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James
Wille Faust Bio
James Wille Faust is an important American artist with a growing national reputation. His paintings crystallize organic forms into regimental geometric shapes with complexity and subtleties of color. His paintings are modern in their hard-edged geometry, but the roots of his work reside in the simple naturalism of a rural landscape painter.
The artist was born in the 1950s on a farm in Lapel, Indiana. Growing up he was surrounded by crops and livestock and his childhood years were spent exploring the woods and fields of a Midwestern landscape. "I loved watching the clouds of dust disappear behind moving trucks as they traveled down empty gravel roads, and fire plumes in the distance from farmers burning fallen wood" (Faust). As an adolescent, Faust was a natural with technical graphics. He was encouraged early in his scholastic years to pursue a degree as a mechanical designer-a more acceptable pursuit in the Midwestern agricultural economy. In spite of this, he pursued a fine arts degree at the University of Illinois. After many years of experimenting with Zen, achromatic colors and surrealism, Faust's admiration for 1960s psychedelic art steered him on the path towards his current work. His psychedelic vision combined with geometrical abstraction fused with his innate love of nature forms a complex body of work.
Since 1968, James Wille Faust's artwork has been included in over 100 Indiana exhibits and over 75 National exhibits including several non profit institutions, universities, and galleries and museums.
James Wille Faust
On All Sides
Acrylic on Canvas
30 x 24 inches
James Wille Faust
Early Evening
Acrylic on Canvas
36
x 46 inches
James Wille Faust
Evening Jewel
Acrylic on Canvas
32
x 36.5 inches
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