Felrath Hines, Untitled, 1954, Oil on canvas, 14 x 18 inches. Abstract painting with black textured background and organic, soft pastel colors on the foreground. Felrath Hines worked to create universal visual idioms from a place of complex personal experience. His figurative and cubist-style artwork morphed into soft-edged organic abstracts as he grappled with hues in his chosen oil medium.