These were made for Christmas. That was a long time ago now. I’ll be posting my St. Patrick’s day art in time for Valentine’s Day 2012, aka Doomsday. And yes, I’m sending imaginary royalties to Andy Warhol.
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Archive for colors
More Tonis
Posted in Art, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags Art, Collage, colors, J. D. Hastings, Painting, warhol on March 2, 2010 by jdhastings9 Flats
Posted in Art, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags abstract painting, Art, colors, J. D. Hastings on February 23, 2010 by jdhastingsI was actually being such a good boy doing work today that I forgot I had stuff to post. Oops. My bad, yo.
“9 Flats” 30″ x 30″ Acrylic on Canvas
I call paintings I don’t tear up “flats” because the act of violating the plane of the canvas when I rip them feels to me like bringing the 2d objects into the third dimension, even if they appear more or less flat.
I decided to make pieces like this because my normal process of tearing these paintings into small squares sort of hides the impact of destroying them. If all you’ve seen is bacon you’re going to be hard pressed to imagine the pig, right? So this piece is made up of canvases I made with the intent of destroying them, but decided against it so as to show viewers of my work what is being destroyed. Actually It sounds a little macabre when I put it like that, but that is the intent.
I’ll post close-ups of the individual paintings after the jump.
Archives: Earth Tone Dropcloth With Rings
Posted in Art, contingent art, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags abstract, Art, colors, J. D. Hastings, Painting on February 2, 2010 by jdhastingsThis is a dropcloth on which I painted part of “Holes” way back in 2006. I made the stencils for the rings using a trashcan and clothes basket. It is now sitting between my mattress and boxspring- the best place to stick art for flattening IMHO.
I have new art this week, but it’s still in post-production. I’ll have it ready soon.
-JD
Spectra
Posted in Art, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags abstract, Art, colors, J. D. Hastings, modern art, Painting on January 12, 2010 by jdhastingsI’ve been painting a lot recently trying to build an arsenal for a commission, the colors of which I am still debating. As a result, I’ve been casting a wider net so I could use actual art to visualize where I’m going with it. This is the result.
I think that’s 36 separate canvases making up the string. Ultimately, I will narrow the color field and paint a lot more smaller canvases to increase the texture and design range within the colors.
The above was photoshopped from these:
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From the Archive: Thrtee Stage Blue Cascades
Posted in Art, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags Art, blue, Canvas, cascades, colors, J. D. Hastings, paint on December 29, 2009 by jdhastingsCrap, it’s Tuesday, isn’t it? The Holiday “schedule” has destroyed my sense of time. And Space, but that’s something else entirely.
This is from 2006.
“Three Stage Blue Cascades” Acrylic on Canvas, with Safety Pins
The size of this piece varies because you can position it in different ways, but it’s roughly 4 feet wide by 5 feet long or something like that. It’s kind of a pain to store anywhere but on a wall because it gets tangled no matter what you do and you end up having to unhook safety pins and re-attach them in their new confriguration. It is currently hanging in an upscale eyeglasses shop in Southern California. Obviously.
Next week I’ll be more responsible with my post, I promise. Happy New Years, everybody.
Tribute to the Tribute to Jack Johnson
Posted in Art, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags Art, colors, fusion, J. D. Hastings, jack johnson, jazz, miles davis, Painting on December 15, 2009 by jdhastingsThat’s Jack Johnson the boxing heavyweight, not the soft rock musician. My interest in him is related to a musician, however the man in question is Miles Davis, and his album, “A Tribute to Jack Johnson” (or just “Jack Johnson” since it was also the soundtrack to a film about the boxer by that name). This is the first of 2 tracks that comprise the album:
This is one of a few studio Fusion albums Miles released between 1969 and the mid 70s in which he assembled bands to play rough, extended jams that would later be edited together into epic compositions. The first of these, “In a Silent Way” is the name sake for one of my first safety pin pieces.
This time, I’m just playing with the cover:
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The Executioner’s Ledger
Posted in Art, art on paper, Collage, contingent art, Drawing, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags abatoir, abstract, Art, colors, Drawing, figure drawing, J. D. Hastings, Painting on December 1, 2009 by jdhastingsLast week was Thanksgiving. The only art related thing I got done was to read Neuromancer by William Gibson.
As a result, I will be presenting a selection of art created to be destroyed. Like cattle! This is art meat. So turn this video and take a walk with me down memory lane /death row.
Acrylic on Canvas
Graphite andMarker on Paper
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Sometimes Art Is A Pain In The Ass
Posted in Art, contingent art, J. D. Hastings with tags Art, colors, Dropcloth, J. D. Hastings, pating on November 17, 2009 by jdhastingsBefore we chat, let’s get this out of the way. This week’s theme song is by A Tribe Called Quest, off the Low End Theory:
(Ron Carter on Bass, don’t ya know.)
Okay: Recently, I’ve been having art issues. Nothing too severe or anything I haven’t been through before, but art issues nonetheless. I also know some of the other artists here have had their own, different issues to one degree or other, though I haven’t spoken with them about it in depth.
And this is the issue- this blog exacerbates things. While everybody has their normal cycles of motivation (The way that Bobby Brown is just an impolite Michael), here we’re pressed to stick something up here once a week. Obviously, we’ve each struggled with that from time to time, and I think it’s important that we each accept that struggle when it comes up, lest this becomes a chore we begin to dread. This I can deal with.
But the blog exacerbates things in other ways too.
(This week, instead of a finished piece, I’m taking you on a tour of one as yet failed painting)
I’m used to working over the long term with art. I may finish fewer than 20 fully realized pieces in a year. My processes are both long as often indeterminate. I may start things with no purpose to them, just to do something. These then sit unfinished until they are rediscovered later and either finished, put to use in some new project or stored away again.
But I need something to post here every week. Yes I have archives, but they are still finite. Unless I start creating more than a piece a week at sometime I’m going to hit a wall or find some other way to maintain. As it is, I’ve been largely focused on a lot of smaller projects than longer ones all year. It feels like I’ve just spent 8 hours listening to 2 minute pop songs over and over again. My attention span has been shot by the side of the road and is slowly bleeding out.
(Masking 1)
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Dark Days
Posted in Art, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags abstract, Art, colors, J. D. Hastings, Painting, pattern, Safety-Pins on October 13, 2009 by jdhastingsLiterally. Apparently today marks the beginning of Monsoon Season in San Francisco.
I own both a rain coat and an umbrella, but when I walk, the excess water from both these implements stream directly down the front of my pants, soaking them in a manner shaped like a pair of leather chaps that stays damp for the rest of the day. Am I the problem here or were these rain implements just poorly designed? I’m from Los Angeles originally so dressing for the rain is to me a lot like foreigners trying to put on those water recycling suits in Dune. And I’m no Paul Atreides.
Whatever. Here’s some eerily apt art for today:
“Dark Days” 23″ x 23″ acrylic on Canvas, with safety pins.
This continues my recent forays into mounting smaller framed paintings onto a common understructure (here, here, here and here).
For this piece I saved all the darker pieces I had accumulated and thought I might use them in a way that references some of Ad Reinhardt’s work. I don’t know if that comes through, but a starting point is only that and the intent was never to slavishly recreate his work.
When I constructed this over the weekend, I did choose the diagonal slanting composition of the different colors in part to reference rain, but had no idea this would cause a hurricane on the day I posted it. Maybe I should travel to Africa next. Or Los Angeles.
Anyways, detail shot after the jump.
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Patchwork
Posted in abstract, Art, J. D. Hastings with tags abstract, Art, colors, J. D. Hastings, Painting on September 29, 2009 by jdhastingsThe last few weeks I’ve been dragging you the process of working on what I call “mini-frame” based pieces. I started by looking at different combinations, then used some of those in a piece for work. This is what I made up of most of the rest of the pieces:
“Patchwork” 19″ x 27″ acrylic on canvas with safety-pins
After the jump I’ll give you a detail shot and the meaning of life.
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Charity Case
Posted in abstract, Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags abstract, Art, colors, Firehouse Collective, J. D. Hastings, Painting, Safety-Pins on September 22, 2009 by jdhastingsEvery year the place I work holds an auction to sell off crap people donate to give to the United Way. Auctioned materials range from wine, sports tickets, home made meals, etc. I can’t afford to buy any of it, but other people seem to enjoy it. I always mean to donate something, but by the time they announce the auction is coming its usually too late to start.
This year someone specifically asked me to make something though, so I made a note to have it by September. So obviously I started prepping for it August 31. Looking for something relatively quick, I found what components I already had and began the process I described in depth last week, wherein I looked at every possible combination of various small pieces in search of a suitable set.
So here is the final result:
I include a detail shot and a little more info after the jump.
From the Archives: Summertime
Posted in abstract, Art, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags abstract, Art, Berkeley Hills, colors, Painting, summer on September 8, 2009 by jdhastingsI have new art to post, but its in a style that more or less originated with this piece, so I thought I’d start here. Plus, September is generally the warmest time of the year in the Bay Area, so this piece is timely as well.
“Summertime,” 14″ x 19″ Acrylic on Canvas with Safety Pins
The colors in this are based on some of the color schemes you encounter when you hike in the Berkeley Hills. The sun is warm enough and the rains far enough away that the colors start to get bleached out, with large fileds of yellow grass taking hold.
It also means that the grey, gloomy Bay Area approximation of winter is right around the corner, so enjoy it while it lasts.
Detail shot and explanation of the process after the jump.
Vertigo
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags abstract, Art, circles, Collage, colors, J. D. Hastings, Painting on August 25, 2009 by jdhastingsLast one for the day. I just can’t seem to get rid of my circle addiction. They are a useful and versatile form, so I suppose I shouldn’t be self conscious about it. Anyways, recognizable motifs are key to establishing an identity in the art world. Or so says my paperback “How to be an Artist” book that I found in on the curb one day, soaked in dog urine.
Anyhoo…
-JD
I use this composition too much
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags abstract, Art, colors, J. D. Hastings, patterns, pazzles on August 25, 2009 by jdhastingsI apologize. Yes it is easy, but also predictable, which makes it good for seeing how other aspects of a piece that I’m experimenting with turn out. In this case I was seeing how well I could match up and center the patterns on the circles with the pattern on the background.
(I’ll be posting a few more pieces throughout the day, BTW)
I’m supposed to give this to fellow d’Arte Boardist Steph in exchange for a plate of cookies she sent me forever ago. But I am bad at getting my crap together.
After the jump is a copy of a letter I wrote to accompany it. Get a glimpse into the internal dialogue of the creators of this site!
12 Circles
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags abstract, Art, circles, colors on August 18, 2009 by jdhastingsI hope I never do any more art pieces with 12 circles in it because then I’d have to come up with another name.
“12 Circles” Collaged Acrylic on Canvas and Paper. I forget how big this is, but I think its 18″ wide. Its pretty big.
-JD
Nested Squares
Posted in Art, art on paper, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags abstract, Art, colors, J. D. Hastings on August 18, 2009 by jdhastings
“Nested Squares” 18″ x 18″ Acryclic on Paper, collaged.
This looks like that piece I did a month ago or so. Except its made of squares instead of that other shape. Yeah.
I’ll post another weird piece later and hopefully a third this evening.
I have no idea what to title this
Posted in Art, art on paper, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags Abstract Art, Art, Collage, colors, supertramp on June 30, 2009 by jdhastingsThank you, WordPress for deleting my original version of this post by logging me out inexplicably for no reason. That was really awesome of you and if you were in front of me in personified form I totally wouldn’t brain you with my 3 hole punch.
Anyways, as I already mentioned at length to nobody but the electrons in my monitor, it’s hard for me to come with names for most of my abstract work. If there is a clear defining trait to describe it, then I’m good, but in cases like this, where the shape I’m using doesn’t have a technical name (as far as I know, and I’ve looked), so anything I come up with is pretty unwieldy. So far its stuck at “Nested Double Semi-Circle Squares,” which is just a smidge better than the latin “Duo Semi-Orbis Quadrangle”. If anybody else has a suggestion, I’m all ears.
“Nested Double Semi-Circle Squares,” 18″ x 18″ Paint on Paper, Collaged. (This is for sale if anybody’s interested.)
Detail and explanation of the process after the jump
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