Imagination plays a big part in Adkinson's paintings, collages, and photography. He will see or read something or someone will say something that will spark an idea for a painting or an altered photographic artwork. His artwork evokes emotions in viewers and helps them remember events and good times. "Art should give the viewer a sense of feeling," Paul said. He believes that people " experience the sense of imagination, beauty, wonder, and feeling that went into the creative process of an artworks, no matter the medium or the subject."
Paul's artwork has been displayed at the Governor's Mansion in Lincoln; the North American Arts Association Regional Invitational Exhibit in Denver; the Artel State Show in Omaha; the Art and Gift Gallery, North Platte; and the Nebraska Gallery, Bayard; to name a few.
Paul's artwork has also won many awards including the Museum of Nebraska Art's Purchase Award at the 2009 Association of Nebraska Art Clubs' conference in Kearney. His watermedia painting titled "Winter's End" is now part of the permanent collection at MONA. He also won Best of Show at the CCAG Spring art Show with a creative photograph called "Sniffle Bridge". Previous other honors include Grand Champion in Photography and Grand Champion in Art at the Cheyenne County Fari in '07, the People's Choice Award at the '07 CCAG Spring Show, and the Audrey Towater Award for Colored Photography at the West Nebraska Arts Center's '07 Photography Competion in Scottsbluff.Paul Adkinson's collage "The Pillars of Life" can be seen at the Sidney Public Library. Other works of art by Paul can be seen at the Cheyenne County Communtiy Center until December 15, 2011
