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Winter Approaches

Posted in Art, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags abstract, Art, color, J. D. Hastings, Painting on October 4, 2011 by jdhastings

Yesterday was the first real rainy day of the season out here in California. We only have 2 real seasons here, so this more or less marks the beginning of Winter. With it I found myself looking under my bed for something. While there I found this scrap of an old drop cloth, squirreled away like an acorn.

These are always hard to display because of their dimension, so I’ll post one small that will fit in your browser and one larger so you see more of the details.

40″ x 9″, Acrylic on Canvas

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another monday that feels like … well … monday?

Posted in Art on October 3, 2011 by laelia e. mitchell

Here it is Sunday and I’m’ prepping the Monday blog entry trying in vain to add something interesting. I feel like i’m back in kidhood, fabricating a bunch of lies and trespasses that I’ll “confess” to via a weird wooden cubicle to some apparently forgiving person, aka the priest. anyway I digress. It’s my way of stating that I spent my studio days organizing and not really making any art. I still carry a camera EVERYWHERE, however, it’s really the camera on my phone that continues to work as an idea sketching tool. To that end, here’s a picture i took and processed with a couple apps. i printed it 6″x6″ and it looks pretty damn good.

I share an image below that’s part a show in New York City opening Oct 6, called “While You Wait...”, curated by the gifted artist and writer, Brian Dupont. I’m with an outstanding group of artists; Laura Isaac, Christopher Moss, Maritza Ruiz-Kim, and Jason Varone. If you’re near the city, stop by and have a look.

This is from an ongoing series that explores these little bits of nature intersecting with the hardscapes of the city