"Under Cover," by Adam Trest
Cover artist Adam Trest thinks about symmetry a lot in his work: symmetry, balance, and the impact of disruption. A line of yellow dandelions, broken by a fluffy white seedhead: a wish blowing into the wind.
"Blue Jay Bomber," by Adam Trest
It’s a philosophy that can be traced into the spirit of his latest collection, Bandits & Blooms—which centers nature not in the orderly way of the landscaped garden, but with a nod to the less desirable wild things, which Trest suggests are beautiful in their own ways, too.
"NOMA," by Adam Trest
As art writer Cayman Clevenger puts it: “Trest paints the bandits and the weeds because he thinks we need them. Not in our trash cans, necessarily, but in our imagination. He is doing, with paint, what gardeners do with soil: turning seeds into flowers, making the world a more colorful place, and leaning into the whimsical.”
"Mrs." by Adam Trest
