About The Artist… Jeff Hall’s interest in architecture and lost civilizations, along with his affection for the art of modern fantasy illustrators, has influenced him to look deeper at capturing the expression between mind and body. He combines great sensitivity skills with years of technical craftsman experience to transcend the medium by turning ceramic or metal into flesh." When I work in a different medium I bring to it experience from the last medium challenge. Having experience with a wide variety of materials allows me to create with purpose.”

“I like to focus on monumental and god like figures that are not bound by the laws of physics. A strong pose represents humanity at its best. While the human body itself is beautiful, the mind affects body language, and the beauty and inner strengths can be realized. The figure is more than just a body in motion it is also a mind at work. I generally don’t concern myself with scale relationships within a sculptural piece, In that respect the image becomes a little surreal.”

Jeff worked for eleven years beside Frederick Hart one of today's premier figure sculptors, until Hart’s passing in 1999. Working for the Hart estate Jeff continued to realize Mr. Hart’s work until 2007, Mr. Hart once wrote of Jeff's sculpture: "Whose quality of work rivals any in history" As Hart’s assistant he engineered the armatures, and supporting structures involved in building over life size figurative monuments and Mr. Hart’s reverse Lucite pieces. They often talked about the decline of classical figure sculpture and the deterioration of beauty in art and the unseen craftsmanship. These conversations along with the admiration Jeff received from Mr. Hart for His craftsman skills encouraged Jeff to reveal this in his own work and influenced the development of the architectural figures series.

With the architectural figures, the brick armature is revealed. The breaking away starts to abstract the figure and a host of interesting dynamics come into play. Attention to beauty lost is heightened. The juxtaposition between hard and soft is like the layers of ones personality or character. Inner strength is stronger than flesh and bone.

Silverwood Farm & studio is a unique combination of Jeff Hall’s Sculpture Studio, a sporthorse breeding facility & Liz Hall’s Jewelry studio.

Offering on tour: Refreshments, demonstrations, sales of sculpture; ceramic, Lucite, bonded marble and bronzes. sizes of sculptures range from small table top pieces to large.  Other artworks and sales of jewelry by Liz Hall.