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Visual art

Painting

Oil and pastel paintings, drawing, the Uncovered series of art-school studio boards, and rubbings taken from them.

Paintings and drawings by Maggie Hall, alongside Uncovered, her photographs of studio boards worked on by generations of art students. See also Photography.

The Three Sisters: a long horizontal oil painting of crowded abstract figures in red, yellow, blue and violet, outlined in black, in a dark frame
The Three Sisters

The Mona Lisa, adapted

The Mona Lisa repainted with red hair and slashes of red, orange and green pastel
Shown at Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle, 2018. Covered in the Newcastle Herald.

Rewoven

A portrait of the artist Robyn Werkhoven, woven through with thick, bright paint. 2018.

Portrait of Robyn Werkhoven: a pale face with dark glasses and red lips, surrounded by dense, swirling red, blue, green and gold paint

Oil and pastel

Still life and street scenes in thick, bright paint.

A pumpkin cut open among red tomatoes and green leaves, in thick yellow, orange and green paint
A red capsicum painted in heavy strokes against a dark blue ground
A street with a power pole and buildings, painted in bright dabs of blue, yellow and red
Swirling yellow, orange and violet loops over a dark blue ground
Curving bands of blue, red and orange paint, densely layered

Drawing

Life drawing in charcoal, portraits, still life in ink and wash, and two moths in fine pen.

Charcoal life drawing of a standing woman, one arm raised behind her head
Charcoal life drawing of a figure bending forward on all fours
Charcoal drawing of a seated woman hugging her knees, with loose swirling lines
Quick charcoal lines of a seated figure among chairs and easels
Charcoal drawing of a seated woman, her body in a few broad lines
Tangled blue line drawing of several figures on a red-edged board
A woman's face in charcoal over collaged scraps of printed text
A felt hat painted in greys and white
A teapot drawn in fine blue-grey line
A teapot in dark grey wash, its handle a bold loop
A pear shape in heavy black charcoal and grey
A moth drawn in fine black pen, wings spread and patterned
Two moths in fine pen, mirrored head to head

Clay head

A head modelled in clay.

An unfired clay head with large ears and a long nose, on a modelling stand

Uncovered: Generational Art

Photographs of studio art boards found at art school, c. 2014. Students worked on these boards year after year, so no single person made them. Each layer is a mark someone left behind; the camera picks out the moments where those layers meet.

Studio art board detail: layered ink and paint in black, blue, pink and earth tones
Studio art board detail: layered ink and paint in black, blue, pink and earth tones
Studio art board detail: layered ink and paint in black, blue, pink and earth tones
Studio art board detail: layered ink and paint in black, blue, pink and earth tones
Studio art board detail: layered ink and paint in black, blue, pink and earth tones
Studio art board detail: layered ink and paint in black, blue, pink and earth tones
Studio art board detail: layered ink and paint in black, blue, pink and earth tones
Studio art board detail: layered ink and paint in black, blue, pink and earth tones
Studio art board detail: layered ink and paint in black, blue, pink and earth tones
Studio art board detail: layered ink and paint in black, blue, pink and earth tones
A dense abstract of dripped colour and black grid lines, set on a red mount
An abstract of red, blue and black drips and lines, set on a red mount
Black ink drips and grid lines over pale wash, with flecks of blue and yellow
Dark ink strokes and drips over pale blue and cream

Rubbings from the boards

Rubbings on raw canvas, made by laying the canvas over the same studio art boards, c. 2014.

Close-up of marks on raw canvas, in black and cream
Close-up of marks on raw canvas, in black and cream
Close-up of marks on raw canvas, in black and cream
Black marks scattered over raw canvas, close up
Smudged black crosses and lines on canvas weave, close up