The Art of Faye Hall

No Ordinary Project

Faye Hall — Sun, 12 May 2013 13:11:07 +0000

I was asked by Paul Boge and Charles Mulli to contribute paintings as illustrations for the new children’s version of Mulli’s life, The Biggest Family in the World. Paul flew to Kenya for the month of January, 2013 and between other projects there, he took hundreds of photos for me to use as reference for the paintings. Charles Mulli and his children acted out different appropriate scenes, and through Paul’s camera and creative eyes, I have a starting point on which to base the visual story.

A story about a boy…this is no ordinary boy. His name is Charles Mulli.

Deserted by his family as a child and left to fend for himself on the streets, Charles tells his tragic but miraculous story in Father to the Fatherless, by Paul H. Boge. The boy in Kenya became a believer in Christ, grew up to be a successful millionaire businessman, and then gave it all up to help other street children and orphans. He and his wife, Esther have been Daddy and Mommy Mulli for over 20 years, loving, teaching about Jesus Christ and educating more than 6,000 children to move on to fruitful, productive lives.

The Biggest Family in the World - a new children’s book based on the life of Charles Mulli, is planned for publication in 2014 by Castle Quay Publishing.

The photos from Paul’s collection provided many ideas for accompanying paintings, which will not be in the book, but on display at Faye’s next showing. These accompanying paintings and the original paintings from the book will be available for purchase in late 2014, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Mully Children’s Family Charitable Foundation.

Serenity

Faye Hall — Sun, 12 May 2013 12:51:15 +0000

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Faye Hall — Sun, 12 May 2013 12:50:46 +0000

24″ x 30″ portrait in acrylic on canvas

Inspired by a photo taken by Paul Boge in Kenya, Africa.

An accompanying painting to a series that Faye is creating for the book, The Biggest Family in the World, by Paul H. Boge. The book tells the story of the Mully Children’s Family Orphanage.

Read Faye’s blog about The Biggest Family in the World, here…

Sudden Gale

Faye Hall — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:51:22 +0000

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Faye Hall — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:50:55 +0000

36″ x 24″ painting in acrylic on canvas

This painting is available for purchase. For more info, contact faye@fayehall.com

Ripple

Faye Hall — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:36:53 +0000

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Faye Hall — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:36:27 +0000

20″ x 16″ painting in acrylic on canvas

Gesso technique: Texturing achieved first with white gesso. Layers of ink and acrylic added in layers.

Through His Tears

Faye Hall — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:35:31 +0000

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Faye Hall — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:34:57 +0000

Twin paintings – 24″ x 12″ in acrylic on wood panels

Inspired by a poem by Malcolm Guite, part of a series on Holy Week. Read poem here…

Lyric from the poem are embedded in the design of the painting.

Malcolm’s sonnets and poetry can be found in the book Sounding the Seasons, published by Canterbury Press.

Recycled Painting

Faye Hall — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:05:28 +0000

Hey – even artists recycle! Who wants to waste a good canvas on a bad painting??

Today I was inspired by listening to a beloved song by the band, Gungor. I decided to make a beautiful thing out of an ugly thing. Yes – some days I do ugly work…

First thing to do was cover up the ugly part with gesso, let it dry and start off with the words, Beautiful Things, while I listened to the song over and over, adding new words that seemed to fit the theme.

Then I randomly filled in the spaces with many colors from my IKEA palette (I use a glass-top side table). Instead of scraping the paint off of the glass all the time, I cover it with plastic wrap – and voila – sturdy reusable palette.

Meanwhile, I kept adding paint using different brushes, palette knife, sponge roller, etc. When is it done? That is the hard part, but usually the painting “tells” me.

Faye’s IKEA palette

Finished painting – Beautiful Things