.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Dec 28

Snow scene from my backyard in Newark, Delaware last week. I feel like we’ve had more snow this December than the last few years combined. “Backyard Snow” 6” x 8” acrylic on canvas December 2025 #art #painting #acrylic #landscape #snow #delaware #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

Shadowy snow scene with a red snow-topped barn on the left. There is a bare tree trunk in the foreground. In the right a crabapple tree is bent towards the ground from the weight of the snow.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Dec 16

Working on another view of Second Dam in Newark, Delaware. This is the “turn around point” of my favorite walking trail in to White Clay Creek State Park. “Second Dam III” 8” x 6” acrylic on canvas board #art #painting #landscape #delaware #whiteclaycreek #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams #wip

A glass smooth body of water behind a small rock wall reflects a bright blue sky. This is Second Dam, at the end of the Curtis Mill trail in Newark, DE

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Dec 13

A little different view of Philadelphia from under the Schuylkill Generating Station train bridge, I-76 West. 8” x 6” acrylic on canvas board. Dec 2025 #art #painting #acrylic #BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings #landscape #city #train #bridge #rust #philadelphia #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

View of Philadelphia from under the Schuylkill Generating Station train bridge on I-76 West. Sunlight peeks through the ties of a rusty industrial train bridge, with the City of Philadelphia skyline rising up in the background.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Dec 8

Study of a historic grist and saw mill in Newark, Delaware. “Cooch-Dayett Mills” 6” x 8” acrylic on canvas board. December 2025 #art #painting #acrylic #study #architecture #mill #gristmill #sawmill #delaware #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

Cooch-Dayett Mills in Newark, Delaware. This is a historic grist and saw mill built in the 1830s. The corrugated metal towers are rusty and weathered. The main building is a colonial-style brick building with stone foundation. This mill is located just north of Cooch’s Bridge, the site of Delaware’s only “significant land battle” in the Revolutionary War.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Dec 6

“Sunset at the Cloud Factory” 6” x 8” acrylic on canvas board #art #painting #acrylic #BlueSkyArtShow #Sky #impressionist #impressionism #landscape #factory #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

Looking in to the sunset on 273 West in Newark, Delaware. My father worked at the (formerly FMC) plant on the horizon. The industrial dryers create large steam clouds 24/7 (not smoke), so we always called it “Dad’s cloud factory”.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Nov 29

A little underpainting of my Sadie Bear lounging in the sun for #Caturday 12” x 6” acrylic on canvas board. Oct 2025 #art #fineart #painting #acrylic #catart #rockthebells #wip #workinprogress #process #BlueSkyArtShow #Warmth #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

A tabby cat named Sadie is center frame lounging in the sun. She is laying on her back, showing her belly.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Nov 20

A little sketch from a few weeks ago, remembering my trip to Ireland in May ‘24. “View from Muckross House” Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. 8” x 6” acrylic on canvas board. October 2025 #art #painting #acrylic #architectural #interior #ireland #muckross #killarney #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams

Interior view of Muckross House Museum and Gardens looking out the window, over a hedge row, toward Muckross Lake. A quiet breezy moment on a beautiful May Day in Ireland.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Nov 15

“Morning in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge” 6” x 8” acrylic on board November 2025 #art #fineart #painting #acrylic #study #landscape #marsh #bbhnwr #bombayhook #delaware #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams #BlueSkyArtShow #bright

Morning in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Rapid 2hr study. I challenged myself to paint it entirely with filbert brushes, rather than my usual larger flat brush. View from behind the phragmites, looking east across the vast fields shortly after sunrise.

K3n Adams@k3nadams· Nov 13

“Almost Home” 6” x 8” acrylic on canvas board. November 2025 #art #acrylic #painting #fineart #landscape #sunset #travel #philadelphia #I95 #delawareartist #k3n #k3nadams