Hall Groat II Paintings

Historically, bumblebees throughout cultures were viewed as symbols of mortality, love, wisdom, social organization, diligence and tireless work. Bees work collectively to accomplish large tasks, whereas a single be can do very little. The work together to transfer pollen from one plant’s flower to another, and are often leased by farmers to pollinate fields and orchards—without them crop yields would dwindle. Bees are now facing extinction due to both manmade and natural factors. The earth, too, is facing its demise. As it gradually becomes lighter over the next couple billion years it will move closer to the sun and slowly disintegrate. At the moment, we are witnessing C02 contributing to the melting of the polar ice caps. If homosapiens are unable to figure out how to work together like bees, they will become extinct long before Terra Mater actually does.

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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.