Paul Hastings at Gallery 44

October 3 – 10, 2022.

Opening on Friday night 10-5.

All of my work is done “en plein air” and most of it right in P-town. No working from photos-ever.

Boston Artist Paul Hastings grew up in Manchester, NH and received his bachelor’s degree there in Commercial Art from Notre Dame College. Although trained in the graphic arts, after college Paul began to gravitate towards freer forms of expression and later studied drawing and painting at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

One can easily see the roots of his graphic design training in his calculated compositions and in the use of shape and color as strong graphic elements employed to capture light as it plays on everyday objects, the human figure, or the landscape. He is currently influenced by the work of Fairfield Porter, Janet Fish, and George Nick and is striving to reduce the visual clutter of his subjects without sacrificing their essence.

Paul paints in his studio in West Roxbury and en plein air on the Outer Cape –usually in short four or five hour sessions. He is a member of the United South End Artists Association, and his work has been exhibited in the Roslindale Open Studios show and at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum.

PaulHastings
Associate Dean of Student Success Wheelock College
617.879.2304
phastings@wheelock.edu

http://paulhastingsartist.com/

Jay McDermott – at Gallery 44

Week long show 9/1-8. Opening on Friday night.

Artist’s Statement

The work should engage and stimulate the viewers imagination. Each piece starts with either an actual scene or a concept which, once underway on canvas, develops its own voice.

My painting is more about the process of each piece, with color, gesture, shape, balance and line evolving as the voice of that painting starts to be heard.

Many of my paintings are anchored in emotion, which seldom is singular, but usually identifiable. The beauty of abstract work is that imaginary forms are the norm.  Human figures are often present, with their forms reflecting either that emotion or attitude which can be elusive in representational painting. Lastly, the process should be fun!  If a work cannot reflect that fun, it will morph until it does.www.jaymcdermott.com

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Also in Provincetown this week: September 7 25th Annual Celebration of Life Concert, produced by John Thomas, co-sponsored by UU Meeting House and Great Music on Sundays @ 5, Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, 236 Commercial Street. September 8 31th Annual Swim for Life and Paddler Flotilla – Swim4Life.org, September 10-16 Afterglow Alternative Performance Arts Festival – AfterGlowFestival.org, September 13-16 National Gay Pilots Association Cape Cod Classic – ngpa.org, September 14 Provincetown Public Library Rose Dorothea Award Ceremony– ProvincetownLibrary.org, September 15-16 Provincetown Public Library, Provincetown Book Festival– ProvincetownLibrary.org, September 14-16 13th IWFFA Ptown Classic Women’s Flag Football Tournament, sanctioned by International Women’s Flag Football Association, Provincetown Motta Field – www.IWFFA.com, September 14-16 Annual Yankee Lambda Classic Car Show & Parade. 2017 theme is First Ladies and Their Presidents., Saturday, Sept. 16, 1:30pm Parade through town – yankeelcc.com/invitational/, September 15 Harbor to the Bay Bike Ride Boston to Cape Cod, Saturday – ASGCC.org

StudioJackie.com at Gallery 444
Jackie Fuchs

Week long show. Opening on Friday night.

Jackie Fuchs was born in Brooklyn, New York.  She began her career as salon owner, colorist and stylist.  In the 90’s she went back to school and earned a BFA in Art Education, Film and Psychology, from UMass, Amherst and went on for a Master’s degree in Education from Smith College.  She has taught Art and TV Production in NYC and has been part of the artist community in Provincetown and the Hamptons for over 30 years. In addition to being a prolific sculptor, Jackie recenlty began to explore paints and collage.  Her work is colorful and whimsical with each piece presenting like a freeze-frame in a movie or book. 

Artist Process:

I create the space (or environment if you will) first.  With two architectural classes under my belt, I proceed to paint one and two point perspectives. I then collage the room with mid-century furniture, wall art, and sometimes a pet. It comes together like a puzzle for me. I never premeditate the work.  Before I glue anything down I arrange and create a scene.  The heads are my personal depiction of the Modigliani paintings. Visiting the Barnes Foundation back in November triggered my childhood memories and passion for the long necks.  My work evolves organically.   It is as if I am channeling a story that I don’t remember consciously though I am always cutting magazines in preparation for the next work of art. I feel very close to the people in my collages. The stories are mine, and yet the appeal is universal.  

631.880.1711​
studiojackie@yahoo.com
www.studiojackie.com

StudioJackie.com at Gallery 444
Jackie Fuchs

Week long show. Opening on Friday night.

Jackie Fuchs was born in Brooklyn, New York.  She began her career as salon owner, colorist and stylist.  In the 90’s she went back to school and earned a BFA in Art Education, Film and Psychology, from UMass, Amherst and went on for a Master’s degree in Education from Smith College.  She has taught Art and TV Production in NYC and has been part of the artist community in Provincetown and the Hamptons for over 30 years. In addition to being a prolific sculptor, Jackie recenlty began to explore paints and collage.  Her work is colorful and whimsical with each piece presenting like a freeze-frame in a movie or book. 

Artist Process:

I create the space (or environment if you will) first.  With two architectural classes under my belt, I proceed to paint one and two point perspectives. I then collage the room with mid-century furniture, wall art, and sometimes a pet. It comes together like a puzzle for me. I never premeditate the work.  Before I glue anything down I arrange and create a scene.  The heads are my personal depiction of the Modigliani paintings. Visiting the Barnes Foundation back in November triggered my childhood memories and passion for the long necks.  My work evolves organically.   It is as if I am channeling a story that I don’t remember consciously though I am always cutting magazines in preparation for the next work of art. I feel very close to the people in my collages. The stories are mine, and yet the appeal is universal.  

631.880.1711​
studiojackie@yahoo.com
www.studiojackie.com

Paul Hastings at Gallery 44

Week long show 10/3-10. Opening on Friday night 10-5.

All of my work is done “en plein air” and most of it right in P-town. No working from photos-ever.

Boston Artist Paul Hastings grew up in Manchester, NH and received his bachelor’s degree there in Commercial Art from Notre Dame College. Although trained in the graphic arts, after college Paul began to gravitate towards freer forms of expression and later studied drawing and painting at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

One can easily see the roots of his graphic design training in his calculated compositions and in the use of shape and color as strong graphic elements employed to capture light as it plays on everyday objects, the human figure, or the landscape. He is currently influenced by the work of Fairfield Porter, Janet Fish, and George Nick and is striving to reduce the visual clutter of his subjects without sacrificing their essence.

Paul paints in his studio in West Roxbury and en plein air on the Outer Cape –usually in short four or five hour sessions. He is a member of the United South End Artists Association, and his work has been exhibited in the Roslindale Open Studios show and at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum.

PaulHastings
Associate Dean of Student Success Wheelock College
617.879.2304
phastings@wheelock.edu

http://paulhastingsartist.com/

StudioJackie.com at Gallery 444
Jackie Fuchs

Week long show. Opening on Friday night.

Jackie Fuchs was born in Brooklyn, New York.  She began her career as salon owner, colorist and stylist.  In the 90’s she went back to school and earned a BFA in Art Education, Film and Psychology, from UMass, Amherst and went on for a Master’s degree in Education from Smith College.  She has taught Art and TV Production in NYC and has been part of the artist community in Provincetown and the Hamptons for over 30 years. In addition to being a prolific sculptor, Jackie recenlty began to explore paints and collage.  Her work is colorful and whimsical with each piece presenting like a freeze-frame in a movie or book. 

Artist Process:

I create the space (or environment if you will) first.  With two architectural classes under my belt, I proceed to paint one and two point perspectives. I then collage the room with mid-century furniture, wall art, and sometimes a pet. It comes together like a puzzle for me. I never premeditate the work.  Before I glue anything down I arrange and create a scene.  The heads are my personal depiction of the Modigliani paintings. Visiting the Barnes Foundation back in November triggered my childhood memories and passion for the long necks.  My work evolves organically.   It is as if I am channeling a story that I don’t remember consciously though I am always cutting magazines in preparation for the next work of art. I feel very close to the people in my collages. The stories are mine, and yet the appeal is universal.  

631.880.1711​
studiojackie@yahoo.com
www.studiojackie.com

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Jackie Fuchs at Gallery 444

Week long show. Opening on Friday nights.

Jackie Fuchs was born in Brooklyn, New York.  She began her career as salon owner, colorist and stylist.  In the 90’s she went back to school and earned a BFA in Art Education, Film and Psychology, from UMass, Amherst and went on for a Master’s degree in Education from Smith College.  She has taught Art and TV Production in NYC and has been part of the artist community in Provincetown and the Hamptons for over 30 years. In addition to being a prolific sculptor, Jackie recenlty began to explore paints and collage.  Her work is colorful and whimsical with each piece presenting like a freeze-frame in a movie or book. 

 

Artist Process:

I create the space (or environment if you will) first.  With two architectural classes under my belt, I proceed to paint one and two point perspectives. I then collage the room with mid-century furniture, wall art, and sometimes a pet. It comes together like a puzzle for me. I never premeditate the work.  Before I glue anything down I arrange and create a scene.  The heads are my personal depiction of the Modigliani paintings. Visiting the Barnes Foundation back in November triggered my childhood memories and passion for the long necks.  My work evolves organically.   It is as if I am channeling a story that I don’t remember consciously though I am always cutting magazines in preparation for the next work of art. I feel very close to the people in my collages. The stories are mine, and yet the appeal is universal.  

Jackie Fuchs at Gallery 444

Week long show. Opening on Friday night.

Jackie Fuchs was born in Brooklyn, New York.  She began her career as salon owner, colorist and stylist.  In the 90’s she went back to school and earned a BFA in Art Education, Film and Psychology, from UMass, Amherst and went on for a Master’s degree in Education from Smith College.  She has taught Art and TV Production in NYC and has been part of the artist community in Provincetown and the Hamptons for over 30 years. In addition to being a prolific sculptor, Jackie recenlty began to explore paints and collage.  Her work is colorful and whimsical with each piece presenting like a freeze-frame in a movie or book. 

 

Artist Process:

I create the space (or environment if you will) first.  With two architectural classes under my belt, I proceed to paint one and two point perspectives. I then collage the room with mid-century furniture, wall art, and sometimes a pet. It comes together like a puzzle for me. I never premeditate the work.  Before I glue anything down I arrange and create a scene.  The heads are my personal depiction of the Modigliani paintings. Visiting the Barnes Foundation back in November triggered my childhood memories and passion for the long necks.  My work evolves organically.   It is as if I am channeling a story that I don’t remember consciously though I am always cutting magazines in preparation for the next work of art. I feel very close to the people in my collages. The stories are mine, and yet the appeal is universal.  

Jackie Fuchs at Gallery 444

Week long show 6/6-6/13. Opening on Friday night 6/8.

Jackie Fuchs was born in Brooklyn, New York.  She began her career as salon owner, colorist and stylist.  In the 90’s she went back to school and earned a BFA in Art Education, Film and Psychology, from UMass, Amherst and went on for a Master’s degree in Education from Smith College.  She has taught Art and TV Production in NYC and has been part of the artist community in Provincetown and the Hamptons for over 30 years. In addition to being a prolific sculptor, Jackie recenlty began to explore paints and collage.  Her work is colorful and whimsical with each piece presenting like a freeze-frame in a movie or book. 

Artist Process:

I create the space (or environment if you will) first.  With two architectural classes under my belt, I proceed to paint one and two point perspectives. I then collage the room with mid-century furniture, wall art, and sometimes a pet. It comes together like a puzzle for me. I never premeditate the work.  Before I glue anything down I arrange and create a scene.  The heads are my personal depiction of the Modigliani paintings. Visiting the Barnes Foundation back in November triggered my childhood memories and passion for the long necks.  My work evolves organically.   It is as if I am channeling a story that I don’t remember consciously though I am always cutting magazines in preparation for the next work of art. I feel very close to the people in my collages. The stories are mine, and yet the appeal is universal.  

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Also in Provincetown this week: June  all month FAWC Fine Art Work Center workshops, readings, talks… check their website for full 2018 schedule – FAWC.org. June all month PAAM Provincetown Art Association and Museum exhibitions, concerts, talks… check their website for full 2018 schedule-PAAM.org,  An all ages live music series at the Focsicle, in the basement of the Governor Bradford on 16 Saturdays, Memorial Day – Labor Day. Live jazz, blues, country and funk with a pub menu and full bar. A different act each week. Doors open at 7pm, music 8 – 11pm. 312 Commercial Street, 508 487-2781, 508 487-9681., June 7 A Night at the Chef’s Table –ASGCC.org, June 9 Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies Homeport Banquet –CoastalStudies.org, June 9 Provincetown Coastal Rowing Regatta –Regatta Central, June 9-10 Beyond The Plate: A symposium of Food, Writing & Community- –CastleHill.org, June 10-11 WorldFest – Provincetown’s International Cultural Festival –Facebook.com/WorldFestPtown, June 12 Sisters in the Name of Love –ASGCC.org, June 13-18 Provincetown International Film Festival –PtownFilmFest.org, 508-487-FILM