J. D. Hastings - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I paint, then destroy those things I paint in search of something better. I also make paintings out of discarded materials used to make the paintings that I destroy.

Visit my web site at www.jdhastings.com
You can buy a couple prints of my stuff here:
http://www.cafepress.com/jdhastings (scroll down to see the poster)

If my photos have a yellow background, then they were photographed by Heather MacLean , who photographs fine art in the Bay Area. If you need said services, you can contact her through her profile.

My Interests

Drawing, Painting, Tearing up drawings and paintings, Safety Pinning, Making weird noises when nobody else is around

I'd like to meet:

Music:

Something with soul in it.

Movies:

Cube 3: Cube 0, a movie so bad, even its title contradicts itself.

Television:

The Wire

Books:

Proust, Nabokov, Asimov and such

Heroes:

You can find something good about most anybody if you look hard enough

My Blog

Mirage

26" x 12" Acrylic on Canvas with Safety Pins
Posted by J. D. Hastings on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:56:00 PST

16 Dualities

16 Separate pieces combined together on a common frame. Each is comprised of acrylic paintings that are torn up and safety pinnned into new configurations. 41" x 41" D...
Posted by J. D. Hastings on Sat, 31 May 2008 10:57:00 PST

Whitney

I did this for a friend at work. I forget the precise dimensions but I think it's around 4" x 4". Acrylic on Canvas, graphite on paper, safety pins. ...
Posted by J. D. Hastings on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:08:00 PST

Stinky

I realized that I have some stuff I've forgotten to post recently. This is a portrait of a friend's cat. This is a method I'm still experimenting with. Lessons have been learned, but ov...
Posted by J. D. Hastings on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:30:00 PST

Happy Birthday, Laura

Uh, yeah, maybe a week late. For my sister's birthday. 16 x 12 acrylic on canvas, with safety pins, stretched over several min[[iframe]]s that are then connected. ...
Posted by J. D. Hastings on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:00:00 PST

New Scraps

You know the drill. Acrylic on Canvas, each 1.5" x 1.5" ...
Posted by J. D. Hastings on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:50:00 PST

"Children" pt. 1: Booker Little

8.25" x 11" Acrylic on masking tape on paper, cut up and reassemble with ample amounts of matte medium Here's a photograph from the side to get a sense of the depth of the layers. ...
Posted by J. D. Hastings on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:06:00 PST

Nested Squares

Or rectangles. Whatever. Acrylic on Canas with Safety Pins. Each piece is ~16" x 15.5" Here's a detail Shot: ...
Posted by J. D. Hastings on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:01:00 PST

I'll be in New York this week

Tomorrow until Thursday. I have a piece in this show: (My name is two lines under "Third Prize.") I'll be at the reception too. This is the piece in the show: See you all next week. Actually ...
Posted by J. D. Hastings on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:03:00 PST

Test 2: Take 2 (aka Test Two Baby)

I took apart the second "Test" piece (i.e. this: and redid it with better planning to make this: Does it work better? Worse? The same? Since these are experiments, al...
Posted by J. D. Hastings on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:05:00 PST