Jeffrey Hale Paintings

LOGE GALLERY SHOW AT THE PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY

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BUSINESS HOURS IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND THE PLAY: 10 :00 AM- 6:00 PM M,T,TH,F (Wednesday's or Saturday's 10:00-1:45 pm) CLOSED SUNDAYS.

15 x 18 Finished

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Interview with Bailey Richardson with UGALLERY

2010-04-14T17:38:00.000-07:00

Here is an interview that ugallery's Bailey Richardson did with me for the series Artist-in-Focus.

Check it out!

http://www.ugallery.com/blog/post/Artist-in-Focus-Jeffrey-Hale.aspx

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Too Familiar 8" x 10"

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Too Familiar 8" x 10"
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In progress... 8 x 10 on Panel

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In progress... 8 x 10 on Panel
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Acrylic on Panel (Detail)

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Acrylic on Panel (Slight Detail) 14" x 18"

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Final Piece

2010-01-09T12:50:00.001-08:00

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8" x 10" Acrylic on Panel

Part 2 ( Painting in progress) 8 x 10 on panel

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New Painting "Too Familiar" 8 x 10 Acrylic on Panel 200.00 USD

2009-12-05T20:16:00.000-08:00

New Paintings Opening this Friday at 8:00pm at The Brad Metcalf Gallery!

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Artwork up at the Downtown SL Library

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New Painting

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Detail

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Chameleon

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Chameleon (detail)

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Clara Bow painting in progress

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New Painting in progress

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Work in progress ( very very early)

2009-07-10T13:46:00.000-07:00

Pregnancy and Birth Paintings Series (#1)

2009-06-15T18:00:00.000-07:00

Rough photo of new commissioned painting

2009-05-21T18:31:00.002-07:00

Some thoughts on credibility and qualifications in the art world

2009-03-21T22:52:00.000-07:00

qual⋅i⋅fy

[kwol-uh-fahy] Show IPA verb, -fied, -fy⋅ing. –verb (used with object)

to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job

It is intriguing for me to think about what it means to be a credible artist or a qualified individual. In the world of Information Technology for example one needs to have certifications in certain programs and have specific competencies to be hired on to work in a company's IT department. Training is critical, but so is documentation and paperwork.
You could never be a "self taught" IT Systems Administrator. You would either have to have this credibility established through working with a corporation or like I mentioned earlier going through school.
Recently I have had an opportunity to visit with a number of local artists that are trying to show their artwork in a public venue. Whether they were interested in sales or just getting their work out in the open is not important to me. I was comparing the various backrounds of the different artists. Some had gone to a more commercial art schools with big price tags others had taken a couple of AP classes in high school and were operating off of there acquired skills from self-study/talent/ and high school art teachers. While others attended local Universities with a wide variety of Professors that work and teach in the field.
I suppose without going on too long (not to say anyone will actually even read this) and to make my point. I just wonder what makes people believe in an artists work? Is it all really
based on technical skill and credibility? Or is there something for everyone from hokey to beautiful to plain weird. This is to say nothing of opinions...if we all have unique opinions and they are all valid then isn't all art valid? Thus, all art is collectable and potentially equally valuable, right?
You can tell when someone is educated on a higher level in most cases. For example, my typing and grammar and complete thoughts are all over the place and you can see that I only have some college experience. Where as a Master's or Doctorate may be able to express themselves more eloquently and in line with the rules and technical standards of the english language. But, who is to say the product that an highly educated individual produces is more appealing to everyone. I would say value is in the eye of the beholder. But, an educated art collector would be able to see that an artist understands for example the human figure from a scientific perspective having studied and dissected the many muscles, bones and translated those into a pleasing form in three dimensions on paper or canvas or what have you.
So, if you are trying to be a educated collector or a collector who is investing in artwork for value what portion of your search should include personal taste? The most educated Ge0-Physicist may love paintings of the most elementary kind. Perhaps, he gets most joy out of paintings of his six year old grandchild.
Now, going back to my comments about the self-taught artist verses a artist trained in an academy or University. Are the values of these artists paintings determined by the education or the artwork produced. That is to say why is a painting valuable ( and I am not referring to just monetary value.) Who determines this. Is there a general consensus?
Do you have to commit to being one or the other? Or is the value of your training in your personal studio by yourself just as valuable as your University or Academy training?

Just some thoughts. I thought I'd actually type on my blog for once.

Jeff

Some John Graham paintings that I find interesting...

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New Painting Detail

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New Painting

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New Painting Detail

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New painting in progress

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Work in progress

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Work in progress see the finished piece tomorrow at Trolley Square

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Irene #1

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This painting just sold at Moore Hair Design Salon

"Irene" the finished painting

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What is an expert?

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Here is a new print

Sold ( this is a nearly finished version)

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Ugallery featured on Better.tv

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http://www.youtube.com/user/ugallery

Work in progress

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A work in progress----this painting includes toner transfering from a xeroxed drawing...

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Here is a new painting I just completed as a commissioned piece

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New paintings

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This painting is based on a model that I have been working with recently. It is not an accurate portrait as one can clearly see. It is, however,one interpretation and there will be more to come both academic and altered.

My work is now at UGALLERY.COM

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My Beginnings in Painting:: A message for my collectors

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My beginnings as an artist began as many others did--- in childhood. I learned through images, shapes and colors more than numbers and words. I recall the beginnings of this passion to create begin when I was able to participate with an artist in residence group project at my elementary school. A group of students collaborated and created a multi-panel mural for our school's lunch room. This included scenes of dinosaurs swimming, rockets and planes flying as well as a drive-in theater among other things I am sure.
This spark continued I grew up fascinated with learning new things---looking at life a little differently then the next kid. I loved to spend time outside exploring in the trees, the dirt or the icy snow. The world was fascinating and innocent, as I was innocent.
I dabbled in ceramics, drawing, doodling and painting. I remember painting a small landscape with a palette knife in a scouting class and giving it to my mother as a gift.
In high school I began to explore caricature and traditional oil painting. I took every art class I could possibly squeeze into my schedule and worked as a student body artist doing posters and calendars for the school each week.
After grade school I moved on to study classical drawing and painting at the University of Utah and Salt Lake Community College there I learned the core elements of figure study and perspective and strengthened my technical ability. I was, however, more interested in exploring art on my own as I had in earlier years. I worked best when I gathered information from everyday life and filtered that through my mind and expressed my perceptions on canvas.
I began working with oil paint in 1997 up until about 2003 when I was introduced to apartment living. I became intrigued by acrylic painting because of the similarity in process it shared with oils(though very different.) I long to return to oils, but am having a delightful time with acrylics for the time being.
From 2003 until present I have (in varying levels of effort) been trying to find my niche in the salt lake art market. I have been afforded the opportunity to paint for individuals through commissions and have been able to display my work at a few venues along the way.
To my growing group of collectors I thank you! It has been my pleasure working with you.
I will keep you posted on the developments in my pursuits. And for those of you who own my work through auctions or otherwise I would love to hear from you!
Please enjoy my new website at http://www.jeffreyhale.com
Cheers!
-Jeff

Coming Soon!

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This a great idea!

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http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-labs-stop-sending-mail-you-later.html

SD ShadnaDesign

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COMING SOON!
New site being designed by:
http://iao-gallery.com/ShadnaDesign/index.html

Sketch

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Here is a quick glance at some of my art work while my website is being completed.

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Close up of the face.

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I am working on this painting currently.

Figure in progress

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SAATCHI GALLERY UK SHOWDOWN VOTE JULY 14th

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http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/showdown/PreviewArtworks/151979

New Painting

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Paintings in progress

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Guthrie Artist Studios OPEN STUDIOS TONIGHT

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Guthrie Artist Studios Open Studios

OPEN STUDIO Friday, June 20th
6:30-9:00pm
Guthrie Artists Studio
158 East 200 South
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111

http://home.utah.edu/~vk1/guthrie.html

New Painting

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New Paintings

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Signed & Numbered On Broadway in SLC

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http://www.slweekly.com/index.cfm?do=article.details&id=78F95AD4-14D1-13A2-9F13A600232D434E

Current work in progress.

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Current work in progess.

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"Facade" Acrylic on Canvas 36" x 36"

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Guthrie Artist Studios Open Studios

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OPEN STUDIO Friday, June 20th
6:30-9:00pm
Guthrie Artists Studio
158 East 200 South
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111

http://home.utah.edu/~vk1/guthrie.html

New website

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Enjoy my blog while my website is being re-vamped. I will keep this as updated as possible.

New Paintings March 2008

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New Paintings March 2008

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New Paintings March

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jeffreyhale.com

New Paintings March 2008

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New Paintings March 2008

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