“I want to create art that makes people smile every time they see it.” — A. Chachere
Adah's philosophy on art is simple: Art should make you feel good. Having art in your home should enhance the space, make it interesting and uniquely your own. For that reason she works hard to make her art elegant, tasteful, and harmonious.
This may seem to contradict the common opinion that art should be 'jarring' and 'unsettling,' even ugly, a fad which has gripped the art world for nearly a century now. But before that fad came along, art was gorgeous.
Why not go back to that? According to Adah, you don't want to live with ugly furniture that makes you feel bad just to be around it, so why live with ugly art? “Art is something we live our lives with. It‘s a permanent fixture of our homes that's going to be around as long as we are. It should be something that lifts our mood and enriches our environment.”
Ms. Chachere started life with a knack for drawing. Hiding under the pews in church at three years old, she started her career drawing careful little scribbles in the back of her mother's Bible. Those scribbles went from church to school, where she would get in trouble for turning in homework absolutely covered in doodles. She never stopped drawing and painting, and this day drawing is just what she does. While other people sit up in bed surfing the internet or commenting on Facebook, she'll often sketch on her iPad.
Adah has worked overseas as an illustrator and graphic designer, spending two years in Papua New Guinea where she designed Airforms that, to her knowledge, are still in use by the Post Office of Papua New Guinea. There she also was one of a handful of illustrators on a book, 'The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus' by John R. Cross, which has gone on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide and be translated into thirteen languages. Opening her own art studio is a new endeavour, but art is not. Since moving to Louisiana with her Cajun chef husband, her favorite place to be is Lafayette, especially during the music festivals. Exploring the scenic nooks and crannies of Adcadiana for new painting inspiration is her favorite adventure.