Drew Adler was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended both Hampshire College and Berklee College of Music before pursuing an education in fine arts. Moving to Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991 Drew haunted local life drawing classes and studied with artists Jane Larew and Fred Nichols.

 

Before turning to watercolor as his preferred medium, Drew painted murals and faux finishes using acrylic paints. “Being a transparent medium, watercolor has a fresh, luminous quality that can appear to glow under strong light. My favorite subject to paint is a landscape with water. If I get all the aspects of a painting arranged well, the piece can pull the viewer right into it, submerging them.”

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Drew is a songwriter, singer and guitarist who has led and played in bands in both Boston, Massachusetts and Charlottesville, Virginia. “My music education at Berklee as well as at Hampshire College, where I studied with Professor Roland Wiggins, set me up well. I teach, play and write different styles of music." I'm currently recording with the band, Lost Voyage, available on Youtube, Spotify and Apple Music. 

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