Local Artist Displaying Paintings at Pejamajo This Month

The paintings of Holliston artist David Bastille will be on display at through the end of August.

Bastille, whose work can be viewed at his website, is an art director at , an advertising and marketing firm in Natick. He grew up in Wellesley and has lived in Holliston since 1987. Bastille first studied oil painting at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1977. The following year, he began what has become a 33-year career in graphic and advertising design in and around Boston.

While his commercial work has taken precedence, he has never stopped painting, and has devoted increasing amounts of time, energy, and resources over the years to making art. He works out of a studio in his home.

“Each of my paintings tells a story, sometimes tinged with themes of loss," said Bastille. "I often work from my own photographs, and I’m attracted to views of structures and places that have been overlooked, abandoned or emptied. I’m delving into my own past when I go exploring to find such scenes, and when I paint pictures of them. In any event, the whole process feels like it belongs to me, yet I know these paintings can also touch a chord in others.”

For further information, contact Bastille at 508-429-1486 or southrockdave@yahoo.com.