George Hall

I live and work in the seaside town of Port Kembla on the coast of New South Wales, Australia. My acrylic and mixed-media paintings are held in private and public collections around the world.

My background includes formal training in figurative art and three decades in international textile and fashion design. These days, I work in my studio seven days a week, exploring the balance between structure and spontaneity and often allowing unexpected marks to guide a painting’s direction.

I draw inspiration from Australia’s natural and urban environments, the colours of my homeland, New Zealand, and my childhood in Fiji. Through my paintings, I explore energy, calm and a sense of play.

A signature feature of my work is a background of printed positive words arranged in a newspaper-like style. These bring texture and messages of hope and optimism to many of my paintings. For other works, I begin with dyed natural canvas, creating depth beneath the painted surface.

From these foundations, I build layers of acrylics, collage and glazes using brushes, sponges and rough-textured towels.

My signature collections include the FUNK, Nature’s Dance, Optimist Heart, Silent Paradise, News and Gradual series.

Textile Design and Technology.
Wellington Polytechnic

Industry Trained Textile Design
Industry Trained Graphic Design
Industry Trained Illustration

Lecturer: Drawing and Design
Christchurch Polytechnic

Exhibitions (2025–2010)

2024
Alchemy
Alchemy Gallery, Australia

Rhythms
Studio Works Gallery, NSW, Australia

2022
The Optimist
George Hall Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Measured Joy
Inner West Art Space, Sydney, Australia

2021
Intervals
Open Ground Gallery, Australia

Held Colour
Northern Beaches Gallery, NSW, Australia

2020
Stillness and Movement
Platform Contemporary, Sydney, Australia

Soft Structures
George Hall Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2019
Fragments of Calm
George Hall Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Chromatic Notes
Field Project Space, Australia

2018
Surface
Warehouse Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Quiet Abstraction
Southern Line Gallery, Australia

2017
Stage 3
George Hall Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Colour Studies
George Hall Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2016
Cross Pollination
Guerilla Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Perception
Guerilla Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2015
Holding the Line
Guerilla Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Geometry
Guerilla Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2014
Colour or Color
Workshop Gallery, NSW, Australia