Nothing new this week. So here’s a painting from back in 2005. A distorted take on Guercino’s “Samson” at the Metropolitan Museum
Tom Bennett, Samson and the Philistines after Guercino, 2005, oil on board, 24 x 48
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From the Archives: Philistines are a Pain
Posted in Archives, Art, figurative, homage, oil painting, Painting, Tom Bennett with tags Art, figure, Guercino, homage, Painting, Samson and the Philistines, Tom Bennett on June 3, 2009 by Tom BennettArchives: Red, White and Dark
Posted in Archives, Art, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags Archives, Art, J.D. Hastings, Painting, Safety-Pins on March 24, 2009 by jdhastingsSorry I’ve been incommmunicado this last week but I’ve had to deal with some unfortunate family issues. I will be back with more of my in depth ramblings sometime soon, hopefully.
This is a piece from 2005 or 2006, when the whole pin weave method was new to me and I was experimenting with getting designs within the chaotic arrangement of the scraps.
Click for bigger (including access to a large version that can serve as a detail). I think it’s 18″ x 24″, acrylic on canvas with safety pins.
Antique Mermaid
Posted in abstract, Archives, Art, figurative, oil painting, Painting, Tom Bennett with tags abstract, archive, Art, mermaid, oil painting, Painting, Tom Bennett on February 19, 2009 by Tom BennettIt’s ancient history time….
An old painting from my first days of living in New York. This was first shown at the Silvermine Guild in New Canaan, Ct back in ’85.
click for larger view.
Mermaid, 1984, oil on canvas, 36″ x 48″
From the archives: Green Woven Pinned Scraps
Posted in abstract, Archives, Art, J. D. Hastings, Painting on February 17, 2009 by jdhastingsThis piece was started after but finished before In A Silent Way, so I don’t know which should really be called my first large scale safety pin piece.
“Green Woven Pinned Scraps” 36″ x 36″, acrylic on canvas w/ safety pins. Click to Enlarge.
Before I worked with safety pins I just wove canvases together. Sizing the strands resulted in little squares of canvas. Some personality defect prevented me Read more »
From the Archives 2: Booker Little in Tape
Posted in Archives, Art, contingent art, J. D. Hastings, mixed media, Painting, portrait with tags Art, booker little, contingent art, J.D. Hastings, jazz, masking tape, Painting on January 13, 2009 by jdhastingsBecause I’m using spent masking tape in the art cards I’ll be sending out I thought I’d show one of the first pieces I did in this style. It is a portrait of Jazz Trumpeter, Booker Ervin.
“Booker Little” 10″ x 7″, Acrylic on Masking Tape on Paper, Collaged
This is comprised of masking tape previously used to get patterns in Read more »
From the Archives: In A Silent Way
Posted in Archives, Art, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags abstract, Art, J.D. Hastings, Painting, R.E.O Speedwagon on December 30, 2008 by jdhastingsWhile down in Los Angeles for the holidays, I don’t have access to any new art to post, so thought I’d take the opportunity to reproduce one of the earliest versions of my current oevre
“In A Silent Way” 25″ x 30″ and 16″ x 16″, Acrylics and Inks on Canvas w/ Safety Pins. Click to enlarge.
In 2005, I had amassed a large number of paintings and pieces of paintings from weaves and other Read more »
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