Bill Hull Biography
QUOTES:
“A pictorial representation is always a translation” … Edgar A. Payne (1882-1947)
“the desire to express, to excel or idealize; the enjoyment of nature; the love of beauty; the talent or genius are elemental factors in origin of art”…. Edgar A. Payne (1882-1947)
“For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but its surroundings bring it to life – the air and the light, which vary continually”…Claude Monet (1840 – 1928)
“In nature, light creates color. In the picture color creates the light”. ...Hans Hofmann,
(March 21, 1880 – February 17, 1966)
Born
Mt Kisco, New York
Post-Secondary Education
Chaffey College, Alta Loma, CA, 1960-1963
art and pre-med./biology majors
United States Army Medic 1963-1966
South Korea US Army Medic 1964
Santa Barbara City College & U.C. Santa Barbara, 1966-1968
biology major
Santa Barbara City College Continuing Education, 1998-present
classes in landscape air painting, watercolor, oil,
drawing, figure drawing and painting, botanical illustration,
stained glass and frame making
Workshops, 1998-present
plein air painting, oil and watercolor
Favorite Media
pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, oil, watercolor and stained glass
Art for Publication
Biology of Organisms, 1962, by Lloyd P. Parratt,
Chaffey College Biology Dept (laboratory manual)
Toy Town 2011 (tentative), by Ilmars Birznieks (a children’s book)
Professional Memberships
Santa Barbara Art Association
Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment (SCAPE)
Mesa Artist Studio Tour (MAST)
Artist Statement:
I go into nature and interpret light, shadow and color and bring it to others to see. I have been a lover of nature since a child and I love to travel, observe the natural world and try to express it in my art work.
Enjoying art since 1970 landscape En Plein air and studio painting in oil, watercolor, drawing and stained glass.