Jenny Hall Art

Lately several pet commissions have cropped up.  The bulldog is actually for an MSU fan, but the other two are for pet owners.  It is pretty challenging to paint a portrait of someone’s family pet.  Because to me, every golden retriever looks like. . .a golden retriever.  But to the golden’s MAMA, he looks like [...]

Here’s a portrait I painted before Christmas for my one-and-only big brother.  Eventually I’ll paint all the Rolling Stones for him, but for now I thought Mick Jagger makes a good start for his art collection. Commission Artwork

Its cold outside.  And dreary.  I love cold, rainy days. . .for a little while.  But right about now I’m starting to dream of warm, sandy beaches:) I painted this portrait as a Christmas gift, so it is another peak into my top-secret December.  The family had taken lots of marvelous beach pictures, but had [...]

Today I’ve been looking over my body of work for the last year.  Goodness, it doesn’t look like nearly as much when neatly filed away. Some projects I look at and say “never again.” Others I resolve to do more of. The portraits hold a special place in my heart. Here are the portraits that [...]

I love painting these mixed media portraits. James Tyndal Davis, from New Albany, Mississippi, served in the United States Army from 1942 until 1946.  If you look in the background you will see his identification card, certificate of service, and other documents.  After photocopying the documents I aged them to look like the originals. I [...]

Eudora Welty strikes again!  I’ve painted her enough now that she is starting to feel like an old friend, kind of like Billie. This one will hang alongside the William Faulkner that I posted earlier this week.  Still loving these narrow canvases.  This one is mixed media using acrylic, patterned paper, graphite, and oil pastel. [...]

It’s about time someone asked me to paint William Faulkner. Seriously, he was on my bucket list:-) Did you know that he was born in my beloved New Albany, MS? I love painting portraits on these tall, skinny canvases, too. This one is mixed media using acrylic, graphite, patterned papers, and soft pastel. Check out [...]

I made a new friend recently at Camp Bluebird.  Katina asked me to paint this portrait of her grandmother, Leona Davis.  She turned 93 on the thirteenth!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I enjoyed doing this mixed media portrait very much because I thought she looked so fancy with her matching hat and corsage and her layers of sparkly jewelry. [...]

I mentioned that I think I shall start featuring some of the awesomely creative people in my life. I love that I have an artsy family, so that is a good place to start. Introducing my first featured artist, the beautiful, funny, and talented Kaitlyn Cochran. Kaitlyn is a student at Ole Miss and one [...]

These are two of Andy’s grandparents, painted  for my mother-in-law.  Although I never got to meet these two, I thought a lot about Andy’s mom, aunts, and uncles as I saw their resemblance shining through:) Painting this made me really miss my Granny.  I think I’ll have to paint her soon! This was made using [...]