Painting New Orleans Blog

Hi Everyone,

Thanks so much for all the kind words about my upcoming museum show at the R. W. Norton Art Gallery, I really appreciate the support!

Just a heads up: my special promo ends tomorrow at 10pm.

-$600 off any 30" x 40" painting (normally $1,500)

-$1,500 off larger paintings priced at $3,500.

Big thank you to those who already grabbed one! If you're interested just shoot me an email-I can send a video or show you the paintings in person.

Here's the paintings that are available-

-View My Paintings Here

And below are a few of my larger pieces that are eligible for the promo.

Thanks for reading,

Adam K. Hall

919-414-2629
www.adamkhall.com

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to share two new paintings of the Carousel Bar and Lounge in the Hotel Monteleone. The Carousel Bar is on Royal Street in the French Quarter, it is featured in books by Hemingway and Tennessee Williams, and it has been slowly spinning since 1949. The bar is special to me partly because it's so beautiful, but also because my wife and I stayed at the Monteleone when we got married and we visited the bar on our wedding night.

Here is a link to all of the paintings now available on my website-Click Here

Thanks for reading,

Adam K. Hall

919-414-2629
www.adamkhall.com

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to say thank you to Archbishop Rummel High School for selecting me as their featured artist for their annual Celebrity Waiters Dinner and Auction. I painted the school's dedication of the Good Shepherd statue with the students, priests, and staff, and with rays of sunlight coming from the sky. The Dinner and Auction benefit Rummel's Student Financial Aid. This was Rummel's most successful dinner and auction to date.

If you would like a custom painting for yourself or as a gift please check out my commissions page and email me at [email protected].

Thanks for reading,

Adam K. Hall

919-414-2629
www.adamkhall.com

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are doing well and having an easy time transitioning out of summer and into fall. For me that means getting ready for a lot of fall outdoor art shows. My studio is bursting at the seams with new artwork, so I like to offer a discount on older work to make room for new paintings. I am having a September Sale on earlier work dating from 2021 or before-hand.

I have a selection of 26 paintings that are available as part of this sale, they are all discounted by 40%. You can view all of these paintings on my website by following this link-SEPTEMBER SALE PAINTINGS

I will be showing some of the September Sale paintings at the Arts Market of New Orleans in City Park this Saturday the 9th of September.

I wanted to share a few of my favorite paintings from the show, some of these have been touched up recently in my studio.

Hi Everyone,

Last fall I began practicing meditation with a focus on mindfulness. Lest you think I am now some Zen master floating on a mountaintop, meditation for me is about returning to simple things like focusing on the breath and feeling grounded in your own body. I like the UCLA meditation app. It's easy for beginners, down to earth, and there is no pressure to understand the meaning of the universe. It's just about being present and not getting lost in your head.

I have been wondering lately if there's any relationship to my painting practice and my meditation practice. What I have come to realize is nothing really earth-shattering, but I do think it's profound in its own way. With meditation 90% of it is just being comfortable with the way the mind wanders and gently returning to the breath or the sounds in the room. With painting a big part of it is also returning to the present moment, usually by backing up to see the painting as a whole or remembering to clean my brushes. Both meditation and painting involve simple adjustments. The hard part is not getting flustered when things go off course, and gently returning to your focus.

I define "practice" as repeating something that you most likely will never do perfectly while being aware that there is value in trying to improve over and over again. I want my children to have some sort of practice as well, something that they work towards consistently. My son was running cross-country. Even though he was out of breath at the beginning, breathing like he was about to pass out, I took pride in watching how he eventually got the hang of it. I enrolled my daughter in singing lessons and I love seeing how each week she grows a little more confident and surer of herself.

Whether you are levitating on a mountain top or you forgot to breathe because you wanted to plan dinner, I hope that you have a wonderful day.

Thanks for reading,

Adam K. Hall

919-414-2629
www.adamkhall.com

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to invite you to the Jubilee Festival in Daphne, Alabama this Saturday and Sunday. The festival takes place in Olde Town Daphne in Lott Park on the 15th and 16th of October and I am in booth #125. I really love this show and I am bringing almost thirty original paintings, many of them were created just this past month.

If you can't make it to the show, you can view all of my available work here on my website--Artwork for Sale

Here are three of the pieces I created specifically for the Daphne Jubilee Festival that I wanted to share-

Thanks for reading,

Adam K. Hall

919-414-2629
www.adamkhall.com