Lineillism artist JC Hall 'was always trying something new'
Lineillism painter James C. Hall (Photo provided by the Hall family)Provided
JC Hall's son Mike shows Hall's 3D cityscape, with surprises in every window, and a hollow-core door. Hillary Copsey | WCPO contributor
A close-up of JC Hall's 3D cityscape.Hillary Copsey | WCPO contributor
JC Hall often added personal details, like this Calvin & Hobbes scene from his daughter's favorite comic strip, in his artwork.Hillary Copsey | WCPO contributor
JC Hall's son Mike says he has noticed angels in his father's paintings since JC Hall died last summer. Hillary Copsey | WCPO contributor
A close-up of an angel shape in a fish painting.Hillary Copsey | WCPO contributor
Lineillism is a new form of Impressionism created by Sharonville painter JC Hall after an illness left him seeing the world in vertical lines. Hillary Copsey | WCPO contributor
Up close, you can see how JC Hall painted the world in tiny vertical slashes.
Hillary Copsey | WCPO contributor
Hillary Copsey | WCPO contributor
JC Hall's son Mike shows an oil painting of Boston Harbor. This is the only oil painting in the JC Hall collection. Hillary Copsey | WCPO contributor
Mike Hall and art appraiser Mary Ran consider paintings by Mike's father, JC Hall. Ran notes that though Hall's paintings from different years are very different in content, you can see similarities in his style -- always painting right to the edge of the canvas and using strong lines and shapes.
James C. Hall and his wife, Joan, at daughter Lana's wedding. (Photo provided by the Hall family)Provided
JC Hall's son Mike looks at a painting done by his dad after his mother, Joan, died. Since JC Hall died last summer, Mike is the one trying to make new memories. Hillary Copsey | WCPO contributor
JC Hall, known as the inventor of "linellism," demonstrates his techniques. (Photo provided by the Hall family)Provided