A sixth generation New Zealander, Adele Earnshaw was born in Hastings in 1949 and lived in Warkworth before immigrating with her family to the U.S. Her childhood in New Zealand has had a major influence on her work and choice of subject matter today. Adele's paintings have been exhibited at the Natural History Museum in New York and have toured Japan and Sweden with Birds in Art exhibitions. She is a member of the Society of Animal Artists. Adele was selected by her native New Zealand to design the first three stamps for the Game Bird Habitat Stamp Programme, based on the U.S. Federal Duck Stamp Program. In December of 1999, she was invited to participate in the first Ecoart conference and exhibition in Taiwan. Adele’s work was exhibited at the National Museum of History in Taipei,along with the work of 12 other artists representing nine different countries. In recent years, Adele has also been painting landscapes plein air, in both oil and watercolor.

Adele Earnshaw’s paintings hang in galleries across the U.S and the Art et Vie Sauvage Gallery in Paris. Her watercolor, "The Roost," is in the permanent collection of the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. Adele’s book, "Painting The Things You Love" in watercolor, a North Light publication, was released in July of 2002. She has been featured on the PBS series The Artist’s Workshop. Adele was selected as one of five judges for the prestigious 2003 Federal Duck Stamp Contest held by the Department of Interior’s Fish & Wildlife Service.

Some current & past exhibitions:
Birds in Art, LeighYawkey Woodson Art Museum 1989-1991, 1993-1997, 2000-2006
Society of Animal Artists Annual Exhibit 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005
New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Stamp 1994, 1995, 1996
Ecoart Exhibition, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan 1999 "Black & White" Exhibition, Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum 2000
Art of the Animal Kingdom, Bennington Center for the Arts 1998, 2002,2005
Capturing the Wild, Celebrating the National Wildlife Refuge System Phoenix Sky Harbor Int’l Airport 2003
One Person Exhibition, Colors of the Landscape Sept-Oct 2004
Santa Ysabel Art Gallery, Santa Ysabel, California
Inducted into the Hall of Fame, The Waterfowl Festival, Easton MD 2000
“Imagine That!” Ironwood Gallery, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum 2004
American Artists Abroard. Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT. 2005, 2006

Articles and Publications:
Painting the Things You Love, North Light Books, released July 2002
Watercolor '94, American Artist Publication, Wildlife in Watercolor
Splash 3, North Light Books Bring Inspiring Patterns to Life
The Best in Wildlife Art, North Light Books, Fall 1997
U.S. Art October 1997, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Watercolor Magic, A Bird in the Hand, Spring 1998
The Art of The American West, Rockport Publishers, December 1998
The Best in Wildlife Art, Rockport Publishers, 1999
Comrades in Art, Wildlife Art Magazine, January/February 1999
Watercolours in a Weekend, David & Charles, England 2000
Wildlife Art, Portfolio Press 2001
The Artist's Workshop (Watercolor II) airing nationally on PBS – 2000 (videos available)

For further information on the artist’s originals and prints, shows, videos, exhibitions and galleries go to www.adeleearnshaw.com

E-mail: earnshaw@swiftaz,net  If you would like to talk to me, please email me your phone number and I will call you.