Saturday, January 21, 2012

Gumballs 5x7" Oil on canvas

PRIVATE COLLECTION IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Bosc Pears on Classic Novel 16"x20" Oil on canvas

PRIVATE COLLECTION IN WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Palette Knife with oil Paint Tube Top 5"x7" Oil on canvas HALL GROAT II





A palette knife with Cadmium red paint makes an interesting metaphorical self-portrait.

This particular piece is a quintessential example of atmospheric still life painting. The abstracted quality of the layered paint marks, scumbles and scrapes within the negative space, communicate both "timelessness and agelessness". The evidence of the painterly process, coupled with lost and found edges, and warm against cool atmospheric tonal passages, evoke a sensation of transition, mirroring the profound nature of "mother nature". As I explain to my own students, it is impossible for humans to completely focus their attention equally on the edges that enclose forms, and make time stand still like a camera is able to do. The space that surrounds us is in constant flux. One can only focus on the specifics of a part of a form, while their peripheral vision perceives the rest as a blur. Try this and you will see for the first time.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Hartford Connecticut Library 8x10" Oil on panel by Hall Groat II

PRIVATE COLLECTION IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
(Commissioned Painting)