Lineillism Revealed

Thanks to the Northern Kentucky Tribune for the great article about our re-launch of Lineillism Revealed, this Friday!

Lineillism Revealed: Exhibits of special collection of paintings by artist Jim Hall set - NKyTribune Special to the NKyTribune An art exhibit featuring the work of Kentucky-born artist Jim Hall is re-launching with an expanded collection of paintings at the new 8 North Center for the Arts in Fort Thomas. Lineillism Revealed will feature a free opening night reception scheduled for Friday, January 3...

Thanks to Debbie Blackwell Buckley for inviting me to speak about the late, great artist Jim Hall and the documentary I produced with Jim Hampton ... the people at Plum Creek Christian Church were great and enjoyed spotting angels that Jim hid inside one of his paintings.

I'm very pleased to share that Saltbox TV, the first-ever streaming service exclusively for older adults, has added Lines of Sight to their offerings! Stay Tuned...

J.C. Hall Lineillist Acrylic Painting of a Coastal Scene, Late 20th/21st Century Provenance From the artist’s estate. J.C. (Jim) Hall was a Kentucky-born artist and lived most of his adult life in Sharonville, Ohio, where he raised his family. He was an ordained minister in his...

We now have a way for you to donate to Lineillism Revealed, a registered non-profit in the state of Kentucky, keeping Jim Hall's memory alive and inspiring the world with his art!
There is a donate button on the home page and contact page.

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Our doc, Lines of Sight will be featured next week in Calgary at an event celebrating the resiliency of older people... They're screening the film and I'll be doing a "live" Zoom Q&A. It's the same great people from Third Action who hosted us last year. Here's a short video they put together...

People of the Festival - Steve 2019 Steve Oldfield, director of "Lines of Sight", shares insights on how he came to make this documentary about Jim Hall. An inspiring story. A huge thank you to...

Some of Jim Hall's original paintings are currently being auctioned online. The site is Everything But The House.

I got to share the story of Lineillism, Jim Hall and our documentary Lines of Sight with students at Father Lacombe High School in Calgary.

Our Lines of Sight about painter Jim Hall has won best doc in the 2019 Blue Chip Awards for Greater Cincinnati. Thanks to Jason Dudas and his team for the honor!

Great showing of our Birth of a. New Art Form: Lineillism Revealed at the Richmond International Film Festival. They screened our short doc on Jim Hall along with two artsy movies at the impressive Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU. I brought along an original Lineillism for movie goers to check out.

I recently happened upon the last email Jim Hall sent to me before he endured surgery and complications that would take his life so unexpectedly and tragically. He sent it two months before he passed:
As any artist knows, art is in the eye of the beholder. No two people see art the
same way. It's just not possble, regardless of any scientific "analysis." It's art,
not science.

Seurat's dots blend with each other to creat a vibration. A blue dot next to a yellow
dot will look green from a particular distance. The same with all the primary
color dots - red, yellow, blue.

Seurat was groundbreaking. So,too, is Lineillism.

My Lineillism is a variation on pointillism, done in all vertical lines, not dots. It's
possible only with acrylic paint, not oils, because of the fast drying time of acrylics.
Acrylic art paint did not become available until 1950.

Lineillism paintings vibrate with more intensity simply because each line covers more canvas space than a dot. Lineillism has the feel of movement because the eye is temporarily
fooled by the direction of of the vertical lines and the shape of the form. An example
is "The Outer Banks," where the lines are all vertical but the rocking chair has curves.
It gives the sense that the chairs are rocking. And it beomes a different painting
at 5 feet, 10feet, 15 feet.

Jim Hall