ABOUT MAX HAYSLETTE
Rupert, West Virginia United States
Hayslette’s love of travel is second only to his love of art, and his works have been influenced in various ways by the far corners of the world he has visited. He was so taken by the architecture he saw in China and Japan that he was moved to design a Japanese pagoda to serve as his studio. Nestled among the trees in a rural area, his studio is surrounded by the things he loves most – a series of ponds with koi swimming in them, waterfalls, footbridges, and a teahouse for private meditation.
Hayslette considers himself a romantic artist, one who seeks to give his works a warm and gentle spiritual quality. For him, the essence and spirituality of his subject are more important than detail, and he finds that he can grasp this spiritual essence more completely when his subject is illumined by the dawn twilight, halfway between light and dark. Says Hayslette: Painting is a silent medium, and well suited to exploring the ethereal qualities of early morning light, before the sounds of the day invade the scene. Painting is a process, which is accomplished in silence, but when everything works right, it culminates in a triumphant symphony for the soul. The viewer of Max Hayslette’s work will witness a symphony of color and light, and their soul will be naturally and effortlessly won over by a quiet triumph of beauty.