A Magna Carta 800

Posted on January 15, 2015November 24, 2015 Posted in Art Prints, Digital Art, Painting DiaryTagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Constitution, English Law, free speech, Habeas Corpus, Icon of Libery, King John, Law of America, liberty under law, library of congress, Magna Carta 800, Queen Elizabeth II, RunnymedeLeave a comment

The Magna Carta was signed by King John at Runnymede, on 15th June 1215. Today being the 15th January, I’m five months early for the 800th anniversary. That’s because I’m also celebrating the impact of the Magna Carta on America, where it became an icon of Liberty under Law, and the basis for the Constitution.

The Magna Carta is a uniquely important document, enshrining Free Speech and ‘Habeas Corpus’ in law. This print, “My Magna Carta 800”, is my homage to the ‘Great Charter’. It’s based on an oil painting I did last year.

Nude in a Leaf Bikini

Posted on April 15, 2013December 14, 2014 Posted in Art Prints, Digital Art, Painting DiaryTagged bikini, Charcoal, debut show, Jenny Caron Hall, leaf bikini, NudeLeave a comment

Great news. My debut show will be held in London during the month of June, at the new Serena Morton space at Canalside, Ladbroke Grove W11. There’s lots of preparation going on. Here to celebrate, is a charcoal I did at Lavender Hill atelier school a while back, with a leaf bikini and russet background added this evening on the computer. (Print)

Show Time

Posted on April 3, 2013December 14, 2014 Posted in Art Prints, Digital Art, iPad ArtTagged Donmar Warehouse, Lemon the Cat, Razzle Dazzle, Show Time, Trelawny of the WellsLeave a comment

It’s freezing in London. To cheer us all up here’s some razzle-dazzle… slightly influenced by Trelawny Of The Wells at the Donmar Warehouse last weekend… It’s Show Time! iPad drawing (Print. Always in limited edition of 3)

I am frightened

Posted on January 9, 2013December 14, 2014 Posted in Art Prints, Digital Art, iPad Art, Painting DiaryTagged blue, Red, Shepard FaireyLeave a comment

Digital iPhone painting. (Print)

Bietole

Posted on June 16, 2012December 14, 2014 Posted in Art Prints, Digital Art, Painting DiaryTagged bietole, Digital Art, iPad artLeave a comment

One of my favourite vegetables – I think it’s a type of chard, but the Italians call it Bietole (Bee-ay-tol-ay).
This is my first picture using an an iPad with the Brushes app and ‘Just Mobile’ pen.
Is the iPad better to draw on than the iPhone? About ten times. (Print)

Olympian Two

Posted on April 10, 2012December 14, 2014 Posted in Art Prints, Digital Art, Painting DiaryTagged athlete, Digital Art, Olympian, OlympicsLeave a comment

Computer sketch of an athlete, an Olympian. (Print).
We’re moving house.

Hermione – Detail

Posted on February 22, 2012December 14, 2014 Posted in Art Prints, Digital Art, Painting DiaryTagged Close-Up, digital painting, Painting, Portrait, Richard DempseyLeave a comment

Here’s a detail of the actor playing Hermione, Richard Dempsey, during rehearsals for A Winter’s Tale, directed by my brother Edward Hall for the Propeller company. Computer painting. (Print).

Autolycus

Posted on February 11, 2012December 14, 2014 Posted in Art Prints, Digital Art, Painting DiaryTagged A Winter's Tale, Autolycus, rehearsal room, Tony BellLeave a comment

This is Tony Bell as Autolycus the peddler/thief in A Winter’s Tale – in a rehearsal room in Clapham, wearing bits of costume including a top hat and eye-liner. It’s a larger than life comic character but also deeply frightening, even in rehearsal. Digital painting over photo of charcoal sketch. (Print)

Guitarist

Posted on December 14, 2011December 14, 2014 Posted in Art Prints, Digital Art, Painting DiaryTagged charcoal sketch, digital painting, Glenn Wilhide, iPhone, Jennifer Caron Hall, playing guitarLeave a comment

A sketch of someone playing the guitar – loosely based on Glenn Wilhide. It’s a charcoal sketch with digital painting over the top. (Print)

Soft Still Life

Posted on November 22, 2011December 14, 2014 Posted in Art Prints, Painting DiaryTagged Atelier School, Jennifer Caron Hall, Lavender Hill Studios, Oil painting, Onion, Still LifeLeave a comment

A exercise in Still Life. Oil on canvas

Remembrance Poppy

Posted on November 13, 2011December 14, 2014 Posted in Art Prints, Digital Art, Painting DiaryTagged digital painting, Poppy, Remembrance Poppy, Remembrance Sunday, soldiers, wreathLeave a comment

There are some years when Remembrance Sunday passes without very much impact; we buy a poppy, we give somber thanks and it’s gone. This year it seems a terrible, too sad and all too acute remembrance, with so many brave, young lives lost. All that potential, given and gone. All that blood. Here is my small tribute, a digital painting, my ‘wreath’ to all the brave soldiers who died for us. And those so recently gone. RIP
(Print. Limited edition of 3)

More Pop Dancing

Posted on October 11, 2011December 14, 2014 Posted in Art Prints, Digital Art, Painting DiaryTagged art by Jenny Hall, Dancing, exposure, Jenny Caron Hall, pop-art, SketchLeave a comment

This is a 5 minute sketch at Life. Drawing, to which I added digital colour on the computer when I got back home. I like mixing classic charcoal with pop-art colours. (Print)

Henry IV – David Yelland

Posted on October 7, 2011December 14, 2014 Posted in Art Prints, Digital Art, Painting DiaryTagged David Yelland, Henry IV, Shakespeare, Sketches of ActorsLeave a comment

Here’s David Yelland rehearsing Henry IV earlier this year. Wonderful performance, amazing verse-speaking. I couldn’t get a good full-figure portrait of him in rehearsal, because he kept moving, so this is a close-up on a face battered with guilt and the weight of his crown. (Print)

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Falstaff – Desmond Barrit

Posted on September 28, 2011December 14, 2014 Posted in Art Prints, Digital Art, Painting DiaryTagged actor, Desmond Barrit, Falstaff, Henry IV P1 & 2, Jennifer Caron Hall, Sir Peter Hall, Theatre Royal BathLeave a comment

Here is the actor Desmond Barrit, who played Falstaff, sitting in the ‘greenroom’ between rehearsals of Henry IV I&II. This was done at home on my computer, referring to a photo I took. (Print)

Self Portrait Lost in Woods

Posted on June 15, 2011December 14, 2014 Posted in Art Prints, Digital Art, Painting DiaryTagged Jennifer Caron Hall, self-portrait, woods1 Comment

Here is a self-portrait, based on an old photograph from long ago. I’m lost in the woods, like the lovers in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The woods are sparkling, full of hope, while I’m receding into the gloom. (Print)

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