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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Bumblebee with Melting Ice 14x11" Oil on canvas, Hall Groat II, On exhibit at Lockhart Gallery, SUNY Geneseo through March 8

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.

Monday, January 30, 2012

Terra Mater | Hall Groat II | 12"x36" | each panel 12"x12" | Oil on canvas on exhibit a Lockhart Gallery, SUNY Geneseo

Terra Mater, or “mother earth”, was the goddess of fertility and growth in Roman mythology. The leaf, bird nest and shell, historically have symbolized such universal ideals as shelter, protection, growth, rebirth, and spiritual awareness. Within today’s context, the leaf, bird nest and shell together serve as a shrine to Mother Nature. The earth is under siege, however is omniscient and will evolve over the next four billion years. Energy can neither be created, nor destroyed. What we know as electrons, protons, and neutrons (or quarks), as well as other particles such as photons and neutrinos, will build something anew.

Flora and Fauna: Narrative through Iconography Lockhart Gallery, SUNY Geneseo

Flora and Fauna: Narrative through Iconography Lockhart Gallery, SUNY Geneseo

2012
Flora and Fauna: Narrative through Iconography
Lockhart Gallery
SUNY Geneseo
Curated by Cynthia Hawkins
Director of Galleries
LLB Galleries

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Toronto, Canada Night Sky - CN Tower View 8"x10" Oil on canvas HALL GROAT II

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Saturday, January 28, 2012

World Trade Center, New York City, 9/11, 5x7" Oil on canvas HALL GROAT II

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Broadway Avenue, Manhattan 16"x20" Oil on canvas by HalI Groat II

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Babe Ruth - Baseball with Glove 11"x14" Oil on canvas By Hall Groat II

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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Gumballs 5x7" Oil on canvas

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Friday, January 20, 2012

Pence and Shillings "Paintings of Money" 6x6" Oil on canvas by Hall Groat II

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Chocolate Ice cream Cone 24"x18" Buy Oil on canvas Painting by Hall Groat II

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Canal Street Night, New York City, Original Oil Painting 8"x10" HALL GROAT II

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Monday, January 16, 2012

Baseball - Babe Ruth Tribute 12"x12" Oil on canvas HALL GROAT II

Sunday, January 15, 2012

1st Avenue New York City, Manhattan, Original Oil Painting 8x10" HALL GROAT II

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Saturday, January 14, 2012

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

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Friday, January 13, 2012

Mulberry Street, New York City, Original Oil Painting 8"x10" by Hall Groat II

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Taxi Cabs, New York City - Manhattan 8x10" Original Oil on panel HALL GROAT II

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Bowery Street, New York City 8"x10" Original Oil on panel by HALL GROAT II

PRIVATE COLLECTION IN TIMONIUM, MARYLAND

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Banker Street, Greenpoint, Brooklyn 8"x10" Original Oil on panel HALL GROAT II

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Sunday, January 08, 2012

7th Ave. Washington, DC, "paintings for sale" 18"x24" Oil on canvas

Saturday, January 07, 2012

INSATIABLE "painting classes" 30"x40" Oil on canvas by Hall Groat II

Friday, January 06, 2012

Two White Eggs 5"x7" Oil on panel by Hall Groat II

PRIVATE COLLECTION IN PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Shell and Leaf with Pocket watch 6"x6" Oil on canvas by Hall Groat II

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Bumblebee with Quarters 6"x6" Oil on panel by Hall Groat II

PRIVATE COLLECTION IN PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY

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.

Monday, January 02, 2012

Razor Blade - Artist and Tattoo Body Tools 6"x6" Oil on canvas HALL GROAT II

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Sand dollar 6"x6" Oil on canvas by Hall Groat II

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Sunday, January 01, 2012

Fetus 8"x8" Oil on canvas by Hall Groat II