Some Moments Stay With You.
A summer by the ocean. A place that feels like home. A day you wish you could return to. A commission with Adele is not about recreating a photograph. It’s about translating a memory into something you can live with, revisit, and feel again.
More Than a Painting
More Than a Painting
Instead of painting an image exactly as it is, Adele creates what she calls a Memory Map.
An abstract, symbolic interpretation of a moment that matters to you.
You begin by sharing a photograph, a story, or a collection of memories:
- a summer holiday
- a family home by the coast
- a honeymoon
- childhood beach days
- a place that holds emotional meaning
From there, Adele studies the details - not just what is seen, but what is felt.
She begins to extract the small visual clues that hold meaning:
- a striped umbrella
- a fishing boat
- lemons on a table
- the curve of a coastline
- a flower, a drink, a star
These become the coordinates of the painting.
The Difference
Most artists will say:
“Send me a photo and I’ll paint it.”
Adele approaches it differently.
She asks:
What did it feel like?
Each painting becomes a layered map of symbols - guiding the viewer through the story of that moment.
Not a map of a place.But a map of an experience.
How It Works
Share Your Memory
Send through photographs, stories, or moments you’d like captured.
Symbol Discovery
Adele identifies the key visual markers within your memory, the small details that hold meaning.
The Map Emerges
The painting begins to take shape as a layered composition of colour, symbols and texture.
Your Memory Map
The final artwork becomes a symbolic map of that moment, something you can return to, again and again.
Start Your Memory Map
If you have a moment you’d like to hold onto - I’d love to create something for you.