Paul Hannon

Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia

My main interest in painting is in observing coastal and landscape forms of Atlantic Canada. All of my paintings are connected through a common concern for the depiction of light. This light is a low-angled, northern light with long and deep shadows. The main quality of the light I work with is warmth. This warmth penetrates all my painting concerns.

Paul Hannon studied at the State University of New York at Oswego where he majored in Fine Arts. His training focused on drawing, painting and printmaking with special emphasis on the areas of etching, screen-printing and lithography. Paul studied at Pratt Graphics in New York City with Anna Wong and studio painting with Elaine DeKooning as part of the Empire State College “Studio Without Walls” program in the seventies. Paul represented S.U.N.Y. Oswego at that program. Paul also studied watercolor media with Diana Kurtz at The Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Paul exhibited in California in the seventies and taught printmaking as artist-in-residence at The Venture Gallery in San Diego. He printed numerous limited editions for various artists. In the eighties, Paul started a screen-printing and display business in Boulder, Colorado. During that time, Paul gained experience in the practical and commercial applications of screen-printing as well as in sign and display manufacture. After moving to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1989, Paul renewed his interest and passion for painting and has become well known in the Maritimes for his oil paintings, watercolors and drawings. Paul is represented in numerous public, private and corporate collections and continues to live and work in Halifax.