Ashley Hastings – Visual Artist
Ashley Hastings is a visual artist born and raised in Windsor, Ontario. She graduated from the University of Windsor with a BA Honours in Visual Art and Art History and later completed her Master’s in Library and Information Sciences at Western University in London, Ontario. She currently resides in Windsor.
Ashley is inspired by shapes and nature and aims to create a sense of comfort and peace for viewers. She works primarily with acrylic paint while incorporating gel plate monoprints and reclaimed book pages into her pieces. Serene, cool, and earth-toned colours play a dominant role in her work. Her paintings often feature layers of acrylic washes, drippings of water, and textures created with gel plate monoprints and reclaimed pages.
Contact: ashleyhastingsart@gmail.com
Selected Artwork
Becoming — 16” × 20”, acrylic on cradled wood panel
Artist Statement
This painting explores becoming through the image of plants growing inside a skeleton torso. The skeleton becomes a vessel for life. What appears empty instead holds the conditions for growth.
From within the skeleton’s bareness, plants emerge, suggesting inner work that is unseen but persistent. Growth pushes through cavities, transforming them into spaces of renewal.