Time and Place
An Exploration of How Time Both Builds and Degrades Places of the Heart
Deb Baker Hall
ARTHOUSE on R, 1021 R Street, is proud to present the art exhibition “Time and Place” at ARTHOUSE Gallery on historic R street in Sacramento, December 12, 2024 – January 6, 2025. Please join us as we feature the abstract paintings of Deb Hall. The opening reception and opportunity to meet the artist is Saturday, December 14th, from 5-8pm.
“Time and Place” presents colorful, abstract artworks conveying stories rich in detail and metaphor. Deb’s paintings provide the viewer with fantastic palette and texture as she demonstrates a mastery of color and form.
As a retired landscape designer and geology-loving trekker, Deb is truly enamored with exposed earth strata and the geometric adjacencies of multi-hued vistas and textured growing fields. As a city dweller, she also finds the flat and papered walls of urban streetscapes hugely compelling. In all ways, it is these weathered terrains and her curiosity about what lays beneath and within them that informs her art.
Deb’s art making approach mirrors her desire for adventure – for finding her footing in new-to-me locales and situations. She works abstractly and beyond as she selects a particular color palette. She does not preplan her imagery. Staying open to what “arrives” is her only strategy. Deb responds intuitively to “what next?” in terms of adding fresh adjacencies of color, pattern, texture and forms. This is how she builds her visual story.
Ultimately, Deb does not just challenge but meets herself through each work. She makes multiple passes with paint, inks, crayon and graphite markings over collage elements she finds or prints herself. Between the layers, she selectively sands and glazes the surface to add depth and a patina of age. In this manner she reveals the course of her explorations and expresses her deep interest in what time passing both builds and degrades.
Deb’s formal art studies at the University of Akron (OH) focused on printmaking. Mono and relief prints still figure in her work as collage elements and substrates for both her paintings on wood panel and works on paper.
Most recently (2024), Deb completed a six-month mentorship with Mark Eanes, Professor Emeritus, California College of the Arts.
Deb’s works have been juried into and exhibited in galleries throughout the country including Texas, Colorado, Florida and California, and been showcased on Artsy, ArtsyShark, and in Artists of the Bay Area, Vol. 1 (2022), published by Jen Tough Gallery.
In addition to Time and Place, ARTHOUSE’s 20 resident artists will open their studios to the public for Second Saturday, December 14, from 5-8 PM. Bring your friends, meet the artists, enjoy and maybe even take home some art. On the first floor, visit our friends at Tea Cozy, The Constellation Marketplace, Rumpelstiltskin Yarn Store, dro & Tsutuomu Designs, Lucid Winery, and Fox & Goose. Immerse yourself in a fun and creative community here at the ARTHOUSE on R.
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