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| Featured Artist James Hastings |
| The human figure is present in all of my work. Sometimes the figure serves as a starting point for compositions that go completely abstract, while in other images the figure is the subject. |
| In the abstract work I always begin with a figure drawing, and work off of the lines. I like for the paintings to look active, and to present the viewer with visual cues that move the eye throughout the work. I do my best not to think about the end result, but to instinctively respond to what is happening as I paint. |
| Red Bird Abstraction |
| Last Moments |
| That’s not to say I don’t step back and consider the direction of each piece, or its compositional integrity, but I’m usually a few hours into the painting before I allow that sort of decision making to take place. When the work is more representational, it is driven by a narrative. Usually that story has some personal significance. |
| As with the abstract work, the representational pictures are drawn out freely, and without too much forethought, which, at times, means a figure may intentionally be out of proportion, and/or have additional limbs or animal parts in place of hands or bodies. The images usually become an appropriation of reality and memory, but my hope is that they stay true to the underlying narrative. |
| The Babushka and the Cupcake |
| Beautiful Dance |
| Frolicking |
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