Over the course of my artistic practice I have been thinking about what it means to be a painter. Some artists believe they were born to paint. Others were born into paint. While some artists are just enigmas, and we may never really know why they made the art they did. So why paint? What …
I held her in my arms We spun in dance Lost in the rhythm of a string and a piano chord Together on the ground spinning Bathed in each other’s beauty Two embers in a fire burning for an eternity. 🎥 minimoiton ‘spinning’ 🌍 Nuevo hälts minimotion with soundscape ‘maple syrup on pancakes’ featuring a …
My studio has been in a state of steady flux, painting after painting after painting, miraculously a body of work has amassed, something of which I have not done for quite some time. Perhaps ‘miraculously’ is not the right word, how about hard work, perseverance and discipline have contributed to my little victories. So what …
Q: What is the purpose of your trip? A: To spend time observing the ocean, stand with a few of the remaining old growth forests, and with a little bit of luck decompress. As I wonder along an elusive path hidden by tall grasses I trust my instincts and find my way to an opening. …
‘The journey is long from over, the foolishness of it all has come at cost no doubt, nothing that can trump the feeling of the the wild horse running free. Unbridled, unabashed, fire in the belly, running from nothing, and going nowhere in particular.’ -exerpt from hälts writings fotoMahaloness 7 fotos featuring new works …
fotoMahaloness As I get back into some nice flow in the studio, new work begins to trickle out. I am working on several paintings at the moment, from water colour to acrylic, surf art to dreamtime, painter paparazzi, and more, this my friends is going to be an exiciting year for hälts art. I have …
painting is my sanctuary, when in process true self speaks fotoMahaloness Lovechild Acrylic on wood c.2012
Art exploration involves getting past the blocks of the mind and surrendering to the act. The time it takes to learn will exponentially increase the more one desires to master the art. fotoMahaloness Lovechild acrylic on wood c.2012 studio painting ‘I have a dream’ acrylic on canvas c.2013 live painting for black history month (2 …
Occasionally I look through my trusty lens magica, a special glass lens gifted to me while sitting on a rock on a bigger in the middle of the pacific ocean. fotoMahaloness There are some paintings that embody real magic, the thing is when I write about the magic it seems to take away from the …
