HallmanWorks

To Come See the Finding Home Show -- Please Text or Call 206.947.4422

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Hallman's "artist of life" approach is worth a visit

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CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ARTICLE : Article in Capitol Hill Blog

Opening reception and Show

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square room
presents

Jason Hallman

Finding Home
Inspired by a journey of the heart

18 new works

910 E Pike St.
Capitol Hill

by appointment

Text or Call (206) 947 4422

Email: A51jason@gmail.com

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Jason-Hallman--Finding-Home.html?soid=1101955574020&aid=dLPZhTeHWFo

Finding Home Series, #'s-1 thru 18, A Journey of the Heart - Here is my story - read titles 1 thru 18 listed below - in order...

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Finding Home
Uncovered
Puna Tree House
Find Me
Drifting
Flying Home
Lighting the Way
Love and Growth
Tell Me How's the Way to Be
You are Enough
I've Been Here Before
Where To
Next
Four Corners
Coming Together
In Focus
I Am Home
Here

Here 2011, 96" x 108" x 12" (Finding Home Series #18) SOLD

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I Am Home 2011, 24 x 24 x 2" (Finding Home Series #17) Mixed media, reclaimed nails, wood bits and cigarette butt, etc. - SOLD

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In Focus - Six stacked houses - Mixed media (Finding Home Series #16) 2011 - 48 x 48 x 6"

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Coming Together 2011, 48 x 72 x 4" (Finding Home Series #15) Mixed media, paint scapings on multi layered panel - SOLD

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Four Corners 2011, 64 x 64 x 6" (Finding Home Series #14) Mixed media on multi layered panel with reclaimed wood weathervane

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Next 2011 (Finding Home Series #13) 53" x 96" x 6" (Finding Home Series #12) The house can spin/rotate... Mixed media with reclaimed shingles, rotating mechanism and can be hung vertically or horizontally

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Where To 2011, 53" x 96" x 6" (Finding Home Series #12) The house can spin/rotate... Mixed media with reclaimed shingles, rotating mechanism and can be hung vertically or horizontally

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I've Been Here Before 2011, 63 x 30 x 3” (Finding Home Series #11) Reclaimed wood and mixed media with removable panel - SOLD

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You Are Enough 2011, 49 x 53 x 7" (Finding Home Series #10) Mixed media, reclaimed wood, paint scrapings, etc

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Tell Me How's the Way to Be 2011, 20 x 25 x 7" (Finding Home Series #9) Mixed media, reclaimed wood from concrete forms, masonry nails, paint scrapings reassembled

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Love and Growth 2011, 55 x 27 x 3" (Finding Home Series #8) Mixed media, brass wire and nails, gold leaf reclaimed wood, joist nails - SOLD

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Lighting the Way 2011, 48 x 36 x 2" (Finding Home Series #7 -- 2011) Mixed media on panel

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Flying Home 2011, 41 x 83 x 6" (Finding Home #6) Mixed media on re-claimed wood with paint scrapings reassembled

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Drifting 2011 (Finding Home Series #5) 5ft x 5ft x 4" mixed media on panel with floating frame

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I used my collection of paint scrapings, Beings in the container of the home; life drifting in and out.

Find Me 2011, 60 x 72 x 2" (Finding Home Series #4), Mixed media on stretched canvas - SOLD

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Puna Tree House 2011, 48 x 60 x 4" SOLD (Finding Home Series #3) Mixed media on wood panel with floating frame

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Photo taken of this piece in storefront window:

Finding Home #3 - uses bright, happy and vibrant colors, exploring the freedom of Being and Feeling free from within. The structure of home is transparent and everything inside mirrors the outside. I worked with extending the lines beyond the structure, there is some form to this formless idea of Finding Home.

Finding Home, Press Release

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Square Room Gallery To Host Finding Home, a Solo Exhibition by SeattleArtist, Jason Hallman

Exhibition opens Dec. 8, 2011and will feature paintings and sculpture inspired by a journey of the heart

Square RoomGallery is pleased to announce Finding Home, part painting and part sculpture. This installationby Seattle artist Jason Hallman was inspired by a journey of the heart. Hallmanhas established a distinct visual vernacular through his unique mix ofconvention and techniques, through his dynamic use of materials that draw theviewer in.

Located atSquare Room Gallery at 910 East Pike Street in Seattle’s Capitol Hillneighborhood, the exhibition will run from Dec. 8 to Dec. 11, 2011. There willbe an opening reception on Dec. 8, 2011 from 6:30-9:00 p.m.

Hallmanperceives paint, wood, wire and other reclaimed objects as materials rich in afamiliar connotation and significance. Wood, paint and selected reclaimedpieces have long been relied upon as a primary source of building materials forshelter. Hallman utilizes the materials' loaded meaning to express “containerconsciousness.”

Its compositiontells a story. Where is home? Where is true happiness found? Hallman has beenasking these questions all of his life. He has lived in 29 places in 39 years.Was it a physical location, something he could see with his eyes, some goal toachieve? His layered imagery is imbued with movement and a revolutionaryspirit. From afar, Finding Home is reminiscent of a toy housewhich appears to be simplistic in structure and reference. It is only when youplace yourself amongst the complex compositions that this journey of the heartbegins.

Finding Home uses the home as a narrative departure point and a place ofexploration. In 2010, Hallman visited the Island of Hawai'i. Having been toOahu, Maui and Kauai, he decided to explore the Big Island where the lava hasbeen flowing since 1983. After exploring some of the island he found himself inKalapana, on the coast near the lava flow that has created some of the newestland on earth. This one-week trip in September 2010 prompted a second six-weektrip two months later, and this six-week trip evolved into a six-month personalspiritual journey. "It found me" Hallman says, "there wassomething unexplainable." Hallman liked to travel and usually would take aweek or two and was not in the habit of taking six-week trips, let alone six-months!Was it the land, the community or something else? He lived in an area with manyspiritually conscious people, some incorporating Eastern philosophy into theirdaily lives. There was no cell phone service, hotels, restaurants or shops inthe area. There was one small black sand beach that you hike down a cliff toget to. New life emerges as the sacred Ohia trees grow right out of the lavathat once flowed.

This odysseyled Hallman down a path of re-learning how to navigate life. When we are born,we know how to feel our way through, yet almost as a matter of culturalsurvival we must quickly learn to think rather than feel. We are rewarded withgrades on our report card, A is for excellence. Hallman's works exist in themidst of a similar physical and psychological exploration. Through the simpleshape of a house there’s a sense of sanctuary, a place of refuge. Theinstallation functions less as a literal dramatization of his experience thanan obtuse homage to the universal truths inherent in each one of us. Hallmanworked with spiritual teachers, befriending many in the community, meeting andworking with a Kahuna (a Hawaiian healer), Harry Jim; and he participated inseveral all-day ceremonies. "Harry Jim taught me many things,"Hallman says. "All of this helped open my eyes to what I could not see,what had always been there and I now can feel and reveal. The Kahuna said to me'you are enough!' just for being an act of creation. He said this with suchconviction, those three words, as it was the truth." The tears flowed,Hallman felt a release, a letting go - and parts of himself started to awaken.Many of us have had challenging childhoods and life experience. Hallman learnedthat these experiences can lead to our greatest learning and work. So insteadof being resentful, blaming, avoiding or angry, he became grateful, where thereis no room to be right or wrong. He learned about Love, that it isunconditional, without limits and accepts everything as it is and everyone justas we are. Hallman poetically reconsiders this contemporary idea of Home through a kaleidoscope of personal, historical and allegoricalreferences to present an exhibition that eschews time.

Hallman'scompositions using scraps and pieces, reflect life drifting in and out and theineffable feeling of home. He now sees that there is no destination or endpoint, only the journey, which is counter to popular Western culture, yetuniversal in who we are.

Jason Hallman has lived in the Seattle area for the last 18 years. He is anartist of life, whose medium is life itself. His art embraces challenging thenorm, exploring and inventing his own approach of expression. He believes weare all artists of being alive. With a child-like curiosity, he knows he doesnot know what's next. Staying present in the moment allows for freedom and thatis where he expects the miracles and magic will happen. As a member of thecommunity, as an artist, it is his intention to share his experiences and hiswork, all of which are a manifestation of gratitude.

For moreinformation:

Exhibit location: Square RoomGallery 910 East Pike St. Seattle 98122 on Capitol Hill.

Website:hallmanworks.blogspot.com

Phone:206.947.4422

Email:hallmanworks@gmail.com

Uncovered (Finding Home Series #2) - (Completed - 2011) 5 foot x 5 foot x 4", on wood panel with floating frame - SOLD

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Photo taken of this piece in storefront window:

Finding Home # 2 - Completed 2011 (Sold), is a work I began before the Hawaii odyssey—I completely covered it with off-white paint before I departed. When I returned, I had forgotten the now-obscured painting. I experimented used a non-toxic stripper to reveal what was underneath, and found the image of a small house. There are many overlying layers of paint and texture. The depth in this piece is something very personal and one that conveys my search for my connection. What I sought for so long, what has always been there, but I could not see, now I can feel and can reveal.

Finding Home (Finding Home Series #1 -- 2010) 24" x 24" x 3", natural ink on reclaimed wood - SOLD

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Side View:

Detail View:

Finding Home # 1 - 2010 (Sold) - The panel was built from re-claimed wood which gives the viewer a sense of history. The image of the house looks almost sun-faded into the wood as if it has always been there.