Richard
Hall
Richard
Hall is the kind of artist who refuses to fit into a category.
He works not only in the media of serigraphy, monoprinting,
and etching, but he creates large wall reliefs and freestanding
steel sculptures as well, and he paints in acrylics and
in other media on large canvases. Some of his works display
remarkable depth and antiquity, others possess a style both
romantic and timeless, and still others are minimalist and
ethereal. The single quality common to all of his works
is that they are universally and enthusiastically sought.
Among Richard Hall's enthusiasts are many corporate and
public collectors, including the Trump Taj Mahal and Trump
Plaza (New York), Christies Contemporary Art (New York),
Princess Cruise Ship Lines (Milano), Wardeh Gimtex (Saudi
Arabia), Caesar's Lake Tahoe (Nevada), Hyatt Wiakalea (Hawaii),
Hughes Aircraft Corporation Headquarters (San Diego), Sunland
Development (San Diego), Arizona Commission for the Arts
(Phoenix), Hyatt Regency (Denver), and the Brayton International
Collection (High Point, South Carolina). While his exhibitions
are too numerous to list fully, among the largest are Los
Angeles Artexpo, New York Artexpo, Tokyo International Art
Show, Miami International Art Exposition, Art Asia Hong
Kong, Art Detour (Phoenix), and Designers' Showcase House.
Hall was born in 1952 in Bradford, Yorkshire, the industrial
heart of northern England. He attended both the Sheffield
College of Art and the Kingston-upon-Hull College of Art,
receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting in 1976.
After earning his Master of Fine Arts from Sussex University,
he left England for warmer climates, ending up in the Southwest
United States where he pursued the arts of painting and
sculpture. In addition to creating his own artwork, he has
worked as an Art Director for the last few years, thereby
affecting the careers of young artists under his tutelage
and reaping the fulfilling rewards of close interaction
with these artists. This has proven to be a catalyst for
his own artwork, propelling it in new and wholly unexpected
directions.
As
a boy growing up in England, Hall spent many hours watching
his grandfather create fine furniture. The man was a master
craftsman, employing traditional tools and working methods
handed down through generations. He passed on to me to joy
of creat-ing something unique. I carry on these traditions
in my own work. Today as an adult, he views himself as actually
building a painting, in perfect analogy to his grandfather
building furniture. As I 'build' a painting or sculpture,
it is often the actual working methods that I am most drawn
to. As I learned to finish fine furniture with layer upon
layer of polish and wax, so I now find myself working with
layer upon layer of texture and color. This method of working
triggers memories and feelings that I channel into my art,
and it enables me to give form to my ideas.
