Artist Who Reveals Hidden Beauty in Everyday Scenes

Hallie Watson – Artist Profile

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• August 20, 2018

Artist Hallie Watson in front of her piece Spreading Maple , 27.5″ x 78″, oil pastel on paper, 2018.

Hallie Watson spends ten months of the year in Halifax and two months on a farm in Ontario. She makes landscapes and still life with oil pastel on paper and oil on canvas. Her practice also includes regular life drawing.

showing people what they don’t see
I think that my job as an artist is to show people things that they see all the time but don’t see at all. Whether it is a spreading maple or a plate of grapes, my intent is to present it to the viewer so that he says, “Wow! Look at that, how wonderful!”

Hallie Watson, Field Tomato ,13.75″ x 19.5″, oil pastel on paper, 2011.

my love is drawing.
My love is drawing. My pieces are mostly oil pastel on paper, but in rece...