ARTIST’S STATEMENT

“Shelley Hall's work is evocative of water reflections and the elements of nature. The soft muted earth tones are pared with deep rich, saturated colors, and soft luminous layers to create a harmonious blend of emotions and intellect. The underpaintings combine line, text, and objects in nature which are veiled in transparent layers of color, creating a luminous atmospheric quality. Just as poetry relies on grammatical compression, abstraction in the visual arts is often based on reduction and distillment.

Ordinary objects in nature - flowers, a branch, hills - begin to take shape through the fog and then recede from your vision as you pass. The artist's subtle layering of color evokes nature's mystery. Under the gentle surfaces of these prints, soft grid patterns create structure and order, a balance of light and shadow.

Her work is a sophisticated combination of serenity and power. The Symbolic qualities of reflections are thought provoking when combined wiuth the sensual and luminoius surfaces of the paintings.

The Hacienda series goes beneath the surface and represents nature in abstract form."

PROFILE

Shelley received he B.A. in Art from San Francisco State University. She has held three solo exhbitions in Laguna Beach, Palm Desert, and San Diego. She has also been in innumerable juried exhbitons throughout California, has won several awards, and has been widely published. Her work can be found in many private and corporate collections throught the United States and in Italy.