Ada studied art at Wellington N.Z. Technical Art College where she later taught. She studied at the LCC Central School of Art London and visited European galleries. She married Clifford Abbott whose flute concerto was performed by James Galway with Louis Fremaux and the S.S.O in the Sydney Opera House.
With her husband she imported European reproductions from Parisian art editeurs Ferdinand Hazan and Daniel Jacomet.
Her range of cards of Sydney scenes sold in thousands and her reproductions of Greek and Italian scenes have been most popular.
She painted and exhibited regularly over the years while also designing for Sheridans, The National Trust and various industry. In 1998 along with Paul Delprat director of Julian Ashton Art School she judged the Cowra Arts Council Exhibition and has opened many local art shows.
In 2022 the Orange Regional Gallery held a retrospective exhibition of her work.
She travelled regularly to Morocco, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Botswana and England and was fascinated and inspired by the contrast of untouched wild areas of Australia and sitting in a Greek Vineyard hearing nearby church bells, the donkeys grazing and a group of olive pickers indulging in a mid morning break for bread and wine.
As to her aims in art she prefered to let her paintings talk for her but she emphasised that colour is very important to her in expressing strength, hope and life through her landscapes.
Ada ran her own art gallery in the heritage village of Millthorpe from 1994 to 2025, selling her paintings, prints and her pottery
With her husband she imported European reproductions from Parisian art editeurs Ferdinand Hazan and Daniel Jacomet.
Her range of cards of Sydney scenes sold in thousands and her reproductions of Greek and Italian scenes have been most popular.
She painted and exhibited regularly over the years while also designing for Sheridans, The National Trust and various industry. In 1998 along with Paul Delprat director of Julian Ashton Art School she judged the Cowra Arts Council Exhibition and has opened many local art shows.
In 2022 the Orange Regional Gallery held a retrospective exhibition of her work.
She travelled regularly to Morocco, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Botswana and England and was fascinated and inspired by the contrast of untouched wild areas of Australia and sitting in a Greek Vineyard hearing nearby church bells, the donkeys grazing and a group of olive pickers indulging in a mid morning break for bread and wine.
As to her aims in art she prefered to let her paintings talk for her but she emphasised that colour is very important to her in expressing strength, hope and life through her landscapes.
Ada ran her own art gallery in the heritage village of Millthorpe from 1994 to 2025, selling her paintings, prints and her pottery
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