Tom Hall
American painter William Thon (NYC, b. 1906) said in 1992, “I feel that I'm a kind of a messenger that tries to say, hey, come, look how beautiful everything is.”
That’s what these small and intimate paintings are all about... Beauty....pure and simple...no hocus-pocus. Beauty with a capital B. And arguably it’s much needed in these difficult times...for the viewer and, selfishly maybe, for the maker. In the beauty is a salve, a balm against the injury of circumstance. Not a pomade of indolence but one of inspiration and knowing. And thus of action.
Many decry Beauty as an opiate, a badge of luxury, a mere distraction in a time of need. Others insist Beauty is the raison d'être of Art. Define it as you will, but Beauty by its very nature implies integration, resolution of conflict, empathy, and love. That said, we should double down on Beauty... let’s all be messengers as William Thon might define...about the earth, about sharing...about passing on the Beauty.
~ Tom Hall
Born
Portland, ME, 1954
Education
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Grants & Awards
2017 - Talking Art in Maine - A Lecture
2002 - Maine Art Council Fellowship
1988 - Massachusetts Council Contemporary Arts Grant
1986 - Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant
Museums & Public Collections
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Farnsworth Museum of Art, Rockland, ME
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
The Prudential Life Insurance Co., Boston, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2018 - Corey Daniels Gallery, Wells, ME
2016, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2007, 2005, 2003 - June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
2014 - June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
2012 - George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
2001, 1999, 1997, 1996 - O’Farrell Gallery, Brunswick, ME
2000 - AVA Gallery & Art Center, Lebanon, NH
1997 - University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME
1997, 1995, 1994, 1992 - Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
1994 - Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
