Alan Hines (B)

Munich Air Disaster 1958 - 24 x 24 - collage on board - $900

Alan Hines has studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Keiko Miyamori, with Pat Martin, and with Barbara Lewis. Some recent exhibitions include: The Woodmere Art Museum, Sabine Rose Gallery, the Ellarslie Open XXIII at the Trenton City Museum, and with Artsbridge (at this year's "Annual Regional Juried Show" at Prallsville Mills and "Works on Paper" at Riverrun Gallery). At the Phillips' Mill 75 th Annual Exhibition, he was awarded The Hughes Award To An Artist Exhibiting At Phillips' Mill For The First Time. He is the author of a novel, Square Dance, which he also adapted for film. He has written numerous screenplays, including The Interrogation of Michael Crowe, which won a Peabody Award in 2003. He lives in Solebury.

"My work usually begins with shapes from nature. Often geologic or geographic features suggest these shapes. Sometimes they may be signs that nature left behind, such as wind-worn trees or jagged and uneven rocks - or man-made artifacts, such as stone circles. They evolve into compositions in which texture is the primary subject.

I am interested in the way textures merge, collide, and overlap... the way layers build up and wear away. I use all kinds of paper - handmade - ephemera - discarded packing materials - trash - weathered ads and notices I rip from plywood 'Post No Bills' walls that enclose construction sites in New York and Los Angeles."