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Overview
He cites one of his main motivators is to paint something his son admires and would be proud of.
Adam Handler was born in Queens NY and grew up on Long Island. As a young child and adolescent, he spent countless hours at his grandparents' framing factory in New York City. There, his passion for the arts grew and it became inevitable that he too would discover the many possibilities of art.
Using acrylic paint, oil stick, pencil, and markers, Handler’s child-like and passionate drawing technique produces distinctive outlined characters which almost appear flat, with little to no depth of field. The backgrounds of his works are highly detailed, but rough, vigorously drawn with scratches and markings that appear to spill over the edge of the canvas, conveying a hurried and improvised feeling. Willem De Kooning’s works provided Handler with an “ah-ha” moment: a figure does not have to look like a figure, but can rather reflect the qualities of one. Handler’s large-scale imaginative figures connect viewers to a feeling of warm nostalgia, or even a sense-memory from days long ago.
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Works
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Adam HandlerBehind You Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerBehind You Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerBig Beaming Hug Abduction, 2021 -
Adam HandlerBut I Love You Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerCaught Your Scent Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerCome With Me Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerComing Home Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerFind Me Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerFollow You Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerGhost Poems, 2021 -
Adam HandlerHug From Behind Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerI Lost My Breath In Your Big Eyes Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerI Need You Near Me, 2021 -
Adam HandlerItalian Rooster Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerKissing In The Woods Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerLittle Sensation Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerLove You Ghost On Red Rain Nights, 2021 -
Adam HandlerMaybe You Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerMaybe You In Red Chaos Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerMiss You Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerMiss You Ghost On A Peachy Day, 2021 -
Adam HandlerNear You Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerNear You Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerPuffy Hug Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerPuffy Kiss Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerRemember Italy Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerRemember Italy Ghost In Pink, 2021 -
Adam HandlerSmush Me Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerSnuggle Ghost In Pink, 2021 -
Adam HandlerSoft Love Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerSoftly Awake Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerSometimes Flower Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerSometimes Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerSorry Angel, 2021 -
Adam HandlerSorry Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerSorry Ghost With Vertical Rain, 2021 -
Adam HandlerSorry Mom Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerSunshine Kiss Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerSweet Thing Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerSweet Thing Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerTomorrow I Will Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerU R Everything Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerWanna Come Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerWho We Used To Be Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerYellow Flowers Are Dead Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerYou Are The Best Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerYou Are The Best Ghost With Pink Puffs, 2021 -
Adam HandlerYou Cute Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerYou Cute Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerYou Cute Ghost With Horizontal Rain, 2021 -
Adam HandlerYou Feel So Good Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerYou So Pretty Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerYour Snuggle Ghost, 2021 -
Adam HandlerLost In A Space Garden Abduction, 2022 -
Adam HandlerNeed You Near Me Abduction, 2022 -
Adam HandlerSuper Mario Abduction On Night Level, 2022 -
Adam HandlerSuper Mario Ghost Abduction On The Haunted House Level, 2022 -
Adam HandlerYou Are The Best Pajama Girl, 2022 -
Adam HandlerGhost Abduction after camp, 2023 -
Adam HandlerGhost Abduction at the tea garden, 2023 -
Adam HandlerGhost Abduction at the town park, 2023 -
Adam HandlerGhost Abduction during stranger nights, 2023 -
Adam HandlerGhost Abduction during the night level, 2023 -
Adam HandlerGhost Abduction in 1987, 2023 -
Adam HandlerGhost Abduction in a virtual garden, 2023 -
Adam HandlerGhost Abduction in Bizarro World, 2023 -
Adam HandlerGhost Abduction in bizarro world, 2023 -
Adam HandlerGhost Abduction in Toad’s world, 2023 -
Adam HandlerIn a Misty Blaze Girl, 2023 -
Adam HandlerLost Blue Ghost Buddies, 2023 -
Adam HandlerPale Celery Ghost Buddies, 2023 -
Adam HandlerPale September Ghost, 2023 -
Adam HandlerToki Girl and the Great Fish battle Nothing Up Here, 2023 -
Adam Handler“Ghost Abduction” Rug, 2023 -
Adam HandlerHourglass Girl, 2024 -
Adam HandlerSign Girl, 2024 -
Adam HandlerTangerine Girl and The Eagle King, 2024 -
Adam HandlerToki Girl during the Great Battle, 2024 -
Adam HandlerFlower Girl, 2025 -
Adam HandlerInto the Wild, 2025 -
Adam HandlerLost Without You Sculpture (back), 2025 -
Adam HandlerLost Without You Sculpture (front), 2025 -
Adam HandlerMe and the Devil, 2025 -
Adam HandlerMiss You Toki Girl Sculpture , 2025 -
Adam HandlerSoft Love Sculpture (back), 2025 -
Adam HandlerSoft Love Sculpture (front), 2025 -
Adam HandlerToki Girl Sculpture , 2025 -
Adam HandlerWhispering Faces, 2025 -
Adam HandlerYou Are The Best Toki Girl Sculpture, 2025
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