Visual Language Visual Language Contemporary Fine Art Vol 2 No 11 November 2013
Visual Language Magazine is a contemporary fine art magazine filled with dynamic international fine art, brilliant colors and stimulating composition. This month features the The Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas, The Artists of Texas 5th Annual Show, Interview with Hall Groat II, Robert Huckestein, Melissa Post van der Burg and Photographer Romoli Francesco. On the Cover is the artwork of Artspan Artist VL Rees. Visual Language is the common connection around the world for art expressed through every media and process. The artists connect through their creativity to the viewers by both their process as well as their final piece. No interpreters are necessary because Visual Language Magazine crosses all boundaries.
Visual Language Magazine is a contemporary fine art magazine filled with dynamic international fine art, brilliant colors and stimulating composition. This month features the The Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas, The Artists of Texas 5th Annual Show, Interview with Hall Groat II, Robert Huckestein, Melissa Post van der Burg and Photographer Romoli Francesco. On the Cover is the artwork of Artspan Artist VL Rees. Visual Language is the common connection around the world for art expressed through every media and process. The artists connect through their creativity to the viewers by both their process as well as their final piece. No interpreters are necessary because Visual Language Magazine crosses all boundaries.
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Hall Groat II<br />
Pace- What do you do to continue ‘growing’ with your painting<br />
Groat - Teaching painting at the college allows me to grow since I feed off of the students’ creative energy.<br />
I’m inspired by the way college students explore ideas with a fresh vision. Perhaps it’s due to their<br />
tabula rasa minds, in the sense that they have not been exposed to too much art history and are not<br />
aware of what has been done or not done yet. In terms of painting, pretty much everything has been<br />
tried at least once, and knowing too much about art history could potentially inhibit one artistically,<br />
resulting from pre-qualifying everything that one considers painting.<br />
Pace- How do you challenge yourself with your art<br />
Groat - I explore non-conventional subject matter and compositions, both within the large format and<br />
smaller, daily painting studies. For example, within “Human Heart with Brain” I painted an<br />
anatomical study depicting a dissected human brain on a 12x12 in. panel, which is presented alongside<br />
a second panel of a human heart as a diptych. I have always been interested in science, and the piece<br />
was inspired by a scientific exhibit I went to a few years ago in Buffalo, NY, entitled “Bodyworlds” that<br />
presented a variety of human body parts preserved through a unique plastination process that was<br />
invented by German anatomist, Gunther von Hagens. This piece prompted me to then paint a baby<br />
suspended within its mother’s womb at the five or six month point, along with a fetus at six weeks.<br />
http://hallgroat.com/baby-in-womb-8x8-oil-on-canvas-by-hall-groat-ii/<br />
http://hallgroat.com/fetus-8x8-oil-on-canvas-by-hall-groat-ii/<br />
Pace - Do you ever fight ‘demons’ that slow your creative process or create doubts<br />
Groat - Yes, I often ask myself “Why should I paint this; does this deserve to be painted; what’s more<br />
important, the subject and content or underlying aesthetic of the piece” As a result, I work in series<br />
and am pushed towards exploring diverse subject matter, spanning from conventional motifs to the<br />
atypical or odd.<br />
Pace - Tell us more about your newly launched website. You have always been a teacher and helped<br />
others in learning how to develop their own style, market their work ,etc., so how does your new site<br />
benefit not just your work, but the work of other artists<br />
Groat - Within my new site at www.HallGroat.com, there is a section where students may upload their<br />
paintings for a free critique. These critique posts include the student’s statement about their paintings<br />
(or what they are working on), along with my critique. So far, this has been a very popular area within<br />
the new web site since students may learn from one another’s work. <strong>Art</strong> students may also post comments<br />
at the bottom of each critique page, which are networked directly into FACEBOOK.<br />
Pace - What would be the best advice you share in the classroom with your art students<br />
Groat - Don’t allow your parents to push you into a practical career, unless this is what you really want<br />
to pursue in life. You will be the happiest and do the best at what you have a true passion for. There<br />
are many people who are making lots of money at what they do and are miserable. It’s important to<br />
find balance in life.<br />
HallGroat.com<br />
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